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I have about 2 dozen; I don't really collect 'em, they just found me over the years. '56 Cadillac, '57 Pontiac DeLuxe, '58 Pontiac DeLuxe, set of '58 Cadillac, '59 Eldorado, misc '60s Olds, Merc, Pontiac,1 early '50s Pontiac, set of '60 Buick DeLuxe, set of '67 Pontiac spinners, stack of early '60s Studebaker…. hmmm, I might have more than I thought.
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Daimler may not need such, but such could make them more money, which is obviously why they exist. I know I've said this before, but look no further than the corporate choice to exclusively badge the sprinter as a 'MB'. That's a blatant money grab on the coattails of brand image. The Sprinter is like a sucker fish; feeding off the blood of the s-class. For more revenue. -
That's easy: money. BMW is finding itself in tighter circumstances than in the recent past, and Daimler is consumed with revenue-grubbing; else they wouldn't be trying to be the 'German Chevrolet' and competing with toyota & Ford. Share some engineering/ parts sourcing & keep it under wraps, and they both save money.
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Cadillac News: Cadillac Releases Details on New V6 Engine Family
balthazar replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in Cadillac
Yet somehow its OK when the s-class comes with a V6. -
Welcome! '57… now you're in my 'neighborhood'! I hope you post some pics of your project. I have a near sister car project ongoing ; a '59 Buick Invicta.
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Weather here in Jersey FINALLY broke, and hopefully for good. I believe it was in the low 60s, I was working outside in just a t-shirt (OK, I was ALSO wearing pants). Had cleared some of the off-season flotsam from around the COE yesterday, and tonight I finished cleaning the crud out of the driver's rear brake, pulled the shoes & cleaned/lubed everything & reinstalled the shoes. They have funky brass 'bearings' at the bottom anchor point, that allows the shoes to pivot there. Shoes have excellent material with no visible cracking or other deterioration. Want to get the rear brakes done & back together. This is the Year of the Re-Roading; the '40 is 75 years old this year!!
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Bo Ring. Looks 10 years old already. - - - - - Certainly doesn't make much sense to have both the 3.0 & the 3.5 with nearly identical HP outputs.
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Tesla Has you Covered! Really?
balthazar replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
Thanks for the update, Z. "Up to 4 locations" ; ummm, why1.) a limit, and 2.) such a LOW one. -
Public is going to view it as archaic if MB publicizes it. Look how many folk think BMWs use V6s.
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Tesla Has you Covered! Really?
balthazar replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
These are valid concerns for any consumer, but I can tell you it's not holding up the multitude of Tesla owners who crossed the state line from Jersey to snag one. It feels like they are outselling the s-class here. -
Z-06 : CORRECT on # 3 & # 4. Wil'm Maley : CORRECT on # 2 & #5 Z : looking for a different answer for # 6.
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"This is the advantage that BMW and Mercedes have, because Toyota, GM or VW can't copy their strategy" GM already did the I4/ I5/ I6 thing. Old hat with OLD configurations. "The 2.0 inline 4 and 3.0 inline six share something like 75% of their parts" Atlas I4 and I6 shared 75% of their parts. Old hat with OLD configurations. Mercedes following General Motors. - - - - - I looked at a Packard I8 for sale a bunch of years ago, it was an amazing hunk of iron. Should've scooped it up.
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"If inline 6 engines were so great, everyone (except boring BMW and hoary old volvo) wouldn't have abandoned them decades ago." "If an inline 6 was so great, why not build an inline 8?"
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Correct.
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1.) What car was reportedly sketched on the back of an air sickness bag and released on April Fool's Day? 2.) What was automaker MG's octagonal badge shape modeled after? 3.) Dodge built 505 copies of the 1969 'Winged Warrior' Dodge Charger Daytona. Why did Plymouth build so many more copies of the Daytona's sister car, the 1970 Road Runner Superbird? (1,920 units)? 4.) Name an automobile model that every one made featured a dash plate that guaranteed it had been driven over 100 MPH. 5.) In 1934, less than 10% of Jaguar's annual production was exported. What was that figure by 1951? a.) 15% b.) 25% c.) 55% d.) 85% 6.) How was the vehicle style name 'pickup' born? View full article
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1.) What car was reportedly sketched on the back of an air sickness bag and released on April Fool's Day? 2.) What was automaker MG's octagonal badge shape modeled after? 3.) Dodge built 505 copies of the 1969 'Winged Warrior' Dodge Charger Daytona. Why did Plymouth build so many more copies of the Daytona's sister car, the 1970 Road Runner Superbird? (1,920 units)? 4.) Name an automobile model that every one made featured a dash plate that guaranteed it had been driven over 100 MPH. 5.) In 1934, less than 10% of Jaguar's annual production was exported. What was that figure by 1951? a.) 15% b.) 25% c.) 55% d.) 85% 6.) How was the vehicle style name 'pickup' born? -
Likely the option price ($400 on other Chryslers) played a factor when a brand new '54 Bel Air coupe was $2061 Imagine a brake option today that cost $4500 (one-fifth the cost of $23,000 vehicle).
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b…b…but googling is CHEATING. That is correct of course. The Ausco Lambert disc brake was standard equipment on the '50-54 Chrysler Imperials… on all four corners. They were optional on other series, also. These were the first disc brakes on a American production car. They mess with the 'car brain' because they obviously look like drum brakes. (I say 'obviously', tho I wonder if any here perhaps have never seen a drum brake in person…)
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I'm still waiting to see a solid proposed price on one of these (vs. conjecture from outside sources).
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Ooooooooo! No. Is such a thing a real thing?
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Well…. get the last one!
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Cadillac News: Cadillac CT6 Reveals Itself In New Commerical
balthazar replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
"But the BMW 3/4-series outsold the ATS in Kalamazoo…." -
iPods were for the 1%ers? There's an immeasurably higher stake with a SDC than a palm-sized file storage device. Or put another way; maybe 1% of an average SDC IS an 'iPod'. - - - - - I get your point; the price will come down. The question is, will it in a timely enough manner to enable business entities invested in this to survive, and -whereas an iPod carved a new segment in personal music players- the SDC (aside from niche scenarios like handicapped buyers) really is just one new facet on the same cut stone- it is still functionally a personal transportation device. Now, if it enabled teleportation…. My point is, I don't expect to see these ever become commonplace in my lifetime.
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DD- #5 is correct. Actually, my list was 12 auto brands named after states, and I'm positive there were more. - - - - - That just leaves Question #1….
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ocn : nice detective work, very thorough. You're way off tho. Z : You are correct on #3. You missed the hint on #5 tho.
