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83 Renault Alliance - 1st new car. Bought in Oklahoma City. Drove east. Many problems. Traded in with 40,000 miles.
"Here and now, in vivid HTML, Car and Driver formally apologizes for naming the Renault Alliance to the 1983 10Best Cars list.
For the last 26 years, it’s been gnawing at our collective gut like a shame-induced ulcer.
The car was trash. We should have known that back then, and it’s taken us too long to confess our grievous mistake"
"The Alliance proved that Wisconsin workers could assemble a Renault with the same indifference to quality
that was a hallmark of French automobile industry".
January 2009
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66 Rambler Classic - Grammy Benson’s old car. Bought from Grampa. drove many years. Sold.
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66 Rambler Classic - Parts car bought for $300 to repair body damage after other Rambler was in accident on 12/17/84. Scrapped.
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54 Studebaker Truck - Inherited project from Ben Davis. Never completed. Traded to Dave Fox.
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80 Jeep Wagoneer - Actual year unknown. Bought from Bob Gilmore. Used one season as winter car. Sold.
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53 Packard Cavalier - Bought from Charlie Webber May 1985. Got running. Sold to Bill Grant.
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67 Rambler Rogue Convertible - Bought from Chet’s 12/29/86 for $800. Rebuilt. sold to Carpers for $3000.
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61 Cadillac Coupe DeVille - Bought from Jimmy Stewart. Drove for several years. Sold to Joel Rusnak.
New photos (April 2010) of this Cadillac as restored by Joel Rusnak...Awesome!
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51 Studebaker Land Cruiser. Bought for $100 from Eric Nobel. Did front suspension rest. Gave to Emersons.
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62 Studebaker Lark Sedan - Bought from original owner (94) in Cape Elizabeth. Drove many years. Sold.
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63 Studebaker Wagon - Got up in Auburn area from friend of Diane Parkinson. Did motor work. Never got on the road. Traded to Dave Fox.
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68 Rambler American - Green. Bought to swap out body panels for Rogue. Sold to Rich Benton who drove it a few years.
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69 Rambler American - Gold. Drove briefly as winter car. Sold.
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69 Rambler American - Blue. Came with green & Brown Ramblers. Don’t remember what happened to it.
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74 AMC Matador Coupe - Bought for $100 for nice body and interior. Hoped to find an engine. Scrapped.
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55 Studebaker Commander Coupe - Bought in Scarboro as a project. Motor stuck. Sold to Cliff Whitney.
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55 Studebaker President Coupe - Parts car with Commander.
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84 Dodge Omni - 2nd new car. Bought at Lee Dodge 8/16/84. Sold in 1989.
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77 International Travelall - Free from Carl Mighton. Drove up from Hopkinton MA. Very rusty. Used on farm. Caught fire and burned in woods.
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86 Mercury Sable Wagon - Bought for $10,000. Drove seveal years. Scrapped.
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68 Avanti II - Bought from Ed Capozzi in Braintree Mass for $8000. Still driving. Crushed in collapse of pole barn in March 2003.
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81 Mazda GLC Wagon - Bought from Amy O’Shea. Winter car. dad used one season. Scrapped when it needed second $400 exhaust system in 2 years. Drove onto flatbed.
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77 International Truck - Bought in Kezar Falls for plow truck. used one season. Sold to Ken.
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62 Chevrolet Bel Air Sedan - “The Scow” Old Bert Lewis car. drove for a few winters. Dad used one season. Sold to Linda Eisener.
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93 Dodge Spirit - 3rd new car. Bought at Walker’s. Sold in March of 2003 for $550.
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