balthazar

A mercedes minivan? No, thank you. A modded mercedes minivan??? A joke. I rather haul ass in anything else.

How can engineering & execution be independant of reliability? The former two determine the latter.

Just got back from my 2nd job; worked 9PM to 1:15AM. I wouldn't be into working past 5PM normally, but the pay on this one is much better than the daily grind, it's a sort of caffeine for me apparently. Bob- the ethnic comment is just an idle muse. I'm half Polish... but the paternal side where that line runs is full of hard workers. My grandfather put a 3-story addition on his house by himself at age 70.

The '65 Chrysler 300-L had fixed glass-covered headlights which were dropped for '66 due to new headlight regulations.

Has the '67 prototype survived, by chance? Looks like a completely operational (Cruiser??)- obviously a modified '66 or '65. I wish to hell that Stude had survived- they had the best chance of all the independants, IMO. Lot of fresh, independant thinking lost there....

I'm working 2 jobs for the first time in my life. Today I left the house at 9AM, got back home about 5:30, left again at 8:30 and got home at 12:30 (including drive time). That's 11.5 hrs. Did nearly the same yesterday and have nearly the same penciled in for tomorrow. Off-limit weekends are now fair game for work. I seem to have some sort of inhuman energy recently in this department.... yet my '59 sits gathering dust out in the shop- a 1000 hours left in the restification. Perhaps the ideal that you 'stop working, you die' is taking root. Or conversly; I'm trying to kill myself. The actual reality is I'm simply trying to amass more cash. Longest hours I ever did was 120 hrs / week, but the work wasn't hard. Money was fantastic: time & a half after 8, doubletime on the weekend. Yes; I was milking it, but it was for a non-profit corporation: they have to get rid of their money. I actually have a strong old school work ethic, from my ethnic roots I believe, so I enjoy it for the most part. But I wonder how long I can keep this up. Anyone need to bitch / co-miserate about work?

Or the '64 GTO.

Camino: only sheetmetal difference on the Charger 500 was the flush backlight, IIRC. I know it also sported a flush grille, tho of course that's a 'bolt-on'. Any other major differences? BTW- I agree with Hudson here: the Charger 500 is not an individual model but moreso a trim level. What about the Plymouth Superbird or the Dodge Daytona? '58 Buick Limited: 1-yr only body, 1-yr only name.

Congrats- I was a car man for years... until I got a truck. Maybe when I'm 80 I'll be able to live without one, don't really know at this point. Still lust & pine over cars (and own them), but need a truck, too. I don't see how the bedliner would affect the retention of water; if it's even relatively flat in the bed, it's the tilt of the truck- not the bedliner. I've dealt with this (with no problem) for years: my old F-150 has 3/4-ton spring in the rear and it sits 'jacked up' in the rear on level ground. Just hit the gas and it all slides out. Or is there a 3-in gap between the bedliner & the bed floor when you open the tailgate? If the 'liner is F'ed up, that's another (asthetic) issue. "S-dime" : cool.

Have you investigated to see if Chevrolet itself can provide a copy of the build sheet? If there were negotiations for a PHS-style service, there would need to be records to negotiate over.

The new design for '61 DeSotos -which in fact lost their model names entirely-- only lasted 47 days into the '61 model year before the Division was discontinued. The new design for '60 Edsel lasted only 35 days into the '60 model year; it's last, tho it's model names were unchanged.

Page states a 300/520 and 330/620 6.6L will be available in the medium-duty lines (Kodiak/Topkick) but Silverado/Sierra HD numbers in the chart at page bottom still show the 360/650 motor.

Interesting, tho I don't believe there were a great many differences in either technique nor technology at the dawn of the industry, Olds' assembly line aside. Upon further checking, the criteria may well be that a single model only was built (as the case with Olds); Locomobile had a few in a given year. Still; my first impression is than 'mass production' equates with quantity.

Cannot a case be made for different, relative definitions of "mass produced"? In 1901 Olds produced 425 cars, and Locomobile produced 1500. In 1902 Olds produced 2500 cars, and Locomobile produced 2750. Olds was #1 for '03-05 (BTW: Cadillac was #2), but by '06 Olds was #6 with 1600 units while Ford was #1 with 8729 units. Olds only doubled the #2 marque in 1 year ('04), whereas Ford more than tripled the #2 marque in '07. What quantity and length of time constitutes "mass"? IMO, the nod goes to Locomobile.... but I still do not have a clear definition of what 'mass production' means.

Aerovette looks great in pics, but GD it's a huge car. Look at those overhangs- that's enzo territory! I still love the exterior, but it would need more work & dieting to be a 'coulda', IMO.

Something domestic circa '50, 600 HP, leave all rust & rot alone, but chop it & slam it. A Merc would do so nicely.

Going to the World's Biggest Fifties Party: Lead East. Drink beer, stagger around, eyeball over 1,400 customs & hot rods. Parsipany NJ... who's goin'??

Ain't exactly tasteful, but still beats those japanese 'wing n spike' monstrosities hands-down.

Did he?? Or did he omit reiterating that it was his opinion in his hurry to slap a fat "failure" judgment on a Buick, then dance with glee around it, pointing and gibbering?Just asking.

According to my source, (10) "saleable" new '64s were factory-fitted with R3 motors (9 Avantis and 1 Commander 2-dr sedan) while (1) Daytona hardtop had a factory-installed R4. I don't know if these numbers are correct; it would mean of the 104 R3/R4 engines, only 11 were installed. Rest: over the counter to racers?? Seems a curious disparity to me; I would expect over 50% to be installed, not merely 10%. Unknown.

Goodie: production quantities! (adds to growing file) '63-64 R1 : 240/289CI 4bbl '63-64 R2 : 290/289CI SC '64 R3 : 335/304CI SC '64 R4 : 280/289CI 8bbl '64 R5 : 575/?? twin SC I had the 304" right, but I was mistaken in that I thought the R3/R4s were available in '63 and the specs changed to '64. I also remembered the R4 as being a 304. I need to pick up an authorative Studebaker book. Pleasure to meet you & your family, Walt. Nice lil' show. Congrats on another trophy, let's talk car wax...

I've come across numerous that were too large to be comfortable. I prefer none at all. Really; they're quite pointless unless you live in Nevada, or any of the other 2 states with endless ribbons of straight road to float down.

Maybe your bulges are really small.

GMC- give it up. Save everyone the trouble and just proclaim 'I don't like Pontiac' and be done with the subject. Please.

Here's another vote for the same sentiment.The huge, 'swollen-gland' bulges at 10 & 2 o'clock are getting so fat one can barely grip them. Awful.