Robert Hall

52F and sunny, some melting going on...false Spring thaw...

The front end styling reminds me of a Freightliner medium duty truck front that's been cartoonized.

I remember chatting w/ my mail carrier in Phoenix some years ago, he said the old Grummans would get really hot inside in the summer (and sometimes would catch fire and get hotter).

That would be the case if the neighborhood has curbside mailboxes. In my neighborhood, they park their ancient Grumman trucklet and walk up and down the street on both sides to deliver to the mailboxes (which are either attached to the house or like mine, a mailslot by the front door). Usually make separate passes for packages vs. letter mail.

LoL...as an aside, been watching a bunch of Jeff Bridges films recently... watched 'Against All Odds', 'Jagged Edge', 'Blown Away', 'Arlington Road', 'RIPD', and 'Hell or High Water'... great actor, been a fan since the 80s..

Well, for 2022 they are splitting the Bolt into 2 models--the EUV that is the CUV and the regular EV that is the tall hatchback.

This is a neat sleeper..'96 Caprice 9C1 w/ supercharger. https://www.guyswithrides.com/2020/02/14/1995-chevrolet-caprice-9c1/ Though I'd rather see one about 10 years older, prefer the box to the bubble. Like this one in Hot Rod Magazine: https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hot-rod-drag-weeks-geriatric-cruiser-sleeper-84-caprice/ Or one of these w/ the modern 6.2 LT4 supercharged V8, 8 spd auto, suspension and brake upgrades, etc...or an NA LS3 GM Performance crate engine would be quite adequate also.

Yes, the 2dr Facel Vega. There was a 4dr one also as you posted, and an earlier version with a more rounded roofline below (I've seen two of these earlier 2drs, never seen a 4dr or the later 2dr...it's the earlier 2dr in the pic w/ the Cougar billboard. I saw a silver 2dr and a white one at a Gooding & Co auction in Scottsdale maybe 5-7 years ago..

^ '67 Mercury Cougar ad, and a Facel Vega in blue below it...

That's the name of a bar in Marathon, Florida I've been to a few times. It's also a Beastie Boys song, so in keeping with that theme: 'Intergalactic'

That's no different from the approach used for decades by companies like GM (or any major automaker, for that matter) that have a broad range of ICE models, though. Platform and component sharing is not necessarily 'rebadging'...

No one cares...the transverse 4cyl shit dominates the mass market, we all know that. GM builds loads of them (even as Cadillacs), Ford builds loads of them, Jeep sells loads of them at the low end. Hyundai/Kia sells loads of them, etc. Just a bunch of forgettable appliances...no real distinction between brands, no point in talking about them, as they are about as exciting as moldy white bread and spoiled milk. I couldn't care less as long as Jeep still builds proper SUVs, and the Bronco looks like it will be a proper SUV.

BEs take a lot more R&D investment, I would think..esp. for the batteries... ICE R&D should be pretty low since they have been around forever...

Meh, the difference is insignificant...two FWD/transverse 4cyl CVT mediocre appliances...same shit ingredients, different size. Nothing of significance...

Yeah, looks like another week of snow ahead here, but temps in the 30s-40s. Was down to 7F last night, but I think the really cold is over here...looking forward to March.

Sunny and 25 out... supposed to get to 36 tomorrow, then more snow Mon-Tues. Giant icicles hanging off the gutters, and even on one of the trees....tracks of the deer, the dogs and other critters that have been in the back yard over the last week of snow storms. Looking forward to March..

I do hang up some items to dry in my laundry room, because if I put them in the dryer they may shrink.

hmmm....old time clothesline? Or the cable for a squirrel gondola?

Not sure if it's the Rogue Sport or the Rogue, but isn't the new Outlander sharing the platform and engine w/ one of Nissans CUVs? The

Pyromania and Hysteria, I've loved both of those albums since the 80s..

'69-70 yes, I think the '67-68 M/C had less space between the shock towers...for the Boss 429 they moved the shock towers out.

Nah, maybe a Coyote conversion...if it would fit.

it's a got a transverse 4 cyl w/ CVT...about as fecal and mediocre as imaginable..it's just another generic appliance, nothing of significance...and in the US, Nissan has fallen down to the bottom of the market, along w/ Mitsubishi...

Just another forgettable appliance.

'67 Cougar in Lime Frost (very similar to the one my Dad bought new, same color), '68 Cougar in Glacier Blue (very similar to my Moms, same color), and a '68 Cougar XR-7 in Royal Maroon w/ white top (very similar to my brothers', except he's gaudied his up w/ Pep Boys crap). I love the styling of the original Cougars.