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I'll be curious to hear about how that 200 holds up, as well. While I'm trying to be more fiscally responsible next time around, and get some 4-cyl intermediate, I have to confess that the Charger keeps coming up in my mind! Not the Hemi though; I figure I'll compromise with the 3.6 V-6 and the 8-speed automatic. I'll be really impressed if that thing can truly get its EPA rating of 19/31! The top takes a while, but I'm used to an 11 second MX-5 top, which is much smaller I went through a similar thing a few years back, after I finally got the power top on my '67 Catalina fixed. It's nice to just sit there and hold the button to make it raise and lower, but it takes a lot longer. When the power assist was broken, it only took a few seconds to hop out of the car and put the top down, once it was unlatched. Now, getting it back up by myself could be a bit of a back breaker, because I had to reach way over and grab it towards the center to lift. But, I could still get it up quicker myself than I can with the hydraulic assist!

The '75 Grand Ville hardtop coupe's rear windows were fixed and did not go down at all. The '74 was the last two-door hardtop Grand Ville where all four windows went down. The '75 Catalina hardtop coupe did have small quarter windows that rolled the whole way down, however.

I just popped over and left an answer. In short, for 1971-74, the Grand Ville coupe had roll-down windows, but in '75-76 they were stationary. I thought it was a bit odd that if you got the cheaper Catalina, you got roll down windows, but the more expensive Bonneville and Grand Ville (Bonneville Brougham for '76) were stationary. But, by that time, I think the attitude was starting to become who cares if the back windows roll down? It has air conditioning! I remember as a kid, I really didn't give a second thought to the stationary rear windows in Mom's '75 LeMans, '80 Malibu, or '86 Monte Carlo coupe, although my Grandparents' '82 Malibu Classic wagon always sticks out in my mind! Nor, did I pay any attention to the fact that they were stationary in my other grandparents' '77 and 81 Granada coupes. Their '75 Dart Swinger was a hardtop, but I don't remember it that well. Honestly, it wasn't until I bought an old '69 Dart GT hardtop, in 1989 when I was in college, that the memory of roll-down rear windows and true hardtop styling came back to me. Most of my friends, who weren't used to riding in something that old, thought it was pretty cool, too.

put me down for blue, too! I don't like yellow on a car, unless it's a pale, washed-out creamy yellow, like my '67 Catalina. But, that's not an appropriate color for a sportscar IMO. What I really hate is those yellows that have just a slight hint of orange, so they make me think of a school bus. Personally, a color that reminds me of a school bus, lemons, or pee, just isn't my cup of tea for a car! My favorite color is actually those pale, silvery greens and blues, like GM's "Jadestone" of days gone by and such. But again, that's really not a color for a sportscar. But then again, maybe it could work on a Corvette. I've seen Jags in a color like that, and they looked really sharp.

Yeah, I took that pic back in late September, I think. My roommate had driven the truck to work but got a sharp piece of metal stuck in the tire. Unfortunately, the bracket that holds the spare in place under the truck was rusted in place. Spare was flat anyway, so that was a moot point! So, to get the tuck home, I pulled one of the wheels off the Catalina, which uses the same 5-on-5 bolt pattern. I think the front tire on that truck is a 255/70/R15, and it's mounted on an extra-wide 15x8" truck rally wheel. In comparison, the Catalina rally wheel is a comparatively petite 15x7", and the tire is a 225/70/R15.