I think I have the following story correct and not backwards:
Some folks we knew from out at the lake drove big station wagons. A
series of Pontiacs as I recall but one year, they showed up in a Dodge.
The reason was that they could not get all of the options they wanted
unless they opted for the car with the fake woodgrain on the sides (ala
Country Squire by Ford) and he did not want the woodgrain. He tried to
convince the dealer that he should be able to get the base car with the
options but finally gave up and went where he could get what he wanted.
Randy
On 26/07/2022 2:29 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
I owned one of those, back in the day. It had the fuel efficient 440 cubic
inch engine with a massive 4 barrel carb... that resulted in a steady 8
miles per gallon, at a comfortable cruise speed of 90 mph on the
interstates, with the air conditioner set on "stun" instead of "arctic"
which would actually blow snow out of the vents in high humidity.
The trunk was the size of a 1/2 ton pickup.. and ... it had plenty of
headroom.
On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 2:15 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
That was it. I wasn’t thinking about that at the time. Either way, they
were related.
Dad bought the Monaco off the sales floor at the local Dodge dealer the
day after he quit General Motors. It was his “F-U” to GM, as he was not a
happy camper when he left.
-D
On Jul 25, 2022, at 5:11 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 25, 2022, at 4:06 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote:
You sure the Monaco isn't a cheap Newport?
I thought Chrysler was above Dodge like Buick was above Chevrolet.
As I recall, Chrysler was top end/luxury, Dodge was mid-tier but also
included trucks and muscle cars, Plymouth was economy.
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