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Old May 28, 2013 | 08:47 PM
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Am I missing something? Why would you do this?

http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/3835105987.html
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Old May 28, 2013 | 09:15 PM
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That is hideous!!
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Old May 28, 2013 | 09:24 PM
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That is hideous!!
YES! It is HIDEOUS!

And I like older Grand Prix's, so please tell me this looks more like a '70's Poncho Granville, and not a Grand Prix?

I feel like it deserves a face transplant (as an alternative to the crusher).
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Old May 28, 2013 | 09:37 PM
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vettacarlo????
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Old May 28, 2013 | 09:46 PM
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buy it buy it buy and put it back to oem that car deserves to be reborn as it was when it left the factory
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Old May 28, 2013 | 09:58 PM
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Looks like all they changed was the front....could be fixed...
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Old May 28, 2013 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jesse10886
buy it buy it buy and put it back to oem that car deserves to be reborn as it was when it left the factory
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Old May 28, 2013 | 10:29 PM
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That's unexplainable......
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Old May 28, 2013 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by MrJlr
Looks like all they changed was the front....could be fixed...
but wow... Why would someone do that to a nice looking car.
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Old May 28, 2013 | 11:01 PM
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Dodge magnum
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Old May 28, 2013 | 11:06 PM
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Buy it for low 20's and replace the front clip. Not a big deal.
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Old May 28, 2013 | 11:06 PM
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One day he rear-ended a monte carlo and that's how it ended up!
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Old May 28, 2013 | 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jesse10886
buy it buy it buy and put it back to oem that car deserves to be reborn as it was when it left the factory
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Old May 28, 2013 | 11:42 PM
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I'd love to buy it....but I'd talk him down under 20k or walk.....
Beautiful car except it needs a front clip, headlight assemblies, etc.....



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Old May 29, 2013 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Xundart
...Why would you do this?...
I wouldn't, so that lets me off the hook.
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Old May 29, 2013 | 06:22 PM
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Nice lawn.
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Old May 29, 2013 | 07:08 PM
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If he did that to the front I would be curious what the rest of the car is like.
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Old May 29, 2013 | 10:15 PM
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Yup, that's pretty ridiculous alright.
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Old May 30, 2013 | 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by MrJlr
Looks like all they changed was the front....could be fixed...
Uh uh. He said "flairs all around done nicely."

Plus, there's a mini-spoiler glassed into the tail. And the rear quarters don't look right to me, but maybe it's his flairs throwing me off.
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Old May 30, 2013 | 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by speedreed8
vettacarlo????
I concede defeat. Given my girlfriend's vote for the Monte Carlo, I can see a clear consensus building, here, for the Monte Carlo, that outweighs my original, (mid-'70's) Pontiac Granville interpretation, below:

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Well-played, Sir!
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