...and this is what leads to every POS 4-door clunker
on ebay being listed by as a "CLASSIC!!!!!". No
offense, but not everything is a classic. And a
dictionary definition is useless in this sense (Do you
really think people who write dictionaries care about
cars, for the most part?).
Hell, for that matter, here are two parts of the
definition of 'classic' from Webster's New College
Dictionary-
Of or having a style that is balanced, formal,
objective, restrained, regular, simple.
As pertaining to cars: an automobile of the period
1925-1942.
Either way, that still says it's wrong to call a '73
Comet a 'classic'.
Now, just because a car isn't a 'classic' doesn't mean
you can't like it. My '68 Chrysler Town & Country is
never going to be a classic. And quite frankly, I
don't care!
--- jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
> Bob J <bobsoldbikes@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> : How could a 318 be a bored out 273 in 1957 when
> the
> : 273 didn't come out until 1964?
>
>
> You are correct - it was the LA version of the 318
> which was
> a bored out 273.
>
>
>
> : Classic has nothing to do with age, it's rather
> the
> : car itself. Think about it- do you consider a '66
> : Ambassador a 'classic'? If you saw a '52 Plymouth
> : Savoy 4-door, is that a 'classic'? Are '73 Comets
> : classics too?
>
>
> Roget's Thesaurus defines "classic car" as a
> vintage
> automobile, and suggests "antique automobile",
> "antique car",
> "classic automobile", and "vintage car" as synonyms.
> Also,
> most car value guides have definitions for "new",
> "used",
> and "classic". New being the current model year,
> used
> going back to 1980-1990 or so, depending on the
> guide, and
> classic being anything older than that.
>
> So.... yes, I would absolutely consider all of
> your examples
> to be "classic cars".
>
>
>
> : If you answered 'yes' to any of that, please slap
> : yourself and go gargle some toilet bowl cleaner
> for
> : awhile.
>
>
> After careful consideration, I have elected to
> take your
> suggestion under advisement, but will perform no
> such action at
> this time. :-)
>
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
> .-- Jon Steiger --- jon@dakota-truck.net or
> jon@jonsteiger.com --.
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> 4x4, '96 Dakota |
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