I hate FWD. Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 25, 2019, at 6:25 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Yeah, he was a hard core U.S. iron guy after having worked for GM for many > years. That being said, he did order a 450SL in the early 70s, just before > the gas crisis occurred. I’ve told that story before, but to recap, he > ordered the car, it came in a few months later when the you know what had > really hit the fan with Arab embargo on oil, and he had to back out of the > deal as many of his customers would have taken offense at him driving a > foreign car. Closest I ever saw the man to crying. Made me realize that this > must have been one special car and probably unknowingly affected my interest > in Mercedes. > > The last American iron he owned was a Plymouth Horizon TC3. Had an > aftermarket pop-up style sunroof installed in it that “didn’t leak!” Dark > blue with a matching interior. He loved that car, as it was his first front > wheel drive car and the handling was something he had never experienced. He > used to like to bury the front end in a snowdrift and then show everyone how > easily it could extract itself. > > I think that was the impetus for him to buy the Honda Prelude. He loved the > front wheel drive aspect and I don’t think there were many domestic front > wheel drive offerings at that time that were two seaters and relatively > upscale cars. Not sure - not a subject we covered before he passed. > > -D > > >> On Dec 25, 2019, at 7:03 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Bought a Honda. And that’s when it all ended for this country. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Dec 25, 2019, at 6:41 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dad had a 76, or whatever the first year model was - they had round >>> headlights. Silver with a red landau top and burgundy interior. Absolutely >>> beautiful car. Might have even had wire wheel covers, I don’t recall. >>> >>> After he left General Motors he was a Chrysler guy for a number of years >>> until he bought a Honda. >>> >>> -D >>> >>> >>>> On Dec 24, 2019, at 9:23 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> https://barnfinds.com/no-corinthian-leather-1979-cordoba-survivor/ >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________ 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
