My Dad, a GM VP that got program cars every six months, immediately moved to Chryslers in 1970 when he left General Motors. Why I have no idea, but…
His first car after he left GM was a 1969 Dodge Monaco. Damned thing had more chrome on it than I had ever seen before in my life. Funky radio with rollers instead of knobs. Just a lot of weird design stuff that I recall. Anyway, he took care of that car like it was his fourth child (I had two siblings.) I believe he drove it until the mid to late 70s, and when he sold it he was so proud that it had 270k on the clock. I recall it looking beautiful the day he sold it. It was Zeibarted so it never rusted anywhere that I recall. The car he bought to replace it? 1977 Chrysler Cordoba with Corinthian leather. Silver with a red landau top. -D > On Oct 16, 2019, at 12:43 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I have a friend who had a 67 galaxie when I met him. I believe his parents > bought it new. He got over 300 k with it. He replaces each frod with > another. Each one got over 300k. BTW he was an A&P when I met him, working > on a degree in Aero E. Since he gradgitated, he has worked for a major > aircraft mfgr. He takes fastidious car of each car, as Manfred does. > > We thought it was a big deal when the 65 chevey got to 250k back in 1972 or > so. 300k on a domestic car was unheard of back then, but he did it. > > Now the shovey was a used one. Most used cars had the odo rolled back in > those days. Who knows if this one did or didn't. But care and type of > driving make a bigger difference than brand, or name or engine. > > Kinda majik how domestic cars that rarely made it to 200k routinely go 250k > to 350k as soon as carfax and such made hiding the odo rollback difficult. > But the 6 cyl engines GM made in the mid 60s were crap, as the bigwigs were > trying to kill off the 6 cyl. > > > > Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote on 10/15/19 5:52 PM: >> Sounds more like "Manfred's cars last a long time" than "Toyota pickups last >> a long time". >> But we can't read a lot into individual cars anyway, like "Manfred's Taco >> went 300k", or "the transmission in Byron's Taco didn't make 150k", or even >> "the transmission in Mitch's W140 didn't make 150k", although with >> additional knowledge we can say "the connector that had an oil related >> failure in Mitch's W140 trans at 145k is a common failure point for 722.6 >> and a cheap fix if caught early". For all I know, a Toyota enthusiast would >> have fixed Byron's truck with a $15 part and 2 gallons of ATF, like my S420 >> trans. >> Mitch. >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
