At this particular show I was admiring a car on the other side of the aisle, when I heard the an interesting conversation behind me.
1948 Continental – FOR SALE
The young man in this picture seemed to be having a hard time understanding why the owner (the adult in this picture) was selling his car. At one point he was even questioning the price of $35k!!!!
Good to see such a young guy have such an interest.
Take a kid to a car show!!!
Thanks for reading.
Tim
The Drive By is new way to spotlight cars. As the name states these are cars that I see where ever I’m traveling.
The 1966 Barracuda wasn’t much when compared to the 1970’s younger brothers.
1966 Barracuda – old school.
Often referred to as the Formula S – 2 door coupe fastback with the V8. I don’t know if this one was the V8, I would have had to see the if it was badged properly to determine. (Small medallion placed below the ‘Barracuda’ script. The V8 would have been the Commando 273 CID with a two barrel carb – about 235 hp and a 10.5:1 compression when topped with a 4bbl Carter AFB.. The 6 cylinder was the Valaint Signet slant 225 CID with about 145 hp with a single barrel carb. They came in convertible as well – only 2570 of those were produced.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
I love the Sunliner the 50’s and 60’s models. Love the fins and the dual antennas on the 1960 in this vid. Ford made some of the most innovative and well designed cars in the 50’s and 60’s. I am a fan.
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I have 14 CD/DVDs to give away.
So I’m going to give the next two individuals that sign up for my feed a copy of the DVD Classic Automobile Films.
If you are reading this, grab my feed and then send an email too:
timsweet@average-guys-car-restoration-mods-racing.com
Include the address you’d like to have the DVD send to. It’s that easy.
I don’t share any information with anyone, nor do I keep that type of information, even for my own purposes.
At the entrance. Here are two of the cars that are up for raffling. There is also the a vette you can “try on”. In this clip I stated that the vettes at the end of the building were there for customer to sit. No true. That is where the code R is fulfilled. Code R is for delivery at the NCM. You can view a 1984 C4 in the window.
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Thanks Bill.
This web site claims you CANNOT tell Checker years 1960 to 1982 apart:
http://jalopnik.com/#!266317/checker-marathon
I still wonder what would have happened to Checker if Ed Cole had not died in a plane crash. Ed Cole was a GM Engineer who was ‘the father’ of the Chevy 283. The story goes that Checker was about to go out of business, and Ed Cole had accepted an offer to take the company over. Ed had retired ‘comfortably’ from GM, and wanted to have some fun with Checker. Legend has it that Ed planned to get the GM Impala/Roadmaster RWD chassis, drop in a a Mitusbishi V6 drivetrain from the Diamante, and keep the SAME Checker body panels. His goal was to keep the car in fleet sales with great MPG and long term reliability,
Knowing what I know today about Government regulation for automobiles, I have to think that Ed Cole would have prolonged Checker perhaps another few years, or so. Crash test alone cost about 1 million dollars per car model today.
My THREE cents for the day!
Happy Easter, Bill
