Don't know what made me think of this, but I see it on FB constantly--when people abbreviate a year by writing 65', for example, it bugs me. "Wow! You've got a 65-foot Impala?!" That, and u… (View Post)

Curmudgeon alert! Spent much of the weekend driving the wife's Equinox. I hate tire noise and the Michelins (you know, God's gift to tires) are wearing well but are pretty noisy, with about 40K miles… (View Post)

Spot on on the Hawk's dimensions--I have the '63 sales brochure, and width is 71" and length is 204". Height (loaded) is 54 3/5". Probably not a sales advantage at the time, although I… (View Post)

I've told this story before, but when my '81 Monte Carlo was stolen, as a rental I got a six-cylinder Cougar coupe that was the identical style as your grandparents' car. My Monte was the small V8, b… (View Post)

Our '62 Fairlane had a factory radio that quit working. We had the car through early '67. Not sure if it would've been a tube radio or all-transistor. I do remember my Dad's friend whom I called &quo… (View Post)