Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for October 22, 2009

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    EarlWash  about 15 years ago

    Then too there was the the FORD.

    Found On Road Dead.

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    ejcapulet  about 15 years ago

    Or GMC.

    ‘Gotta Mechanic Coming.

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    Yukoner  about 15 years ago

    FORD - fix or repair daily.

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    BillTidler  about 15 years ago

    FORD - First On Race Day

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    webdoc  about 15 years ago

    DESOTO - Dead Exercise Settle On Test Option

    Based on input from acromaker.com (your experience may vary)

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    alan.gurka  about 15 years ago

    Then there was the Chevy Nova, which didn’t need any acronym to tell you the truth. In Mexico, the Nova was a big failure because in Spanish, “no va” means “doesn’t go.” Talk about kicking themselves in the backside without doing adequate market research.

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    rshive  about 15 years ago

    Just like a child’s toy, there’ll be one piece left when it’s put back together.

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    bmwk12ltc  about 15 years ago

    Nova also means an exploding star (car?) Maybe that should have been the name used for the Pinto.

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    lewisbower  about 15 years ago

    Cash for clunkers?

    Isn’t that called Social Security?

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    Allan CB Premium Member about 15 years ago

    HAHHAHAHAHA @ Lewreader

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    jrbj  about 15 years ago

    I had an old, used Nova. I learned how to Bondo on that car. Looked pretty good when I finished. Then I got under the hood and started replacing old worn bits of this and that and a hot 4 bbl carb. Then I got into the tranny and replaced that. In the end, we called it the Incredible Hulk because what it couldn’t go around it just went right through. It was the meanest 350 CID in town and could take anything stock in the Stop Light Gran Prix. In winter, people would call in and say they were stuck and couldn’t get in to work. I’d volunteer to go get them. A lot of my work mates were really mad at me. The only race I lost with it was one winter when I was chasing a Jeep through the park in deep snow. I high centered and the Jeep kept going. Had to get the 4 wheel drive from work and pull myself out. God, that was a fun car!

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    alan.gurka  about 15 years ago

    No, I think it’s called Soylent Green.

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    midiranger  about 15 years ago

    LOL!!! @Lewreader. Good one.

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    puddleglum1066  about 15 years ago

    With the Chrysler/Fiat deal, we now have “My Old Plymouth Ain’t Running” (MOPAR) meets “Fix It Again, Tony!”

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    COWBOY7  about 15 years ago

    GM(Chevy-Pontiac-GMC)=Government Monopoly

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    GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago

    GM = Good Mechanics?

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    coffeeturtle  about 15 years ago

    Lewreader said…

    Cash for clunkers?

    Isn’t that called Social Security?

    ———————————————– LOL!!

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    Bargrove  about 15 years ago

    Our 1948 Desoto was great. It has “fluid drive”

    Wish I had an ” Air Stream” DeSoto out of the

    30’s. They didn’t sell for a hoot then, but they

    were a marvelous modern design then.

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    ebroth1  about 15 years ago

    .. and when you go to your mechanic, tell ‘m “Groucho sent you.”

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    Dkram  about 15 years ago

    I loved my Pinto, four cylinder over head cam, four on the floor, I loved it. If they had made it front wheel drive it would have been nearly unstoppable.

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    Ronshua  about 15 years ago

    When the whippersnappers get Codger age , how funny then ? Codger mental cruelty , I’ll wager there’s a law !

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