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I misread your post sorry, I was still talking about Explorers. I know the rest of that.

4.6L V8, RWD, Independent Rear Suspension, quiet, great ride quality, spacious interior, and less than $5000.

The 302 made 220HP, the 4.6L 2v made 240hp, and the 4.6L 3v made 292hp. The 3v isn't a bad motor in the 06-10 refresh.

That's some pretty good corporate diversification right there.

DHS grad here. What year did you graduate?

Also, I could totally see this happening outside of Davis. There's enough Volvos for everyone.

Until they rusted apart. Water would collect behind the rear window and rust a hole between the cab and the bed.

Its not a Ranchero, its an F100.

If they were trying to avoid continuing the naming convention they could have used any other letter, but they didn't. Whether or not they admitted to it, its not difficult to determine why they decided on 'CTS'.

Just like STS never stood for Seville Touring Sedan, and DTS never stood for Deville Touring Sedan... oh wait, that's exactly what they stood for. How about the Eldorado ETC? Eldorado Touring Coupe. The CTS immediately replaced the Catera, I'll give you one guess as to what it stood for.

CTS stood for Catera Touring Sedan. Cadillac is now making every model a Catera. I wonder if it zigs.

But they did that 10 years ago with the STS which was sized like a 5-series but priced like a 7-series. It was a good car but it wasn't different enough from the competition to stand out. The marketing was so poor that most people thought it was front wheel drive.

Sorry, I was actually agreeing with you.

ETC would be the return of the coupe. ETS or STS for the sedan...

At least starting in 1988 they meant something. The original Seville STS was the Seville Touring Sedan, the Catera became the Catera Touring Sedan, the Deville became the Deville Touring Sedan. The Eldorado had the ETC, the Eldorado Touring Coupe. Only now with the SRX, ATS, and XTS do the names make no sense.

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There are pictures of it in the Autoblog link. Its a 1971-1973.

There are pictures of it in the Autoblog link. Its a 1971-1973.

Its definitely time for a rebuild. My dad is retiring in the next couple of years so it might happen sooner rather than later.

The reason my mom quit driving hers was oil getting past the seals and turning to smoke at idle. It got to the point where it would cloud an intersection when the engine was cold. Other than that the thing ran fine. Its been parked since 2008.

This probably wont help your decision, but my mom daily drove a 911 SC from 1987-2004 and put 180,000 reliable miles on it. Personally, I'm a Ford guy (I have a Mustang and a Thunderbird) but I'd have a hard time turning down a 911 SC.