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Old 02-15-2018, 09:41 AM
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NICE BERLINETTA

You Either Have To Love Or Hate That Complete Push Button Dash,Not A **** To Be Seen.

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I had an 83 that looked almost exactly like this one. I remember hating the look of the new 84’s when they came out. Now with the passage of time I’ve come around to liking the look.
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My girlfriend had a beautiful baby blue '83-305 car back in the 80's. I left the keys in it one night in 1986 after installing an aftermarket radio....someone took it...

she was pissed
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What if I love to hate it?

It's the gold trim, and plush interior that really turns me off.
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Love the Berlinetta albeit the 1985-86 model years only. But this one is a nice color.

Nothing wrong with plush interior. More cushion for my big behind. LOL
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Call me crazy, but I think it's actually a really nice car. There can't be that many of those cars left with the pushbutton interior that are still complete and functioning, can there? Maybe I need my eyes and ears checked, but it is an 8 cylinder, not 6, right?
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Never mind, just noticed the vin. If I had some extra cash right now I'd probably make an offer on it.
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Looks EXACTLY like my ride the very first time I ever laid my eyes on it back in 92'. My Father was working for a limo company and one of the guys he worked with bought it for his wife; she was the second owner and was selling the car with 74K miles on it. I paid $2400 for mine back then - and it looked EXACTLY like that one. Kinda' funny thing,... I ended up buying another one that was almost identical to it a 5-6 years later. Only difference was the second car had a hardtop. ( Still have my first one,... ended up "totaling" the second one in 99'. )

Thanx for the FLASH-BACK !!


Edit: I was wrong, the second one was also a T-Top car too...... It was the third one that was a hardtop ( but the 3rd one had a V6 )



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My Girlfriend had one back in High School. 'bout 1990. Her dad owned an Exxon and essentially restored it. Burgandy with grey interior. The dash/interior looked cool, but I hated the turn signal....button, lever, thing! There was no positive feel when it engaged. Kinda had a mind of its own as to whether or not it'd work. Car was sharp. Great memories. Hated that turn signal.
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THAT piece of @#$%^& right there!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Abubaca
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/599x503/80-berlinette_ts_46a052f4893fb693ec4ecfbb1ada59f0d9c3a51e.jpg
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The dash/interior looked cool, but I hated the turn signal....button, lever, thing! There was no positive feel when it engaged. Kinda had a mind of its own as to whether or not it'd work. Car was sharp. Great memories. Hated that turn signal.
You have caused me to now be curious about the steering column. Thanks!
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That turn signal signal design would have made even Ghandi angry.

Test drove one during my thirdgen hunt a few years ago and knew right away i couldn’t be happy with one because of the switch.
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