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^ Like I thought; no evidence, only conjecture. Why not broadcast current movies inside, serve Starbucks and charge $50/ride? That'd be $182,500 per year per car. 50 years off for full door-to-door AD. Lot can change in that much time.

Feda Ford Standard Service Garage Harmony MN ~

'77 Impala 4-dr listed weight was 3670. 'Obviously enough'... I dunno : 250/auto car did 0-60 in almost 17 secs (350 V8 car did it in 9.8 secs).

A '77 Bonneville 2-dr's listed weight was 3579. A '76 Bonneville 2-dr's listed weight was 4308. Not quite 1000 there. But at Cadillac, the Deville lost 9" and the Brougham lost 12", with an average weight loss of 950 lbs. In '75, the Catalina, Bonneville & Grand Ville engine choices were either the 455 or the 400. Prior to that; '70-73, the Catalina base engine was the 355. ( )

Took about 20 mins AFTER everything was disconnected, but got the 4bbl & intake off. More visual reaffirmation, in the form of rust, scunge and filth- that a rebuild is in order.

They lost around a foot & a half in length and 1000 lbs; pretty ‘big’ downsize!

Where's the evidence for that figure? Tesla's cannot drive autonomously right now, no car can or will within 10 years - there has to be a driver. If the car makes about what Uber cars make, and you have to pay a driver salary+benefits, there's no potential to earn anything. Fantasy.

Probably going to see a slew of these 'Pandemic Projects' emerge over the next few years. I mean; I can only assume stark isolation / no contact with the outside world produced this build...

Salina KS ~

News from the carb rebuilder; dey dun!

That works out to $70 grand per year. Except the average Uber driver only makes $29K- might want to recalculate. And until the true level 5 driverless tech is ready, tested & approved, Tesla will have to also pay drivers to drive all those unsold Model 3s.

I took my dad with me when I was looking for my first car. He balked at the age there, too; it was a '62 Studebaker GT Hawk. That was circa '85. The next year I bought my '64 GP, tho I didn't tell him about it until 3 years later.

If you ever have any question about Ed Gein, I'm your guy.

^ reminds me of this 'chop I did; would LOVE it to drive around in. Love short nose / long deck cars.

That would be it, I believe. What are the 133" WB Fleetwood Broughams of the (for example) circa 1970? Fleetwood Series 75 limos were D-Bodies...

I don't think there was such a thing (long WB B-body). Pontiac in '63-64 had the same 3" difference in wheelbase between the Cat & Bonne ('junior & senior' full-size) as Buick did in '59. Bonneville has to be a C-Body... but I'm not 100% sure.

They DID have a unique GP windshield/roofline vs. the Cat (both B-Bodies).

^ I know that was done @ Olds. But '63-64 Pontiac did not have different 2-dr hardtops from B to C.

I think they were pretty comparable. I think there was only 1 windshield in '61, so the differences in the 2-dr sedan & 2-dr hardtop was less than the prior generation. Where it expanded was '62, when Chevy had 2 different 2-dr hardtops, but only @ Chevy. A lot going on to make a generalization about here; would need to make a list. For example, I know Pontiac again had 2 different windshields by '63-64.

^ '59-60 had (2) 2-door designs: the 2-dr sedan and the 2-dr hardtop. Not just a B-pillar added; the sedans had taller windshields by about 2", and more domed rooflines. As different as the Divisions were on everything else, the above-beltline greenhouses were shared across the board {for the most part). All 5 car Divisions got the 2-dr hardtop. That's the same model/bodystyle my '59 is.

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