posted 02-23-2015 06:33 PM                  

Told Sue, WE HAVE TO GET ONE IF THEY BUILD IT!

posted 02-24-2015 02:59 PM                  

I started seeing pictures of the concept car in Car Magazines and fell in Love. Then they said it was going into production. But I feared it would be out of my price range. Then the 97's came out and I heard they were selling for $80K and more, so it seemed my worst fears came true. Then I finally first saw the Prowler in person at the 1997 Atlanta Auto Show. I must have come back to look at it twenty times while I was there. I looked at the sticker of around $40K and thought to myself, I can do that. They had to clean the drool marks from the carpet around the display area after I left. I went home and showed Linda pictures but she did not like it. Then we attended an Oldies Concert in 98 which had a car show out in the parking lot. A Chrysler Dealer had a Purple Prowler there with a Prowler trailer. Linda took one look and fell in love same as me. Up until that time she had wanted me to get a street rod but after seeing the Cat there was no doubt. On of my co-workers husband was a salesman at the Chrysler Plymouth dealer. I contacted him and told him in that I would be financially able to buy a Prowler in June of 99 which would be when I would start drawing my retirement pay from IBM. He told me just to give him 45 days notice before I was ready to buy. We kept in touch during the next 10.5 months, assuring him I was serious. During the waiting period they got a 99 yellow and had it sitting on the showroom floor. I had to beg to be able to sit in it as they kept it locked. My salesman friend was not there on that particular day. I called him on April 13 1999 giving him my 45 days notice. Two hours later he calls back and says "I have your car". I was floored and told him I had to wait until June 1st when I would get my first retirement check. He said no problem we could work it out and I could get the car now and make my first payment in June. The Prowler was trucked up from Alabama and we had it two days later. Just waiting that two days after we signed the papers was pure torture. We had to pay $5k over the sticker. At the time I felt that was a good deal considering other stories I had heard. That price included a 7 year or 50K miles warranty. Sticker at the time was just shy of $40k. Driving the car off the lot as the owner was the first time I had ever driven a Prowler. I dropped the top, put Born to be Wild in the CD player and cranked up the volume as I drove off.

"Get your motor runnin'

Head out on the highway

Lookin' for adventure

And whatever comes our way way"

I must say it has been an adventure ever since.

posted 02-24-2015 06:43 PM                  

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Originally posted by Michael Pond:
Like that color. Looks like black with a red pearl on it. Gives it that chameleon look, like Ford did with their mystic color.

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posted 02-28-2015 06:05 PM                  

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Originally posted by ed monahan:
The color in the first clip is fairly accurate. The snapshot isn't even close to the color.
I didn't realize the grill was that much different.

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posted 03-01-2015 12:18 AM                  

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Originally posted by CJ:
TooHipCat........thank you for posting those photos!!! I was so busy with helping to run the event, I never had any time to take any pictures of my own. I am still bummed out about that.

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My pleasure CJ.
It was a BLAST!!!
Thanks again!

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Originally posted by ed monahan:
Great job Brian. I like the windshield without a surround.

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