That’s an email from a reader. Been under the weather for a few days and a heavy workload this time of the year where I “pound salt” (hopefully a fair ratio of people get that).
So here is what is coming up:
Finish up the series on the 326 Pontiac engine.
Finish up the last couple entries for the Name That Car Contest (tally for this latest round coming up).
Feature Car – one of the Studebaker’s models.
Update on my 1970 Mustang “make-over”.
And some other stuff.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
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
Here this one is going to be a tough one.
Jump in the ‘way back’ machine and guess this early turn of the 20th Century car.
Name That Car
Good luck.
Remember you need 5 correct answers to win. If you are reading this on Facebook you need to chase the link and post on the blog.
Thanks for playing.
Tim
The correct answer is 1956 Continental
1956 Continental
Bob Sweeting was the first correct answer.
(No I don’t believe we are related.)
Thanks for Playing Bob.
Next one coming up right up.
Tim
A while back I did an engine mini series on Chevy’s 283. Since then I found a great site for more information on the 283.
Links – http://wp.me/pKHNM-nu
http://wp.me/pKHNM-nB
http://wp.me/pKHNM-nT
http://chevroletphotosblog.com/?p=23046
Chevy 283 Motor | ChevroletPhotosBlog.com
chevroletphotosblog.com
1965 chevy 283 motor complete runs good 500.00 cash call 205-792-4699. Location: Tuscaloosa. State: Alabama City: Tuscaloosa tuscaloosa.americanlisted.com
Thanks for reading
Tim
Steve Sears got this one correct. – Nice job.
I love these cars.
The Studebaker Golden Hawks are my favorite model in that brand.
This is the 1956 Golden Hawk.
1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk
Current tally is:
Thanks for playing.
Tim
Ok…this one is older than what I’ve been serving up.
Again, this is not one of the top 3. This car was also very prone to rust because of the body structure.
Good luck.
Name That Car #7sup
Thanks for playing.
Tim
And the answer is:
1966 AMC Rambler
John F Comeau won this one for the blog.
No winner on AFCC.
Remember to win the DVD or other prize you have to collect 5 wins.
Another coming up tomorrow night.
Thanks for playing.
Tim
Ok…we are rollin’ along now. I’m also running these over on Armed Forces Car Club, so there will be two winners, one for this site and one for theirs.
Here is the next car.
This is (again) a 60’s era car. This is not of the Big 3 but this company brought us some excellent cars with some healthy power plants under the hood.
In it natural state (right off the assembly line), this car was not a muscle car, but now days you can find them with all kinds of transplants.
Name that Car #7
Good luck with this one.
Thanks for playing.
Tim
Too easy?
Maybe.
Good guess Jeff G.
My 1970 Mustang.
1970 Mustang
Thanks for playing.
Tim
