balthazar

'41 is my favorite year from the late '30s up thru '50. Series 60 Special, and yep; that's a factory sunroof :

... how the Model X came out.

I'd bet this pedal car, found today in that condition, would be worth a minimum of $10,000.

From the AACA board, and to those who say 'you can't drive a vintage car on modern roads' :

I don't see it, sorry. - - - - - ocnblu as a child, planting a small explosive device near a car he found had electric windows :

A sporty SUV coupe might be interesting, if anyone actually built one. I can't think of any- even Porsche won't build one. Instead there's 4-dr SUVs, and 4-dr SUVs with smashed down roofs no one buys.

Which has been a successful niche at BMW? X6 is as big a flop as the 3GT, and there are a half dozen more in the lineup.

My '94 F-150 (Reg Cab / Long Bed) off-lot base MSRP was $13,154. Had : • Pref Equip Pac ($706) : headliner/insulation package, AM/FM w clock, Argent styled steel rims • 4-spd auto OD ($924) • 3/4 ton springs ($46) • A/C ($806) • rear bumper ($130) As built MSRP : $15,766 plus $600 dest. = $16,366. Had supposed option package savings of $350, so final total sticker was $16,016.My price was $15,148. 15,148 in 2017 dollars is $25,424. Just did a build & price on a '18 Silverado W/T V6, only options a bed mat ($150) and final sticker is $27,195. So that's very comparable ('18 has automatic & A/C standard, plus a bunch of other features the '94 didn't like power locks & cruise, etc). It's the RANGE of pickup prices that has expanded immeasurably. That, plus the buyer demographic that "has to have" all the bells & whistles. The buyer has moved up the scale, too, but it's still possible to find a very affordable truck, just not one very many people would agree to buy.

76 built. Yep- that's rare. ;)

I've seen 4 or 5 Contis that I've noticed, but modern stuff seldom blips my radar. I'm sure there's been a bunch more. They look good, IMO.

FIFY

A8 has looked basically the same since the 2005/6 MCE tho. Continental is only 2 years on the market.

Hmmm...

ocnblu in front of a brand new '41 Plymouth :

^ What; 14 years of Tesla a half billion + /year in the red didn't count?

Sure, but it likely could have been any one of a half dozen model years.

Edsel sold 44,891 units in model year '59. For MY 60, given pre-introduction production, let's give Edsel 2 months of production (the new models were intro'd 10/15, discontinuation was announced 11/19). They sold 2,486 cars, which would extrapolate out to about 14K for a full year. 44,891 to 14,xxx is a 70% decline. Historically & business case-wise, it's hard to imagine a 2020 Genesis dealership being open. I say that, under the glaring inconsistency that is 14-year old money-burning Tesla.

The Hudson River runs no where near Pontiac Michigan, but this Hudson & Pontiac are uncomfortably close.

It's the '59 Cadillac Cyclone. But there's no 6-spd auto in this era, so the person who posted the pics from an article translated/confirmed my theory: it has a 3-spd auto with a 2-spd rear. T-handle is probably the rear axle shifter.

Genesis down 76% ????

Yep. They still make the A8, too.

Sprinter has been in production since '95, it should be the 'F-Series' of Eurovans by now. Ford Transit has only been in the USDM since 2015, but Ford knows how to built/sell LD trucks better than anyone. Transit sales could drop off 75% (they won't) and it'd still outsell the sprinter. Mercedes has to benchmark the Transit if it wants to be a player in the segment.

Fully 36 states are net recipients, only 14 put more in than take out, and they're pretty much spread across the nation. CA barely squeaks in under the break-even point- there's a lot of welfare programs getting tapped in CA. The Golden State gives the Gov't about $1.02 for every dollar they receive. The other 13: Mass, WY, OK, NJ, UT, CO, NY, Kan, OH, Neb, ILL, Minn & DE.