{"id":8399,"date":"2025-06-18T00:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T05:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=8399"},"modified":"2025-06-16T08:46:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:46:18","slug":"how-about-some-more-buggies-n-blues-photos-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=8399","title":{"rendered":"How about some more Buggies ‘n’ Blues photos? (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Let’s get right to it: This thing has got the kind of lines a guy could think about when the lights go out and the head hits the pillow for the night. Absolute beauty. There isn’t a single thing about this Malibu that doesn’t ooze perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Some of my fondest memories involve an Opel GT. In fact, I jumped out of one of these while it was in motion – no more than 25 miles per hour, I’m sure – during my impulsive teens. Those years are not to be confused with my impulsive twenties, impulsive thirties…you get the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fun fact about these gorgeous headlights: you pull a manual lever to reveal\/retract them, and they spin sideways<\/em>. Fun to watch, fun to actuate that lever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Herbie! Always a show favorite. The Love Bug. No comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How do you sucker a guy like me into putting a photo of a Chrysler product on his blog? It ain’t easy: it involves a two-step process. Step one – obviously<\/em> – is painting the thing Kawasaki Green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step two: Looney Tunes decals. Road Runner, more specifically. Of course, Peanuts would work too…but that wouldn’t be very Dodge now, would it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve got plenty more photos to come! Stay tuned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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