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  1. balthazar
    Cadillac had 300 HP in a V8 20 yrs ago, now it's 335 HP in a I4 hybrid! There's your advancement. What sucks is, mercedes HAD a hybrid 4-cyl but when they refreshed the S, they didn't have a new version hybrid ready at launch, so those looking for that power train in the s-class were left out in the cold for like 2 years.
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    Here's the DeLorean, sorry for the in-motion blur but at least it's visual verification: Here's one for Camino:
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    FCA probably thinks they have a real shot at this, not yet realizing the requirement was "years" instead of the 'months' they read the first time through.
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    Back from the meet. Biked 80% of it, there's seldom much for me personally. Bought (3) $1 U.S. military blem khaki t-shirts and a nice '60's Starfire emblem for $5. Cort- the Chevy my buddy has is a '77 Malibu coupe, clean original car with an inline 6. He could never sell all he has- he took up 6 spots, which is 12 parking spaces; his truck, the 4 cars, 3 trailers of parts, another trailer with the remains of a '68 Impala coupe (no nose) and an 80 LeMans wagon. He will haul 90% of it home, only to do it all in the fall. He holds too close on his asking price; I would blow it all out. Hoarders... Did see a '76 Cadillac Caribou pick-up, decent-looking but had a bunch of under-paint rust. Was asking $13500. EDIT :: Hmmm, 10 min google search is not showing my emblem up anywhere. Going to see if DD recognizes it in the next trivia installment
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    He's a happy hoarder, has 4 cars for sale this year: 3 Pontiacs (62, 66, 67) & a Chevy (77) along with a few metric tons of junk. Will bike around the swap meet tomm, I'm sure -as usual- there will be nothing for my B-59 or '40, but that's OK. I'm there for the atmosphere.
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    I might have been possible to save the entire front and do whatever on the backside, keeping the same basic new square footage & all of the charm of the original facade. There is a HUGE swath of empty land (at this point anyway) to the right where that scenario could've still been standing. I'm not bitter or angry, just saying. It's kinda Frankenstein-esque.
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    A V-12 didn't save the first maybach revival...
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    I did see the other week that they sectioned it off about 2/3rds of the way thru the 'vestibule' of the original building. IMO 'architecturally pleasant' is more applicable than "significant"; for if it was the latter, they would have kept the whole front section rather than cutting it as they did. The dead flat side is a bit unsettling, aesthetically… will see if I can get a pic soon.
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    I for one think the XTS hearse looks pretty damned sharp.
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    I just got back from the E-town tonight, helping my buddy tow a trailer there. Spring swap start tomm.
  12. balthazar
    I have a story for Roger/everyone else. My grandmother lived in Florida years back, and she knew I was going into automotive design. Apparently she told her friend about it, and her friend said her cousin (IIRC) used to design cars. I asked my grandmother what he designed, she didn't know for sure, thought maybe it was Edsels. I said 'ask; find out his name'. She did and got back to me to say his name was Alex Tremulis (the in-house designer of the Tucker). I about fell over; even at that young age I knew all about Tucker. I wrote him a letter about design, both general & specific, and he was nice enough to respond, going point by point to my letter, and included pictures, his home address/phone, a neat package. That was a thrill for me, of course the correspondence is well cared for in my Tucker file.
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    I'm a 'car guy', not a 'driver guy', so for me, NASCAR was interesting when it was manufacturer's competing. Unfortunately, this was before my time, so I've never been. Talking about the roar of engines tho; I have been to a Summernationals top fuel event- that's insane. Imagine 8 NASCAR engines strapped together on a pallet & running WOT.
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    Someone in a condo complex is driving a DeLorean; no cover, obviously getting used, and painted a dull red color.
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    ^ I dunno; Pontiac advertising in the '60s -specifically for the GP- always pushed an international scene as opposed to an 'American way of life' (whatever that is). Even if they didn't seem overtly 'european', they showed 'vacation' or exotic locales… not really different than ads in general today (when they show background scenes, as opposed to -say- a nondescript road thru the woods or the desert).
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    Have # 1, 2, & 4, not the 3rd one tho. This speaks right to me; having owned (1) '60, (3) '64s, (3) '65s and (1) '66.
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    The stance nailed down but other than that, it looks like another car's front clip attached to something else. I also don't care for that front clip at all, looks kinda cheap to my eye. What would this go for in the U.S., MSRP-wise?
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    Are there really any measurable quantity of buyers waiting for a Alfa-Romeo??
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    "cramped coupe" : you aren't talking about rear seat room/ floor pans in a coupe, are you?? You want to put full-size people in the back, get a sedan; no coupes are roomy in the rear. FRONT legroom is better than an A4 (in the ATS sedan) as it is. RWD/2.5L ATS sedan starts at $34K, not $51K. If you want an ATS sedan, there's no reason you have to pay $51K. And we're still talking MSRP- no one pays sticker price even for a mercedes S-class! ATS ~ 2.0T / 6A : 21/30 A4 ~ 2.0T / 8A : 24/32 A difference, but certainly not "like a V6". I would post the 6-cyl audi A4 MPG numbers, but it doesn't offer a 6.
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    MBUSA sold 115K trucks last year; it certainly is their business. The laughable SprinterBox proves that hand over fist. "Downmarket… or Nothing". This 'luxury rebadged nissan-benz' is a horrible joke. And I can't wait to see it.
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    Why not just buy a CTS, or another brand? Once again- ATS has the same total legroom as the NEVER complained about audi A4. It has 9" more total legroom than the exact same overall length MBCLA. There is NO need for an ATS-L because there is the CTS, and AFAIK, there is no other sedan in this segment with an 'L' version on the US market AND the ATS is wholly competitive in legroom in this size segment. An 'L' version sets up a 'tweener' scenario because the CTS's wheelbase is only a mere 5" longer. Overlap & confusion. Pointless, also. It's also not going anywhere in 3-4 years; you missed the idea that the NAME is slated to change. Still outselling the A4 to boot. Interior is one of the nicest in its segment, certainly no glaring deficiencies. CUE I have not experienced so cannot address. A small diesel would be a nice addition, tho I note the A4 has only ONE engine avail. and the same price class (non-AMG) CLA has all of ONE engine avail, whereas the (non-V) ATS offers THREE. These non-issues pointedly point to one underlying factor; this is not the car for YOU. - - - - - On another point, there seriously needs to be a de-coupling of the 'AWD' designator from models names. There's already more than enough alpha-numerics going on in general that adding a '4' or 'X' to it all only makes the 'system' that much easier to hate. Decouple.
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    You've got that backwards! Feb A4 sales : 1743 (down 21%) Feb ATS sales : 2028 Audi needs a Crest on it's grille!
  23. balthazar
    Finished the pass side rear brake hardware assembly today. want to do a final 'hose out' of the differential, then I will button that back up. Going to try and drop my tires off this week to get them broken down. - - - - - No- they are Atlas Plycron 7.00 x 20 10-ply 'Truck & Coach' tires. If anyone is familiar with tire sidewall date codes, they follow a week/year format. For EX, '2711' would be the 27th week of 2011. Mine, in that inset oval where modern date codes go, says '12108'. No. 1, there are but 52 weeks in a year. No. 2, I've owned the truck since '03, and I certainly didn't put tires on it. Guess what I am looking at is something other than a date code.
  24. balthazar
    I have both domestic ads in my collection.
  25. balthazar
    All right, going to spill it here. I never did get a year from you guys, and subsequent research shows it spans more than one model, so I think it's due. Answer is 1966 Pontiac. The GTO & GP both had plastic grille work (and bezels), tho for '67 the GTO reverted to metal grilles. Everything built before this had metal grille work. I had heard it credited to only the GP, but I see GTO had 'em too. Thanks for playing- see you next Tuesday!
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