500,000 miles young today

[Larry C. Leung]

Wow!

Brings back some memories. My parents had a '77 Impala wagon. Your's
looks a little more
Capricious ;-) in front. Not a bad car, except the factory front bench
was a REAL pain in
the butt (actually, low back!). The folks wagon was a 350 4bbl (they
wanted it for towing)
with a 2.73 rear (they wanted gas milage, too!). In end result, it was a
long legged cruiser
that had no get up and go, although it more than once got 25 MPG. It went
away when my
parents got the Passat, although it's no milage champ, at a mere 105 k
miles. And, I'm 
amazed at how you kept the infamous GM metallic paint shiny. Our silver
car started to
get that GM peel, in spite of being garaged. But then again, Dad never
much did keep the
car all that clean. The choice of silver was precisely b/c he felt he
wouldn't need to wash
it as much. 

LL - NY

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Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:35:10 -0500
From: David <duandcc_forums at cox.net>
Subject: 500,000 miles young today
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Audis are not the only long lived cars in the world. I know we routinely
see I5 Audis with hundreds of thousands of miles on them, so when my
CHEVY rolled past 500,000, I thought I'd prove that even American cars
with love & care can last a LONG time. Well, my 1978 Impala rolled past
500,000 miles late last night, so I figured I'd give the old girl a nice
detailing as a present. She's been in the family since new (wife and I
adoped her from my mother-in-law when we were poor college students).
Looks pretty good for having a half-million miles, if I do say so myself.
Pics are from earlier this year when she has ONLY about 498,000 on her. 
=)

http://members.cox.net/duandcc_forums/78IMPALASIDE.jpg 
http://members.cox.net/duandcc_forums/78IMPALAFRONT.jpg
http://members.cox.net/duandcc_forums/78IMPALAREAR.jpg