From: don_rankin_3rd_REMOVE_305390_THIS_@yahoo.com
Hey, club; I'm happy to have found you. (I joined
a couple of days ago.) I like the early rear drive
Skyhawks (favorite cousin of my Olds Starfires), although
I never see them anymore. There even used to be a
couple of Roadhawks and at least one Nighthawk in my
corner of Ohio, but I guess they're long gone. I had
owned three Starfires; a '76 5 speed SX, a '79 4 speed
SX, and an '80 4 speed GT, all with Buick 231's. They
were good heavy cars, as little cars go anyway, and
they all looked great. Here in Ohio the winters' road
salt tore them up, and like all other small cars,
their owners were either too poor to save 'em or their
once little families outgrew them. It's sad that GM
quit making these cars, and that so few of them are
left. For the money (cheap - 4 to 6 thousand in 1980,
less than a year at minimum wage), I think they were
among the best cars GM made. I wish I could buy new
ones for my kids' first cars.
I'll check in
here once in a while...
Don
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