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Re: Bizarre eBay Find: 1967 Oldsmobile Limo
The 1967 Wagon Queen Family Truckster! ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Q...mily_Truckster)
How on earth did Clark Griswold miss out on that one?
Of course if you had a couple of spare Allison V1710 V12s lying around (http://www.hotrodhotline.com/pr/2009/09greenmonster/) . . . or a TV Tommy Ivo's Showboat quantity of big blocks (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom-margie/1171388276/) . . . that rig might make the foundation for the sickest mid-engined "gasser" ever!
And if you didn't want to jack it sky-high on a beam or tube front axle, you could plop an GMC blower on the 455 and leave it powering the nose, just like the Hairy Hurst Olds! (http://www.oldsclub.org/JWO/TheHairy...hurst_olds.htm)
And with ~ 5000 h.p., that thing might even get down the strip before sundown . . . .
Of course because I remember when these "airport limos" were still in service and I figure some kid in the 22nd Century needs to see this freak in its original infamy, I'd probably just wimp out with a safe date-code resto
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Here's some cool background on the "AQC Jetway 707" http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/a/aqc/aqc.htm
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Now would GM borrow ideas from a bankrupt little company from Arkansas . . . . ;D
Here's another possible source of inspiration for the GMC motorhome http://www.corvaircorsa.com/ultra.html
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But Papa Speedzzter explained to my "young skull full of mush" back in the '60s that they can charge a higher fare if they call it a "limo." (That was right before he told me I couldn't go for a ride in one. )
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I sent a message to the owner of that car. Here is my question:
Dear oi812,
Was Colgate University one of the previous owners? I remember them having a red one and I see some red paint under the blue.
Here is the answer:
I'm sorry the auction is presently over. you did not bid on the car. so I guess you will never find out.
- oi812
That was totally uncalled for. What if I was going to bid on a relisting? What a tool!
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Re: Bizarre eBay Find: 1967 Oldsmobile Limo
Originally posted by Don Keefe>
I sent a message to the owner of that car. Here is my question:
Dear oi812,
Was Colgate University one of the previous owners? I remember them having a red one and I see some red paint under the blue.
Here is the answer:
I'm sorry the auction is presently over. you did not bid on the car. so I guess you will never find out.
- oi812
That was totally uncalled for. What if I was going to bid on a relisting? What a tool!
Mainers are usually pretty good folks....guess you found the jerk in the bunch!
BrianThat which you manifest is before you.
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