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Mar 15, 2011 18:02:09 GMT
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Look what I found for you... 1986 Cadillac Cimarron Information Price: $5,995 Year: 1986 Mileage: 49,550 Color: Silver Condition: Good 1986 Cadillac Cimarron Description from Seller 1986 Cadillac Cimarron Other Car Data Interior Color: Grey Transmission: Automatic Exterior Color: Silver Drivetrain: Front Wheel Drive Engine: V6 Doors: 4 Doors VIN: 1G6JG69W5GJ500804 Stock ID: 131886211 Title: Clean Warranty: No HEREthese really are getting hard to find.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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mk14dr
Yorkshire and The Humber
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Club RR Member Number: 85
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Mar 15, 2011 18:19:17 GMT
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A Caddy badged V6'd Mk2 Cavalier NOMNOMNOM...
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10mpg
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 4,253
Club RR Member Number: 204
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Mar 15, 2011 19:25:44 GMT
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my word that's dreadfull...
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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Mar 15, 2011 19:27:52 GMT
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The J-car at it's weirdest. And only $5995...
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Last Edit: Mar 15, 2011 19:28:05 GMT by e21meister
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Mar 15, 2011 19:35:36 GMT
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There's a somewhat dog eared one for sale local to me for about £500.
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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Mar 15, 2011 20:25:17 GMT
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I really shouldn't like the look of either of the two above, but I do. Not in a 'poor little underdog' way either, I actually genuinely like the styling. Retro Rides, what have you done to me!
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Mar 15, 2011 20:30:49 GMT
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I'm horrified to be able to tell you that the one RatDat has posted is a series II. I shouldn't even know there WAS a series II.
Sadly the Series II generally comes with a more Euro J car interior than the series 1 which is like a star trek convention in a formica factory.
Erm, Is it T&T for that?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Mar 15, 2011 20:39:52 GMT
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I'm horrified to be able to tell you that the one RatDat has posted is a series II. I shouldn't even know there WAS a series II. Sadly the Series II generally comes with a more Euro J car interior than the series 1 which is like a star trek convention in a formica factory. Erm, Is it T&T for that? I've no idea if it's got T&T but I can check. The interior is pretty horrific...
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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Mar 15, 2011 20:48:54 GMT
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its bad, but imagine it in orangey-gold crushed velour.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Mar 15, 2011 20:52:59 GMT
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its bad, but imagine it in orangey-gold crushed velour. Stop it, your making me come ;D
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta 2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van 2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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Mar 15, 2011 20:57:35 GMT
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photo-of-wood trim where that one is silver...
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Mar 15, 2011 21:04:28 GMT
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It's like the B-Movie of the car world, so bad it's become culterific! I mean, look at that trunk and the embossed monikers on the seats, it's ridiculous.
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Mar 15, 2011 21:06:25 GMT
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I see the rationale.
Its everything you'd get in a big Cadillac except in a smaller package.
One of those "great in theory" idea like the Allegro VDP or MG versions of the Rover 25.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Mar 15, 2011 21:10:09 GMT
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I think you mean..... my word that's dreadfull... ....y awesome!!!!!
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Mar 15, 2011 21:51:45 GMT
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I like it... Especially the interior...
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Mar 15, 2011 21:59:11 GMT
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V6 front wheel drive auto - that's gonna be lovely to drive!
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Mar 15, 2011 22:24:29 GMT
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3 speed auto and 125 BHP. 1150 KG. its not going to be a ball of fire to drive. Should be pretty smooth. I drove a Mk2 Cavalier back in the day and it was a competant car.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Hirst
Posted a lot
This avatar is inaccurate, I've never shaved that closely
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I was reading a 1983 copy of Motor Trend recently and it had something about a special edition Cimarron with blacked-out chrome, looked quite mean. Might scan it later so me and Akku can go "wahey" at it.
To be fair on the old Cimarron, it was more a dismal marketing/pricing failure than a rubbish car in itself. The J-car was a good platform and that V6 is used in some pretty decent stuff. The first ones didn't even offer that V6 though, they were a 2.0 4cyl only at the start. Even so it'd have been an alright drive I guess, but calling it a Cadillac and increasing the price was "brave". Then there was the whole thing that dealers weren't meant to refer to it as a Cadillac to prospective buyers, but to say it was a Cimarron (by Cadillac). Plus the TV adverts which drew attention to things like affordability and fuel economy, making it sound like some sort of cheap economy car (when in fact it was quite pricey). This in turn drove away existing buyers who felt the brand was being cheapened! Wasn't entirely without reason though - the Cadillac brand was a bit stuffy by the early 80s, basically the car of rich old men, New Jersey gangsters, etc. Meanwhile, aspiring young executives were looking at European luxury cars and GM looked over at the existing platforms and had a think, the whole thing was rushed together, etc etc.
Although, something less mentioned is that Cadillac also needed a fuel-efficient car to balance out the average fuel economy of their range (CAFE regulations) or they'd be paying hefty penalties based on how much they were over the MPG average. These regulations were designed to get cars more fuel efficient - not so bad if you're dealing with a wide range as your little economy cars can balance out the full-size/land yacht type stuff, but this was Cadillac. Didn't have to be done by introducing a small car though - Lincoln dealt with it by downsizing the Continental, changing to smaller engines (since they weren't as heavy) and fitting an overdrive box.
Just as a side note - the CAFE regs led to a very odd situation for law enforcement. They still wanted full-size cruisers (for reasons of durability, ability to ram people off the road), but the engine sizes kept going down. At one stage, the California Highway Patrol were mostly using a version of the St Regis which struggled to break 100mph (still a V8, I dread to think what the Slant 6 was capable of). A lot of law enforcement agencies ended up using compact/mid-size cars as it was the only way to have a car quick enough to make their job feasible. Strange times indeed!
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That's gotta be based on the chevy celebrity platform! Looks almost identical to my old one. Drove smooth as you like! And didn't really have enough power to tell if it was fwd or rwd lol. Only got rid of mine 2 days ago and I already miss it :-( Want a Lincoln conti next :-D
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Last Edit: Mar 16, 2011 2:34:38 GMT by cairyhunt
Remember the days when sex was safe and motorsport was dangerous. Vintage bling always attracts pussy.
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its bad, but imagine it in orangey-gold crushed velour. Stop it, your making me come ;D Said ex cairy hunt daily, Can't really see the seats, but was a gold/beige velour bench :-D
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Remember the days when sex was safe and motorsport was dangerous. Vintage bling always attracts pussy.
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