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The Cleveland probably let Ford get to larger displacements, such as the 400, without using a heavier big-block to do so.
I'll bet there was little, if any, female input in that La Femme ad.
I think in those days of one car households, it was common for the husband to buy the car, but the wife would choose the colors? So maybe they thought the LaFemme would be appealing on that level? Still, more than likely the husband was going to be the one who drove the car most of the time, so they could only push it so far.
Even though Dodge had the 193 hp "power pak" option, I don't think people were thinking of Dodge as a performance brand just yet. That would change a bit for 1956, with the 260 hp D-500 engine option. There was also a 285 hp version, but I believe it was intended mainly for racing.
For 1957, the D-500 came as a 325 with choice of 285 or 310 hp. There was also a rare D-501 that had a Chrysler 354 Hemi with 340 hp. That must have been a screamer, in that light Dodge body.
I forget the hp differences, but the "power-pak" option for the Hemi boosted hp to 193.
When you think about it, even that's not a lot of hp. Probably translates to about 140 hp net, in an engine of not much more displacement than those undersized slugs GM was making in the dark ages (260, 265, 267). And the car probably weighed about 3500 lb, and just had a 2-speed automatic.
It probably used a short axle ratio, something like a 3.54:1, so it might actually lurch just enough to throw you back in your seat for a moment and make you *think* you're going to take off fast.
We had the Olds version, a Custom Cruiser, when I was in high school.
3/4's of a 5.0 is 3.8 and 3/4's of a 5.7 is a 4.3.
Maybe only the 4.3 is based on the chevy block.
Here an article about the original Buick V6, only mentions the Buick V8, not the SBC.
Here's the wiki article including both the original and the 3800 which developed from it.
It's true that the 3800 was a MAJOR redesign of the Buick V6, but they didn't start with the SBC.
And it didn't look like 3/4 of a SBC:
Finally, the SBC had 4.4" bore spacing, the Buick V6 and 3800 had 4.24".
The 4.3 (262) was a 350 (5.7) minus two cylinders. And to complete the set, there was a smaller 200 CID (3.3) V-6 offered in 1978-79 and a 267 (CID) V-8 version offered from 1979-82.
The reason the Buick 3.8 doesn't directly correlate to exactly 3/4 of a V-8 version is because the engines evolved differently over the years. First came the 215 aluminum V-8 for 1961, then the 198 iron-block V-6 for 1962. In 1964, there were replaced by a 225 V-6 and a 300 V-8, both with iron blocks.
At some point, there was a 340 CID enlargement of the V-8, and in 1968, the V-8 went to 350 CID, and the V-6 tooling was sold to Jeep. What little demand there was for a 6-cyl Buick was satisfied using the Chevy 250-inline 6.
At some point in the 1970's, GM bought the tooling back from Jeep, but to save costs, they bored it out a bit so that it could use the same pistons as a Buick 350 V-8. So, it had the stroke of the old 300 V-8, but the bore of the newer 350. GM started using it in their 1975 cars, and for the most part it was a crap-fest. The turbo version, which came out around 1978, had a stronger block at least. And for 1985, both the turbo and non-turbo block were redesigned, and strengthened, and almost immediately, it went from being one of GM's crappiest engines to one of its best.
There were several different versions of the 3.8. In 1978-79 there was a 3.2/196 CID version that was used in the Buick Century, although I think the REgal had the 3.8 standard. From 1980-84 there was a 4.1/252 CID version that was used mainly in full-sized cars, but it went in some intermediates. And starting in 1982, I believe, there was a 3.0/181 CID version that was used in FWD cars like the Century. I think it was dropped after 1985, but not positive.
Oh, and Oldsmobile had a V-6 version of their Olds 350 Diesel, which came out to 4.3 liters.
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It was a deep, deep blue, and looked showroom new. So obviously, it doesn't live on the street! My friend, who knows absolutely nothing about cars, was impressed by it, and could tell that it was something special. I guess that's one true test that a car has held up over the years, when even someone who's not into cars is impressed by it.
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Asking prices are around $40K in Hemmings.
I'll bet you see lots of $40K cars parked in DC.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I'm sure you see many 100K cars too, but a valuable classic on the streets of DC is a rare sight I'm sure.
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Every once in awhile I'd go down that street, and those two cars would always be there. Not always in that same spot, but always in view of the intersection. So, I thought it was amusing that they were still showing up on Google Maps, almost 12 years after I first noticed them.
Alas, I went down that street just a few weeks ago, and didn't notice either one there. I'm kinda curious if they're still around, though. And, I'm surprised that, for being parked on the street all the time, they don't seem to have aged any. They were kinda ratty looking back in 1997.
Maybe I should leave a note on the Newport sometime, see if they'd want to sell it. I could always use it as a parts car for either of my New Yorkers.
And that's in the middle class neighborhoods.
New Forester parks across the street, I go check it out, turns out that's the home owner's personal assistant's car.
I can only afford it due to lucky timing, bought the house in '99 right before the spike in prices.
1996 or so model of this European minivan. I bet a diplomat from the Spanish Embassy owns it.
What neat old 4x4s!
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I know they made a zillion of them, but a '56 Chevy is the first car I remember my folks having. What a pleasant, simple design IMHO...no wonder they were very good sellers. Since the first Chevelles almost a decade later were of similar size and shape and character, it's no wonder, IMHO, that those cars were great sellers right out of the box, too.
I was on a Mercedes-Benz launch project on November 22nd 1963. The following comes from my book, "My Father The Car", relating to that day. Just thought you might be interested in it.
The Grand Mercedes launch involved two vehicles the S600 and the S600 Pullman Limousine. My Studebaker associate, Lillian Morris, had been assigned to work with me on the launch and we were both truly excited. The cars were put on display at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on Thursday November 21st and the point of sales material had been erected. On our way into Toronto from Hamilton on November 22nd, our car radio programming was interrupted with the announcement..."Kennedy has been shot". By the time we arrived in Toronto, President Kennedy was dead. Needless to say, attendance at this well-planned launch was sparse, with onyl a few members of the auto-related press joining us.
Present with Lillian and me that day was the General Manager of Studebaker's Canadian Mercedes-Benz Division, Henry Beckman. A few short days later, Mr. Beckman flew to Montreal to brief the Quebec dealers on the exciting new cars. On Friday November 29, he boarded Trans Canada Airlines Flight 831 leaving Montreal's Dorval Airport for Toronto in late afternoon. The aircraft. a McDonnell Douglas DC8-54F, crashed shortly after takeoff after encountering "an uncommanded extension of the pitch trim compensator". At least that was the official determination following the crash investigation. One hundred and eighteen souls were lost that day, including Mr. Beckman.
An eerie sidebar to this TCA crash came to light years later. After Lee Harvey Oswald's apprehension as the Kennedy assassin, suspicion immediately was raised there could be a second rifleman. This suspect was identified as Walter Ohlinger, a man of German descent. His movements follwoing the assassination took him to Montreal by car which he parked at Dorval Airport. Mr. Ohlinger boarded TCA flight 831 for Toronto and also perished with the other passengers. As in so many other scenarios, suspicion later was raised that flight 831 had been sabotaged in order to eliminate the second assassin. We will never know.
Now you know "the rest of the story".
An eerie sidebar to this TCA crash came to light years later. After Lee Harvey Oswald's apprehension as the Kennedy assassin, suspicion immediately was raised there could be a second rifleman. This suspect was identified as Walter Ohlinger, a man of German descent. His movements follwoing the assassination took him to Montreal by car which he parked at Dorval Airport. Mr. Ohlinger boarded TCA flight 831 for Toronto and also perished with the other passengers. As in so many other scenarios, suspicion later was raised that flight 831 had been sabotaged in order to eliminate the second assassin. We will never know."
Sorry, my BS meter just pegged. Every bad situation has some huge nasty conspiracy behind it. 99% of the time, it's just nonsense.
I do know the poster of the story, and he's a very warm and helpful gentleman who has been a past president of the Studebaker Drivers' Club and a big supporter of the Studebaker National Museum, which among museums of independent makes, would surprise many folks I think with its scope and quality.
That thing looks like it would break in half!
The ad calls it a "Catalina", but the upholstery I see is what was used in the Executive, and also the Ventura option of Catalina (which removed all mention of 'Catalina' on the car).
I have read a lot on the JFK assassination as to me, prior to 9/11 anyway, it was no doubt the single most influential historical and even cultural occurrence in my lifetime. Some of the stuff out there is farcical though.
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