Thursday, March 31, 2011
1955 Chevy Sedan Delivery
As someone who has always loved the old Chevrolet Suburban Bread Truck design I cannot believe I have never seen this particular configuration of the 1955 Chevy. Now that would be a great combination, and may be the first version of the car based SUV? Did it come from the factory like this or did someone customize it to their needs? Either way, this one is for sale on Oldcaronline.com . Check it out !!
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
63 MPG BMW Convertible
It may seem counter-intuitive to cross promote another blog site from this one, but I continue to find Jalopnik a great source for many of my posts. I will try to not get sidetracked with political diatribe here, but we Americans truly get what we deserve. Our likes, fears and actions are watched closely and there are many who will supply our deceived wants, even though we really need something else. I would love to see a company with the steely resolve to change our wants to more closely resemble our actual needs. This story about a remade BMW convertible roadster with a 63 MPG clean diesel engine is a case in point. Who doesn't love a BMW convertible? Who wouldn't prefer to get much better gas mileage? Yet we continue to lean towards the arrogance of huge engines (whose real power we honestly only use about 2% of the time). Someone please give us another chance and build something like this! I think the new powerful 6 cylinders from Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro are a good step. Now let's get a mid size truck that makes 40 MPG?
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Pinto for Sale... Cheap!!
The Ford Pinto was one of those cars that many of my friends drove "back in the day". To be honest, it was much like the GM small car offering in acceptability as a first car... that is until they started to explode. It is a shame that the few little changes that would have made the car safe were not made by Ford as soon as they realized it was an issue.
Remember when everyone who had any car knowledge would always look at the VIN number on a car to try to figure out which day and which plant a car was made in? There really was a HUGE difference in a Monday or Friday car versus the desired Wednesday car. A Wednesday Chevette, Pinto or Maverick was a fun little sporty, fun, economical vehicle. The Hangover Monday cars needed help getting up hills and had so many creaks and rattles that you almost couldn't hear the wind rushing through the gaps in the body panels and windows... If you have some time check out this article from Jalopnik about why the Pinto didn't ...
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