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Article: John DeLorean's nine greatest cars of all time. (famous car maker selects his favorite automobiles of all-time)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Esquire
- Article date:
- October 1, 1998
- Author:
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LANDMARK CARS. You've got one. We all do, parked somewhere in that boneyard of the brain, right? The first car, which you just have to cherish, even though it was a used four-door, metallic-blue (except for the rear driver's-side quarter panel, which never got out of primer) 1973 Ford Maverick. Or maybe it was the '66 MG that you, despite the obvious stick-shift impediment, lost your virginity in. Or even the shag-carpeted, upholstery-tufted Chevy with the IF THIS VAN IS ROCKIN', DON'T COME KNOCKIN' bumper sticker that your older brother willed to you in the fall of 1981 when he went off to college.
Landmark cars indeed, but not the kind of landmark cars we mean. ...