BIL loved Studebakers. When they went under, he bought Chevys and then a
Pinto. About ten miles out of Tampa on the way to Pennsylvania, the Pinto
caught fire. For the rest of his life he was happy with a GM car
independently made in Tennessee; I forget its name.
Gerry...who bent Studebaker valve wrenches and used them to adjust Mercedes
diesel engine valves for years.
Gerry
From: "Dan Penoff" <d...@penoff.com>
My Dad was an executive VP of a GM division (GMAC) in the 60s, and like
all of the GM execs, he got program cars and dibs on anything else they
had for the most part.
When the Opel arrangement went in the tank in the late 60s, they gave him
the option to pick whatever he wanted from the remaining inventory that
was warehoused somewhere on the east coast.
So my poor, long suffering Mom got a brand new, Opel Kadett. (I say this
because her previous car was also a "child" of one of GMs failed ventures,
a Vauxhall wagon. After the Opel she got her first new car, a 1971-1/2
Ford Pinto hatchback.)
I remember that car well, as it was so poorly built and "tin cannish" it
wasn't funny. Mom loved stick shift cars, which this was, and she
thrashed the bejesus out of it. The car was a light blue, and the
interior was so spartan I seem to recall that it had rubber mats and no
carpet.
Not sure what happened to it, but I'm sure there wasn't much left of it
when Mom was done with it.
Dan
On Nov 11, 2012, at 9:50 AM, Michael Canfield wrote:
Opels were sold along with the Buick line when they were imported by GM.
Mike
On Nov 7, 2012 7:59 PM, "Tim C" <bb...@crone.us> wrote:
On Nov 7, 2012 7:32 PM, "Hendrik & Fay" <heni...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
Opel (German version of GM) has just entered the Oz market
http://www.opel-australia.com.au/vehicles/opel-range.html and Holden are
less than happy about this, as they used to sell rebadged Opels.
I thought Holden was GM-owned?
Best,
Tim
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