Nothing wrong with that 5.4. Lots of power, smooth and quiet.
All whites at my house today.
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That looks like an early-'70s Vauxhall Firenza. I haven't seen one in many years.
Opel Kadett
Common DNA from GM of Europe?
Yes. While I am not sure about the '70, I know later Vauxhalls were pretty much rebadged Opels.
DAJIBAN!If it is, then I hope that Econoline takes some notes out of the Dodge race-ism notes...
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https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a23110414/japanese-dodge-van-racing-dajiban/
Then take a seat
Exactly! The 5.4 2v lived on in the E series until they temporarily went away. I believe they even added more spark plug threads in the head in late 03-04???? But I won’t swear to it.
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cohort-sighting-1971-vauxhall-firenza-viva-canada/
The 2nd-gen Envoy Epic and sister car Vauxhall Viva had terrible reputations here. It was speculated that the 3rd-gen was rebadged as a Firenza so as to get away from the Viva name. The Firenza developed its own reputation, and was given scathing reviews in Canada's Lemonaid books, such as "The Firenza is GM's first non-polluting car; it never runs, and so never pollutes", etc.
Too bad, as they were sharp-looking cars and handled really well.
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Here's my contribution to this obviously important thread: my old school white Miata. 
Please do.
The whole subject is ridiculous.
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I went to an event I want to say 2004, where we got to drive them. Either I'm no longer invited, or these events are no longer taking place at Mercedes Benz, Porsche, BMW (well there was 1 I didn't go to maybe 1 year ago). I'm 100% sure that it's been a very long time that I got a test drive a car for $100 offer.I'll take the one in the middle
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This is the "humor" section, or don't you have a sense of one?
If all cars were this colour, and one's jacket was a traditionally feminine colour, you'd have a pink sports coat and a white-car nation.
I lost it when I was dropped on my head when I was young.This is the "humor" section, or don't you have a sense of one?
Well, that does explain a lot.......
I almost bought a 15-seater church Dodge Van to give it a full Dajiban treatment. It had the 5.9L too... I was going to lower it, with Watanabe style wheels, and 4 rows of FR-S/BRZ/GT86 bucket seats in it. Or 4 rows of Honda CR-Z bucket seats.
