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  • hpmctorquehpmctorque Member Posts: 4,600
    Hey, those early-mid '50s Jag sedans were neat. Beautiful leather and real wood interiors, 160 hp, good if not great handling for their day, 4-on-the-floor with good shift action, and an overall feel of real luxury, even if the exterior styling was polarizing. If only they had been reliable, they would have been a great alternative to Cadillac, Lincoln and Packard. If only...
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    I think you're right about McCahill being more opinionated than Smokey Yunick.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,595
    Actually, my reasoning was that I didn't think that Smokey had died in the '70s.

    2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])

  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    Tom Mc Cahill it is!

    I loved reading the Mail for Mc Cahill questions and his answers in Mechanic Illustrated every month.

    I read he was loved and hated by the various car manufactures and I seem to remember hearing that three thugs from GM jumped him one night. One ended up in the hospital and the other two took off running.

    When I was in my pre-driving years, I hung on his every word.

    Shifty, I thought you may have known him.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yes, that's true. Americans would never have tolerated the abysmal lack of reliability, comfort, heat, cooling, service, etc. All this for DOUBLE the price of a Cadillac Coupe de Ville. I don't think so! AT least they could justify buying an XK120 because there was nothing American to compete with it (or even remotely related to it).
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Yes, Miura indeed. ;) Still a gorgeous car today.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,414
    When I was a kid I would seek out old copies of Mechanix Illustrated at yard sales just to read the automotive material. McCahill had a lot of good one liners and stories, and did kind of look like a guy you wouldn't want to mess with.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    My general flaw that helped sink my name
    Is so obvious that you'd know who I am
    I wore a glass hatch
    And was "pint" sized to match
    But any offspring I failed to hatch

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    My name begins with the letter P
    I was the first to market real AC

    Who Am I and When Did I Do This?
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Are you Packard and was it 1939?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Bingo! That was fast. You guys are good. I'm gonna hafta get meaner. :P
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    They built me with hopes that I'd dethrone the King
    I looked pretty good but I just couldn't sing,
    I had those two seats and a V-8 to boot
    but I just couldn't shake my American root
    At 55 grand I seemed a good deal
    But despite my pretensions I just wasn't real.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 265,514
    '89 Allante?

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yes! Very good class!
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 265,514
    The price clue was the only reason I got it...

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I was feeling merciful
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,680
    I am awed by the depth of knowledge here. :surprise:
    2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 2013 Ford F250 Lariat D, 1976 Ford F250, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,736
    The price made me think '04 Tbird, for some reason.

    '11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S

  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    I did the same thing. I had some OLD Mechanix Issustrated mags.

    I remember one where Mc Cahill was singing the praises of the first overhead valve 6 cylinder Ford engines that came out in 1952. I think the had the same HP as the flathead V-8's. He felt they were so much better than the Chevy 6's at the time and I would have to agree.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 265,514
    Without the price, I was thinking of the original T-Bird.. But.. that wasn't a 2-seater, was it? Wasn't Suzanne Somers in the back seat in American Graffiti?

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,736
    Oh, yes, the original bird was a 2-seater. It was when it went to 4 that it became an atrocity (to some folks, anyway).

    '11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S

  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    Yeah but sales went up when they went to the four seaters in 1958.

    The 55-57's have got to be the most cramped interiors ever! If you're over about 5'7, they are hard to drive.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yes, it was in the back seat that she lost her.....mind......
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I'm the first production Yankee to sport a real disk brake
    I even went to Le Mans, but no prize did I take.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Hmmm! The only one I can think of is the 1949 Crosley Hotshot.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Gee that didn't take long! :)

    That's right. The original engine designed for that car was to be unique. Do you know why? (It wasn't used in production cars however).
  • hpmctorquehpmctorque Member Posts: 4,600
    Unique because of its copper-steel block?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Well, a WELDED block made of plate steel& copper---not cast!
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Any takers on this one from yesterday?

    My general flaw that helped sink my name
    Is so obvious that you'd know who I am
    I wore a glass hatch
    And was "pint" sized to match
    But any offspring I failed to hatch

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    AMC Pacer?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,414
    Ford "Pint"o?
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    You got it, a Pinto!

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    During my time I became quite a star
    Packed with high tech, I was a quick supercar
    I looked like my brother when seen from afar
    And I even raced from Paris to Dakar

    PS: Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends!

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    Porsche 959?
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Correct, it is the 959!!

    Boy this forum slowed down to a grinding halt!!

    Maybe it's everyone being overstuffed with turkeys and out shopping :shades:

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    A popular one in my family I am
    I flip flopped and changed my name yet again
    I started a niche in the early 80s
    My topless version was a hit with the ladies

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    VW Golf/Rabbit/Golf/Rabbit/Golf/.......?
  • hpmctorquehpmctorque Member Posts: 4,600
    "Boy this forum slowed down to a grinding halt!!"

    Maybe we're running out of cars.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    What new hybrid has ten wheels and flies?
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    My first thought was Chrysler LeBaron, but then I saw texases' answer -- I agree, it's the VW Rabbit/Golf.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Hmm, the spare and the steering wheel make 6.

    More clues?
  • m6vxm6vx Member Posts: 142
    Volvo's new hybrid garbage truck.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Yes Texases, you are correct. It's the Rabbit/Golf/Rabbit/Golf.

    I don't get why they couldn't just keep it named Golf but whatever.... maybe it's those stupid focus groups... :confuse:

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    With luxurious aspirations to the US I came
    My heart is Japanese, but my body ain't
    You'd be lucky to see one of me on the road
    Even though I'm not even that old
    Mention my name and most folks won't recall
    I haven't tried to comeback at all

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    I stuck that first 'Golf' in there because that's the original name...
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    I'm the very unlikely namesake for a band...
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    I see, I thought it was called a Rabbit first in the US. I know in Europe it started off asa Golf and was always a Golf.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    No, you're right, I just put in Golf because it came out there first.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Are you the Sterling, (Rover and Honda collaboration)?
  • tom1sharon2tom1sharon2 Member Posts: 40
    Edsel Ford?
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