1980 Chevrolet Citation on BAT - Chicago, IL

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  1. jim535

    jim535 born in a Ford

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    Looks like it has been hiding in Grandpa's garage in SD a long time. ;)[​IMG]
     
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    God watching that video made me think Michigan Ave hasn’t had a decent ‘81 Citation on it since 1985. My dad had a company car just like this with the red under molding color and a red interior. What were we thinking?
     
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    moparandfomoco Well-Known Member

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    A Chevy Crustacean!

    Ya know, the packaging on these cars is all right - roomy and good visibility, etc. Too bad the rest is like ten miles of bad road....
     
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    cammerjeff Longroofs Rule!

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    You almost never saw these with the standard wheels & Dog Dish caps.Also the few I drove with the 2.4 Iron Duke made me miss the Smooth running? 2.8 V6 my sisters car had. She had a non X/11 2-Door with bucket seats and a 4-speed manual. I am sure worse shifters were made, but even new it was hard to tell if you shifted into 2nd or 4th from 1st before you let out the clutch.
    I really disliked driving her car, we swapped a few times for a week or so as it got much better gas mileage than my 69 GTO, and I was a poor ex serviceman trying to finish his FAA A&P testing and it required me driving 3 hours one way to the nearest testing site. I don't think the V6 was any faster than the Iron Duke, but it had more torque and didn't vibrate as much as the rentals I drove with the Duke.
    This car has been hiding inside its entire life, neither the package shelf or the carpeting has turn Green? from the sun. What a strange color combo with the rd and white exterior and tan interior. I would have expected the red version of this interior in the car.
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  6. OrthmannJ

    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    I remember that it seemed like these things were everywhere when I was a kid. I always thought they were a little funny looking, but I didn't dislike them. This one looks like it is quite well preserved. A true time capsule.
     
  7. Silvertwinkiehobo

    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Yeah, I remember when these 'X' body cars first debuted; GM was hanging a lot on them, but as throwaway work cars. You don't see many any more simply because the build and material qualities had yet to arrive.
     
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    My neighbor's wife had one of these when I was growing up, just like this except no 2-tone paint. She died of cancer young and the car just sat in the driveway rusting away for almost a decade. I've driven one of them and wow, cammerjeff is not lying as the 4 cylinder iron duke was just a bleh experience. The only thing it did well was fuel economy compared to a v8 - everything else about it sucked.
     
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