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^ 1967 was a good looking year for the big Fords.
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VW News: 2021 Volkswagen Arteon Decides To Freshen Up
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Volkswagen
It's too bad they aren't still popular here, I like 'em.. the Volvo V90 is a car I'd seriously consider owning. -
VW News: 2021 Volkswagen Arteon Decides To Freshen Up
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Volkswagen
In Europe, the Arteon is getting a sleek wagon and an R version also.. https://www.evo.co.uk/volkswagen/202471/new-volkswagen-arteon-r-and-shooting-brake-revealed?_mout=1&utm_campaign=evo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter
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Ya...they also have a neat museum built out of a former Hudson dealer also..visited it once. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypsilanti_Automotive_Heritage_Museum Now that I live within 3 hrs of Detroit again, I want to go visit various car museums and such in Michigan if things ever return to 'normal'...saw a number of them in the 90s when I lived there.
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VW News: 2021 Volkswagen Arteon Decides To Freshen Up
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Volkswagen
Same wheelbase, 5 inches longer, only 3 inches shorter than the A6. It's a sharp car..saw it at the auto show this year, haven't seen any in the wild. -
Heh-heh... small world. I used to shop at the Meijer on Carpenter Road in Ypsilanti. And my '86 Mustang LX got totaled on Carpenter Road about 2 weeks after I moved to Ann Arbor in June 1994 (that was not a good start, maybe a bad omen for the following 3 years of grad school).
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My sister has done a few gigs in Houston, esp. in the energy corridor to the west..she hates driving there.
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The Cars.com 2020 American-Made Index: Which Cars Are Most American?
Robert Hall replied to ykX's topic in The Lounge
Reality is complex. There are many things. -
Alternative Fuels & Propulsion RANDOM
Robert Hall replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
And Nickelback. -
The Cars.com 2020 American-Made Index: Which Cars Are Most American?
Robert Hall replied to ykX's topic in The Lounge
But they have been divesting for 40+ years, moving a lot of work to Mexico, SK, etc. -
Yeah, I spent 3 years at the U of M Computer Engineering department in PhD life...studying and teaching. Then bailed for corporate cubicle life in Colorado. I enjoyed Ann Arbor.
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The Cars.com 2020 American-Made Index: Which Cars Are Most American?
Robert Hall replied to ykX's topic in The Lounge
No surprise... Honda has been investing in manufacturing here in Ohio for 30+ years, while GM, Ford, and Chrysler have been closing plants here. -
Yes, 83. I lived in Washtenaw County from '94-97.
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I need to go out to Great Clips at some point...haven't had a haircut since February, been trimming it myself and shaving every couple weeks or so...I was already lazy working from home, gotten worse w/ self-quarantining..
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Several Ohio counties have Indian names, I grew up in Tuscarawas County, now live in Cuyahoga County..
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Styling-wise, my favorite year of '70s GM B/C/E models is 1971, followed by 1972...before the bumpers got too big and they still had 2dr hardtops.
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159, 2nd only to Texas which has 254. If memory serves me, Ohio has 88..I had to memorize them and facts about each in my Ohio history class in school 35+ years ago...Ohio used to have stickers on the license plates spelling out the county name, when I moved here 3 years ago they were using county number stickers instead of name stickers. Then in 2018, they switched back to county name stickers..go figure.
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The '75 Grand Ville convertible was a sweet looking car...really like the front end w/ the rectangular headlights that year. My other favorite biggun of that year was the Buick Electra coupe.
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Went to the post office and bank this afternoon...saw a clean bright red '79 Trans Am..could have had a 403. Or it could have been an 80-81 w/ a 301. I didn't realize until recently that there were 80-81 T/As w/ the N/A 301 and shaker hood scoop, thought they were all turbos w/ the offset scoop.
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I've never driven something w/ 3 on the tree (my folks had a Ford wagon w/ it before before I was born), but seen them at car shows..would like to drive something w/ one sometime..I have driven a couple of late 60s cars with manual drum brakes, manual steering, 3spd floor shift manual, V8s, am radio, and giant fixed steering wheels...was a surreal experience, so different from what I'm used to..
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I remember having crank windows, but haven't had a daily w/ them in over 25 years. But given how rarely I put windows down, it's a moot point. I guess I'm just used to having all the mod cons, as the Brits say.
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Yeah, it's amazing how basic typical cars were back then compared to the typical spec today...even in the 80s there still were a lot of cars made w/manual windows, am radios without A/C. I remember those.
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I could see buying a manual floor shift because I do like manuals----those are fun in sporty and performance cars,, but a column shift in a big family sedan seems so awkward...those cars probably also had am radios, manual windows, no A/C and vinyl bench seats..taxi spec.
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Alternative Fuels & Propulsion RANDOM
Robert Hall replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
Those baby llamas are really cute. -
Yeah, I knew his solo work quite well from MTV and radio back in the day....great voice. I've gotten into some of the early Genesis work and seen their guitarist (Steve Hackett) perform it live. Though I'm more familiar w/ 80s Genesis w/ Phil Collins (love me some Phil too). I really like the two mid-80s albums Eric Clapton made w/ Phil Collins as producer and on the drum machines...
