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Figured this was due to be added to the RG archives. Was searching for an appropriately St. Patrick’s Day-hued car, and voila, located this in The Vault. Cheers, and please Brougham responsibly this evening! -TK<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a fine specimen of B-body 1977-79 Bonnie, in that light mint green that was available on many 1979 GM full-sizers; I’ve seen them on everything from Cutlass Supremes to loaded-up Electra Park Avenues and plain-Jane LeMans sedans. Yes, once upon a time in Detroit, you could get many different colors on your new car–even hospital green, ha ha.<\/p>\n

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This one looks great in Pastel Green, especially with the skirts and no vinyl roof. Sport mirrors are also a plus. No vinyl top is a BIG plus. It’s no secret I love these things, as well as their corporate siblings the Caprice Classic, Delta 88 and LeSabre.<\/p>\n

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And I do like this color, but I’d love this car even more in that deep, lustrous Jade green Ford had seemingly available on everything from Rancheros to Town Cars circa 1975-1979. Green is good.<\/p>\n

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As is the case with this Bonneville four-door sedan. Remember green interiors? Blue interiors? Red interiors? White leather “tuxedo” interiors with black carpet, dash and seat belts? I miss them. I also miss Pontiac. And Oldsmobile. And cars, lol! Everyone has to have a damn crossover now: that special vehicle that does everything, but poorly.<\/p>\n

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Case in point. Today I stopped at the bank and saw this, er, thing. I texted my buddy Jayson and said, ugly thing, isn’t it? He responded: “Someone must have had shitty credit and only $500 down \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23.”<\/p>\n

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About an hour later I saw this nicely-preserved circa 1994 Grand Am and it struck me how even a pretty common car 25 years ago was at least pleasant looking. It seems like 60% of new cars are ugly little boogers. I know a Grand Am is no gorgeous creature per se, but it’s a damn sight better looking than your average late model CR-V or Equinox.<\/p>\n

I see I’m digressing again. Oops. Back to the Bonneville…<\/p>\n

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Not only is this one in a rare and interesting (to me, at least) color, it is also the same year as the one my father had\u2013though his was a metallic root beer brown with a beige vinyl roof. When I was born, my folks owned three cars: a 1973 Volvo 1800ES,<\/a> 1951 Porsche 356 (known as \u201cthat piece of junk\u201d by Mom) and a 1977 Volvo 245DL wagon. The Bonneville was a company car.<\/p>\n

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It seems as though I\u2019m the only one who really remembers it well, despite the fact that I was about three when it was replaced with a new maroon Volvo DL 2-door sedan. Thus, my love of these things forty years later.<\/p>\n

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The ad for our featured vehicle is long, long gone, but here’s hoping it’s still out their in nice shape, causing folks to walk past myriad Foose footed, resto-mod Mustangs (with fake Shelby emblems), Corvettes and Camaros (with fake SS emblems, haha).<\/p>\n

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Figured this was due to be added to the RG archives. Was searching for an appropriately St. Patrick’s Day-hued car, and voila, located this in The Vault. 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