balthazar

Wow- awesome opportunity! Looks like a lot of speculators might be in on this: at a mere $160K there's likely a lot of wiggle room come Barrett-Jackson time. Neat car- lots of interesting features, not the most lovely to look at tho I still like it well enough. Now...W-what is that white (roadster??) next to the Plainsman in the garage shot?? I...do...not... recognize it, and it's going to haunt me until I ID it. Cadillac used those rear fascia strakes on a number of concepts, but this isn't a Caddy. Any guesses??

How was the Buick 215 an engineering failure?

No- the intent is publication.

No solid data here, but I wonder if rampant electronics (overheat: shut-down protection?) safeguards against extreme conditions like this. Assuredly, head gasket improvements also help. Seems to be an early OEM problem. The Hi-po aftermarket is ripe with alum heads on iron blocks, been available for years & years and I never hear of that problem at all. Hope not: I spent $1100 on bare alum heads for one of my vehicle's iron block...

There were so many thousands of auto efforts in the dawn of the industry, you can almost guarantee that any 'news' source (publication/TV/internet) touting an early 'first' is wrong. Or at least there's some convoluted criteria which would render their answer 'right'. Like: >>"...first successful four-wheel-drive motor car..."<<... what, because FWD was still building trucks at least as late as '95, that 'success' has any bearing whatsoever on the fact they built an early 4WD truck?? It doesn't. "First" is the focus and the significance here, 'successful' is an entirely different discussion. But 'successful' allows them to find an answer, qualify it, and be 'right'. I call it laziness.

Will do.

BTW, how exactly is this "An easy one", or were you simply being facetious?

I am forced to resort to books on this one. The Four Wheel Drive Wagon Company of Rockford IL built a few steam-powered 4-wheel drive, 4-wheel steering cars before the company head sold out in 1903. The patent rights continued under new ownership and more 4-WD/4-WS trucks were built thru '07, when the effort went bankrupt. There is no relation to the later 'FWD" Company of WI.

This is my (new-to-me) '04 Silverado LS 2500HD Crew Cab. DuraMax 402 / Allison 1000 powertrain. It's a late '04, so I have the 310-HP / 605-TRQ 6.6L. For 5883 lbs (without driver), it's F-ing fast. Picked it up off the original owner last month. Price was very good and tho it has some dings & scratches, I know from research & testimonials that it'll last for years & years, plus now I can fit the whole brood in the truck (it's supplimenting my '94 F-150 regular cab/long bed, which is still running strong at 146K). I'm still acclimating to it, but it's a very impressively overbuilt machine, and very comfortable. Ergonomics & features are great. So far I love it. Put new tires on, had the paint & soft stuff inside detailed, just picked up a 6-ton drawbar and am looking for a used 6-ton trailer, hoping to pick up some hauling jobs, plus I can move our company's skid steer when necc.. Once I get some bed rail caps & a bed mat in place, I think I'm all set for whatever work deals me. As an aside; looking back, my daily driver's wheelbases have gone in this order: 113" 115" 120" 124" 133"... and now 153" Should I start studying for a CDL now or what?

The list is.... going someplace. I want to make sure it'll get there safely.

You realize this 'study' disproves your theory, right? The buick buyer, being markedly older, complains less according to you, but your example showed them as complaining more.

An airplane hanger is merely walls & a roof, same items you'll find around ANY manufacturing facility. It's what's inside that counts. Tucker built 50 (the prototype was built elsewhere) of the Newest Car in Fifty Years and arguably the greatest automobile ever in a converted airplane factory. The Dale always reminds me of the '48 Davis- another failed 3-wheel attempt starting with a 'D'. No transvestite involved in that story, tho.

You are dancing around in my neck of the woods and I don't have an answer for this. I'm back around '13 but I know that's not early enough, and I'm waiting for the hint to show what's not going to be either a car or truck by defintion....

Isn't toyota within 4-5 years ABA of Cadillac? I really don't think age by itself has anything to do with it whatsoever.

Oh absolutely! Wikipedia, Eternal Wellspring of Truth that it is claims there were 1800 U.S. manufacturers before (IIRC) WWII. That's close enough in my estimation. There have to be a year's worth of stories there- hell the early stories of the well-known/existing auto manufacturers are fascinating in themselves.

I admit: I played it a bit loose with the moniker; official enthusiast designation is 'Semi Hemi'. I'll poke around and see if I can find more specifics.

I've seen numerous claims that 'crappy service will make me shop elsewhere', so despite an attempt to downplay the results; having this area of the buying experience on solid, aspirational ground is one less thing to worry about/fix. Give the dealers credit for a job well done.

Actually, Toronados finished 1-2-3 in the '67 Pikes Peak stock division.They also finished 1-2-3 in the '68 Pikes Peak stock division. A Hemi Mustang Boss 429 blew away the field in '69, but the same #62 '67 Toro placed 1st yet again in the '70 event. Olds sponsored hill-climb cars from '67 thru '90.

No- he's right on the money, PK. Just because you may happen to like their product does not mean there's an ounce of good intention in the corporate heart.

Are you still looking at Oct 31st?

Once they are freed-up, you HAVE to take the adjusters out, clean/wire wheel them really well and lightly grease them. They need to turn freely. How the linings? Buick Al-Fin drums are quite likely the best drum brake set-up in history. No fade, big diameter (12"), trouble-freee, class-leading.

Interesting: that's the very criticism leveled at GM on numerous occasions: 'release everything at launch and hope consumer interest is held the 5 years until the NG'.

I dunno- there's a 1st gen Bradley GT in the boneyard near me- first one I ever saw up close. Sure, no one wouldn't think it wasn't a kit car, but that aside I thought it was pretty interesting. Wonder where it came from; it was beat & tired but it wasn't there a year ago. Never saw this Brubaker Box before: interesting! Oh, it needs better bumper integration and some cohesive styling in the nose, but the basic proportions aren't unattractive. EDIT: Now the bottom 2 pics are loaded.... My comments are mostly for the orange one. The other 2 are looking pretty Super Box....

I thought the 2-dr sedans were going to be even-numbered; has that plan been abandoned mid-stride? And why aren't the 2-drs available at launch with the 4-drs???

Wouldn't "four wheels at all corners" total 16 tires?