And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Why shouldn't The Auto Makers RE-MAKE their previous models... especially ones which have class and personality. Like ones pictured, I believe there's a lot of people who love and would purchase the "retro" look
Government imposed fuel efficiency standards ensure that all new cars of the past 30 years or so are made to be as aerodynamic as possible. It’s why so many vehicles look the same now.
A high school friend had one like this. No B-pillars makes for a real party car. My 63 Chrysler also had none. I was dropping a girl off at her house after school one day and her St. Bernard got about two-thirds into the passenger side windows and rocked us all. Good times. 😜
Yaknnow... The big auto companies bitch and moan about the cost of regulations and everything environmental driving up the cost of their vehicle designs being created, nevermind brought to market.... What would it cost to take an old design like this, and update it for modern materials, safety standards, etc.? Betcha less than building one from the ground up! I had read about a couple guys forming a company trying to make the old F-100 pickup truck again, with modern machines. Whatever happened to them, was supposed to be a $12k truck affordable for the masses, crank handle windows, the whole shebang.
I much prefer crank handle windows. If it was frosty in the morning you could give the window a good hard crank and open it. Not so with my Avalon. The merest HINT of frost and that window's tighter than my wife's hold on a nickel.
They still do. It's Pontiac and Olds that are gone.
ReplyDeleteHe means, build this again. I'd commute in that.
ReplyDeleteThose fins are eerily reminiscent of the '60 Cadillac Series 62 my dad bought my mom so many years ago.
ReplyDeleteWhy shouldn't The Auto Makers RE-MAKE their previous models...
ReplyDeleteespecially ones which have class and personality.
Like ones pictured, I believe there's a lot of people who love and would purchase the "retro" look
Government imposed fuel efficiency standards ensure that all new cars of the past 30 years or so are made to be as aerodynamic as possible. It’s why so many vehicles look the same now.
DeleteIt to mention safety standards…
DeleteI have to say im a Ford guy but… i have always liked Buicks. Electras,Rivieras ,GS stage1s. They certainly made GM proud.
ReplyDeleteI loved the smooth ride in all the old boat cars.
ReplyDeleteLike floating down a river on your couch.
DeleteA high school friend had one like this. No B-pillars makes for a real party car. My 63 Chrysler also had none. I was dropping a girl off at her house after school one day and her St. Bernard got about two-thirds into the passenger side windows and rocked us all. Good times. 😜
ReplyDeleteThe '59 had a better front end with the slanted headlights. Wicked car.
ReplyDeleteYaknnow... The big auto companies bitch and moan about the cost of regulations and everything environmental driving up the cost of their vehicle designs being created, nevermind brought to market.... What would it cost to take an old design like this, and update it for modern materials, safety standards, etc.?
ReplyDeleteBetcha less than building one from the ground up!
I had read about a couple guys forming a company trying to make the old F-100 pickup truck again, with modern machines. Whatever happened to them, was supposed to be a $12k truck affordable for the masses, crank handle windows, the whole shebang.
I much prefer crank handle windows. If it was frosty in the morning you could give the window a good hard crank and open it. Not so with my Avalon. The merest HINT of frost and that window's tighter than my wife's hold on a nickel.
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