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Old 10-12-2010, 06:28 PM
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I stumbled onto this gem whilst in the 'basement' going through an old box today ... what a blast from the past ....

Old 10-12-2010, 06:51 PM
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Beauty! Where is she now?

Is that a Monte Carlo in the background?
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Originally Posted by hal m
Beauty! Where is she now?

Is that a Monte Carlo in the background?
She's owned by another poor, addicted enthusiast in Sausalito, Ca., and yes, I believe that is one of GM's pride and joy of the era
Old 10-12-2010, 07:31 PM
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I didn't even have a driver's license back then

Beautiful car I like those headlamp guards.
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82? Me? Grade 7.
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I was in junior high school. My parents daily drove an '80 VW Rabbit and a '77 VW camper.
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Originally Posted by JPP
I stumbled onto this gem whilst in the 'basement' going through an old box today ... what a blast from the past ....

must have been a BIG box......
Old 10-12-2010, 07:47 PM
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I was nine in 82. :-)
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Originally Posted by Canyon56
Beautiful car I like those headlamp guards.
Very cool car... I just put a set of those headlamp gravel guards on my 56 Beetle...
Old 10-12-2010, 07:59 PM
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I was stumbling through middle skool.


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In 1982, I was probably working on my break dancing moves on a piece of card board in the garage.

Flash Back...
• Gallon of gas was only $0.91 USD
• The largest cash robbery in History occurs in New York when $9,800,000 is stolen from an armored car
• The First Issue of USA Today is published
• First CD player sold in Japan
• Michael Jackson releases his second adult solo album, Thriller.
• Graceland the home of Elvis Presley opens to the public
• The screen legend Grace Kelly / Princess Grace of Monaco dies on September 14th in car crash

Popular Films

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Rocky III, (With Mr. T & Hulk Hogan)
• On Golden Pond
• Porky's
• An Officer and a Gentleman
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Poltergeist
• Annie
• Chariots of Fire
• Gandhi

Popular TV Programmes

• Magnum, P.I.
• Dynasty
• Falcon Crest
• Hill Street Blues
• Knight Rider

etc...Wow, embarrassed to admit I remember most of these.
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I wasn't even a fetus
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1st year pharmacy school and 1st year of freedom from the ball and chain called parents.
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I was going to school at USC and driving a bright yellow 914. Those were the good days.
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hmmm. I guess red convertibles were the thing in '82. Me and my first car...



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