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Speaking of Torinos, look behind the Nova.


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There was a car show, the next town, west. Must have been 12 Starsky cars that came to the strip after the show, for test and tune. Most were painfully slow. That was my Nova, first time out. Was not proud of the way it looked but it ran good. Got a hood the next week.
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Academically, each door assembly weighs about 25% of the cars' total making the hinges last around 6 months of regular use before making all sorts of painful noises and requiring a running start to get the things closed as intended...which usually involved removing leading edge and fender paint after about 7 months. What an engineering turd.
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Academically, each door assembly weighs about 25% of the cars' total making the hinges last around 6 months of regular use before making all sorts of painful noises and requiring a running start to get the things closed as intended...which usually involved removing leading edge and fender paint after about 7 months. What an engineering turd.


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Academically, each door assembly weighs about 25% of the cars' total making the hinges last around 6 months of regular use before making all sorts of painful noises and requiring a running start to get the things closed as intended...which usually involved removing leading edge and fender paint after about 7 months. What an engineering turd.
Pretty impressive survivor though.

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