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Old 04-07-2017, 02:09 PM   #41
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John Steed from the original Advengers TV show.

You know the woman that played his hottie partner Ema Peel on that show in the 60's is now on game of thrones. I didn't even recognize her.
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Old 04-07-2017, 02:23 PM   #42
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John Steed from the original Advengers TV show.

You know the woman that played his hottie partner Ema Peel on that show in the 60's is now on game of thrones. I didn't even recognize her.
Diana Rigg? Loved her in the day. Exuded intelligence, among other things.
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Old 04-07-2017, 02:29 PM   #43
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We had a Granada. It had an OEM CB radio.
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Old 04-07-2017, 03:20 PM   #44
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We had a Granada too. Older version than that one.

34 MPG highway?? I doubt it...
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Old 04-07-2017, 04:06 PM   #45
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34 MPG highway?? I doubt it...
sure, it was measured downhill on I90, down the pass into Bozeman MT!
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Old 07-10-2017, 10:42 PM   #47
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I've bought two cars with louvers. Neither lasted a week.
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Old 07-10-2017, 11:03 PM   #48
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I've bought two cars with louvers. Neither lasted a week.
The cars? Or the louvers?

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The cars? Or the louvers?

Whoops. Louvers. The cars each lasted about 18 months.
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I've bought two cars with louvers. Neither lasted a week.
I hear you, my Dodge Daytona Shelby had them. also removed in a week or so. I even painted them to match the red car (had a body shop at my disposal at the time) They looked better in the car color as apposed to the original flat black.

But were still annoying due to rattles
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