Telly Savalas could sell anything.

[BRealistic]

Seems kind of strange... Telly Savalas in a suit in an 83 Ranger. (Shrug)

And can anybody imagine Telly in one of these EXPs?

[Mazda 3s]

[Air and water do mix]

Who loves Ford, baby?

Is Yul Brynner next? How about Lex Luthor?

[BRealistic]

Who loves Ford, baby?

Is Yul Brynner next? How about Lex Luthor?

Honestly.. I want to buy an 83 EXP now just because Telly Savalas said it was the thing to do.

[Mazda 3s]

Honestly.. I want to buy an 83 EXP now just because Telly Savalas said it was the thing to do.

My wife is half Greek and still doesn't know who Telly Savalas is

Then again, she was born in 1983 and grew up deprived of "normal" TV I took for granted. I was born in 1980 and vividly remember watching Kojak reruns at grandma's house

[BRealistic]

My wife is half Greek and still doesn't know who Telly Savalas is

Then again, she was born in 1983 and grew up deprived of "normal" TV I took for granted. I was born in 1980 and vividly remember watching Kojak reruns at grandma's house

You think Telly knew what happened to Jimmy Hoffa?

[Air and water do mix]

My wife is half Greek and still doesn't know who Telly Savalas is

Then again, she was born in 1983 and grew up deprived of "normal" TV I took for granted. I was born in 1980 and vividly remember watching Kojak reruns at grandma's house

Kojak is on weekdays on Me TV. So is The Rockford Files.

Rent "Kelly's Heros" if she can dig a WWII flick. It's a good one.

[Air and water do mix]

You think Telly knew what happened to Jimmy Hoffa?

He could've figured it out if he didn't!

[VadGTI]

My wife is half Greek and still doesn't know who Telly Savalas is

Then again, she was born in 1983 and grew up deprived of "normal" TV I took for granted. I was born in 1980 and vividly remember watching Kojak reruns at grandma's house

Random TCL fact: Telly Savalas is (was) TCLer 1sikgti's godfather/Communion or some other religious thing-guy .

[Swallow Doretti]

Honestly.. I want to buy an 83 EXP now just because Telly Savalas said it was the thing to do.

The EXP got such a bad rap when it came out. Don't get me wrong; it's still a crap car. But the styling of the early models has aged much better than anyone expected it would.

[BRealistic]

On a car related note...- what was the Ford Care crap about?
It seems like what we call a standard warranty now.

Wait.. when did new cars did not even have a 2 year warranty?

[BRealistic]

The EXP got such a bad rap when it came out. Don't get me wrong; it's still a crap car. But the styling of the early models has aged much better than anyone expected it would.

It has a strange pop up headlight style without the pop up headlights.
But yeah... it did age remarkably well... probably due to the rather simple lines and short rear deck plus longer hood proportions.
Didn't they make an EXP turbo?

[1sikgti]

Random TCL fact: Telly Savalas is (was) TCLer 1sikgti's godfather/Communion or some other religious thing-guy .

lol, THIS! Telly was my grandfathers best friend and was always at the house, when I was growing up. Before I was born, he would bring Jennifer aniston over(when she was a kid) to swim, since telly is her godfather. Great thread, if you knew him in person, like I did, you would love him even more. Tons of great stories. And yes, I have a gold trimmed bible personally given to me with personalized message in-scripted inside by telly himself. He was just another one of my grandpas friends who Hung out at the house, to me.

[VadGTI]

lol, THIS! Telly was my grandfathers best friend and was always at the house, when I was growing up. Before I was born, he would bring Jennifer aniston over(when she was a kid) to swim, since telly is her godfather. Great thread, if you knew him in person, like I did, you would love him even more. Tons of great stories. And yes, I have a gold trimmed bible personally given to me with personalized message in-scripted inside by telly himself. He was just another one of my grandpas friends who Hung out at the house, to me.

I was going to post something about the Bible, but refrained. So, there you go .

[1sikgti]

I was going to post something about the Bible, but refrained. So, there you go .

yup, he was my communion sponsor. I got a ton of pics of me as a kid with him, since my grandpa and him were best friends. seeing him sell fords is hilarious!

[leaftye]

I barely recognize him. I've watched very little of what he's been in. Born a decade too late I guess.

[Air and water do mix]

lol, THIS! Telly was my grandfathers best friend and was always at the house, when I was growing up. Before I was born, he would bring Jennifer aniston over(when she was a kid) to swim, since telly is her godfather. Great thread, if you knew him in person, like I did, you would love him even more. Tons of great stories. And yes, I have a gold trimmed bible personally given to me with personalized message in-scripted inside by telly himself. He was just another one of my grandpas friends who Hung out at the house, to me.

That's really cool!

He seems like one of those genuine guys that you'd love to have around and talk with. I have a feeling you wouldn't want to cross him, though. Of course, why the hell would you?

[Mazda 3s]

And he was also in one of my favorite Bond flicks: OHMSS as Blofeld

[VadGTI]

yup, he was my communion sponsor. I got a ton of pics of me as a kid with him, since my grandpa and him were best friends. seeing him sell fords is hilarious!

Per my research, he did at least one movie with your grandpa, Land Raiders in '69, a Spaghetti Western. Your grandpa apparently played two parts (one as Paul Picerni and the other as H.P. Picerni) because one of the actors showed up on the set drunk. So, they put make-up on your grandfather and he played Arturo in the opening scene as well .

[1sikgti]

Per my research, he did at least one movie with your grandpa, Land Raiders in '69, a Spaghetti Western. Your grandpa apparently played two parts (one as Paul Picerni and the other as H.P. Picerni) because one of the actors showed up on the set drunk. So, they put make-up on your grandfather and he played Arturo in the opening scene as well .

hhaha yes, that is 100% true and was one of my grandpas favorite stories.They also hung out together filming the dirty dozen and he had a few small bits on kojack.

[Jrod511]

Jeez, this one looks like a 7/8th scale Mustang. Well done.

edit: I blew my 5000th post on my 3rd user name to post a picture of a Ford EXP. Things can only improve from here.

[Air and water do mix]

Jeez, this one looks like a 7/8th scale Mustang. Well done.

Nah, they're about 3/4 scale.

edit: I blew my 5000th post on my 3rd user name to post a picture of a Ford EXP. Things can only improve from here.

[BRealistic]

yup, he was my communion sponsor. I got a ton of pics of me as a kid with him, since my grandpa and him were best friends. seeing him sell fords is hilarious!

You are very lucky to have loved ancestors saved in celluloid for posterity.

[Big Dac With Fries]

Spotted a Mercury LN7 on the road in MINT shape several months back:

[BRealistic]

^

Looks like bubble hatchback Capris.

[kiznarsh]

I love how the Ford warranty excludes "accidents."

I've always thought Michael Chiklis resembled our buddy Kojak. Anyone else?





They both have Greek blood in them so they have that, and lemme tell ya, that blood is precious. My now double-ex's dad always brought it up as his way of saying I was never good enough for his daughter.

[Mazda 3s]

They both have Greek blood in them so they have that, and lemme tell ya, that blood is precious. My now double-ex's dad always brought it up as his way of saying I was never good enough for his daughter.

You should have just sprayed him in the face with Windex

[Swallow Doretti]

It has a strange pop up headlight style without the pop up headlights.

I think in this day and age of so much Bangled surfacing, the front end of the EXP looks positively simple by comparison. I actually think the earlier cars with the peaked headlights look better now than the later cars with the cladding and the simpler front end. The very first EXP turbos without even the two-tone (another common option) I think look best:

Didn't they make an EXP turbo?

Yep--it had 120 hp, which was a lot in the day, but it still was bit of a dog.

Apparently, there were also a couple of supercharged ASC McLaren versions built, which I did not know until I was Googling for photos for this thread:





http://www.justacargeek.com/2011/12/...ever-knew.html

[robr2]

On a car related note...- what was the Ford Care crap about?
It seems like what we call a standard warranty now.

Wait.. when did new cars did not even have a 2 year warranty?

Warraaties were only 1 year/12,000 miles for the most part until the early-mid 80's. The Ford upped it to 2 years/24,000 miles. Chrylser added the 5/50 powertrain and then went to 7/70 in the mid 80's with the 1/12 bumper to bumper.

[Aonarch]

And he was also in one of my favorite Bond flicks: OHMSS as Blofeld

[robr2]

They both have Greek blood in them so they have that, and lemme tell ya, that blood is precious. My now double-ex's dad always brought it up as his way of saying I was never good enough for his daughter.

Traditonal Greek families like to keep the heritage and Greek Orthodox religion living on. Kind of like many convert to Judaism when marrying into a Jewish family.

I have a friend to converted to Greek Orthodox when he married a woman whose family was Greek - and she was adopted. The ethnicity is important.

[Golf Cabrio 3.5]

It is a rare blood line,let me tell you

[Fe2O3]

There are actually people who are way in to these cars... the EXP and LN7.

http://www.fordexp.com/

[Double-V]

If Russia were to attack Turkey, would Greece attack from the rear?

Savalas was great in the Dirty Dozen.

[roadtripper]

savalas in a suit selling rangers in 83 makes sense. bringing the pickup to the masses, the commuting class, the working/every man, fresh off gas shortages, and convincing them it was perfectly normal to drive to work in a suit in a truck, is what turned a farm implement into the best selling vehicle in the land. (well, that and the government/industry "cooperation.")

ahhh, the golden age.