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Thanks for posting that Cordoba TV commercial. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread title. Because about 1975 I recall my buddy and I doing frequent Ricardo Montalban impersonations, (that commercial got a lot of air time back then).
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My father was part owner of a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership so we drove a couple of them. As someone mentioned, the suspension was a bit soft. 😁
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I prefer genuine naughahyde over Corinthian leather.
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I’ve had 3 of those Cordobas over the years.
While I was in the service. The Old Man bought one at the auction. The thing ran so good and cheap, that he bought more.
When I got home, I went along and bought one too.
I kept a good car for Carol to drive, but for myself id buy something cheap, and run it into the ground.
5 or 6 hundred dollars could get me something, and if I got 4 or 5 years out of it, I was money ahead.
Both those Cordabas give me great service.
The 3rd On was Dad’s, which he backed into a post leaving the VFW one nite, and had to put it in the junkyard.
It was about this time that Dave and I got into dirt track racing at Windber Speedway, a 3/8s mile around the football field at Windber Stadium.
The rich Corinthian leather seats were replaced with a rollcage and a racing seat!
Other than that, the only thing I did to that 400 motor, was switch the valve covers, left to right so the oil wouldn’t blow out the breather on the right from making left turns all the time and welding the spider gears in the rearend!
The straight stretch on each side was maybe 65 or 70 yards long, and then you had to throw it into the turns, so with the stock rear in low gear you had plenty of power. (I ran 14” 60 tires on the back, with about 2&3/4 “ of stagger)
I wasn’t the fasted guy around, but it was consistently in the top 5 or 6, and I ended up 3rd in points!
Not too bad for something resurrected outta the junkyard, with minimal money!
Windber Speedway shut down in ‘93, due to dust blowing into town. Bedford is 5/8ths mile, and it would cost a lot of money to be competitive, so I got into trap shooting instead.
But I still say that that little 3/8ths mile track was the most fun I’ve ever had with my clothes on!
7mm Windber - I remember that little track. Isn't that near the little village called Mine 37? Frank Kush - great football coach at ASU - born and raised there I think.
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I prefer genuine naughahyde over Corinthian leather. Never had any Corinthian, or any sort of Peloponnese for that matter, but did redo an entire auto interior with the best hyde from naugas that $$ could buy - at least in Tempe. Lot of work - never again.
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I prefer genuine naughahyde over Corinthian leather. Never had any Corinthian, or any sort of Peloponnese for that matter, but did redo an entire auto interior with the best hyde from naugas that $$ could buy - at least in Tempe. Lot of work - never again. So you're saying that next time you'll just throw a Navajo blanket over the seat and call it good? 
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At 16 i bought a wrecked 78 Cordoba from an insurance auction (brother was a Salvage dealer) It had 5k miles and the 360 with bucket seats & console and of coarse the "Finest Corinthian Leather" lol... After fixing it i drove it for the fall and winter... When you'd drive it in heavy rain the ignition would cut out and under heavy braking the carb would make the engine kill (common Chrysler problems back then)... But the leather smelled good and the stereo played great... I sold it in the spring and made enough profit to buy a new wrecked 600 mi. 79 Firebird Formula free and clear... Always thought the Cordoba shoulda' had a 426 Hemi with a Shaker Hood...
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I prefer genuine naughahyde over Corinthian leather. Never had any Corinthian, or any sort of Peloponnese for that matter, but did redo an entire auto interior with the best hyde from naugas that $$ could buy - at least in Tempe. Lot of work - never again. So you're saying that next time you'll just throw a Navajo blanket over the seat and call it good? Good idea !! Had never done anything like that - small Brit TR3 - so no headliner etc., but getting the seats right and some other details took a lot more work than envisioned. The flat surfaces were fairly easy.
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Shoot, even the folks in Johnstown, don’t know where Mine 37 is!.
Sorta tucked into the hill behind Windber. I pretty near forgot it was back there!
Didn’t know Frank Kush was from there.
Johnny Wiesmuller, the original Tarzan grew up in Windber, and Charles Bronson grew up in a little burg called Erenfeld, it’s on the hill above South Fork.
“Dobra Shunka” or Jack Ham of Steel Curtain fame, is a Johnstown native, as was actress Carol Baker. She and Mom went to the same school together, but if Mom knew her, I couldn’t say.
Mike Strank, who helped raise the the flag on Mnt Surinachi, was from Franklin borough in Johnstown as well. There’s a bridge there over the Conomaugh River, dedicated to his memory.
Been across it many times. I was dating a girl from Nanth Glo.
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I prefer genuine naughahyde over Corinthian leather. From the extinct Naugha 65 Schrader st, Johnstown, Bethlehem steel shut down, put dad outta work, the bank took 65 Schrader st. We were poor I’m told, didn’t know it then 🤷
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Going to Corinthia in May for work.
Anyb9dy recommend a good restaurant or possibly a brothel?
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Does Corinthian leather come from Corinthian cows ?
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Does Corinthian leather come from Corinthian cows ? Back in those days, the curious soon figured out that the "Corinthian" label was just a sales term made up by some ad agency. Once knew a guy who worked in the leather factory that made the stuff - up in central NJ not too far from NYC. So, probably mixed skins from a slaughterhouse.
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