Rob Hall

The NUMMI plant is in Fremont, in the SF East Bay Area. It is now owned by Tesla.

Yes, longitudinal.. very smooth. WK2 Grand Cherokee..very widely used transmission--also used in the Chrysler 300, Challenger, Charger, Durango, various Audis, BMWs, Rolls Royce, Land Rover, Jaguar etc.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZF_8HP_transmission

That was also over 50 years ago...cars were much less densely packed with content than today. Today we have larger, heavier wheels and tires, safety equipment, vastly more electronics, etc. I think my '67 Cougar, '69 Mustang and '87 Mustang GT are all in the 3200-3300lb range w/ V8s, but again, simple cars compared to today. I think my late model Jeep w/ the 3.6 V6 and ZF 8spd auto and AWD is about 4950lbs, which is reasonable for a 2 row midsize SUV.

Some sweet cars there...I read the subject line of the thread as 'FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON' and was confused... not enough caffeine today I guess.

No, ZF 9 spd auto according to the Dodge website.

3362 lbs is what I’ve seen. This is a compact.

As with any modern vehicle, I wouldn't have one out of warranty. It's a mainstream lease appliance.

Ah, I don't think I have that release.

Can't recall if the El Camino w/ slide-in camper has been available in decades..the bed topper/shell has been available, but I don't recall seeing the camper version in my era (the last 45 years).

I doubt if many prospective new car shoppers that would be looking at the new Hornet would be aware of the AMC Hornet, let alone the Hudson Hornet..long time ago..

I would like both of those. But how about something really weird and obscure that would break the internet... like a '61 Valiant

Yeah, I've got two of each of both annuals (all built or to be restored) and 2 resin and 1 3d printed '67s. but could always use more...

I've been happy w/ what they have done in the last year or so w/ the Chevy II wagon, '66 Mustang 2+2. '65 and 68 GTO, '68 Coronet...all very appealing. GIve me a new '67 or '68 Cougar kit and I'd be very content...

The people involved in that IMC effort died, I believe.

Cool...looking forward to this. I have a glue bomb rough '60 annual that I picked up 20 years ago, emblems sanded off, etc.

Found out this morning that the house I put an offer on sold to another buyer. I didn't want to get in a bidding war. I drove around toured 4 properties yesterday that fit the criteria of what I'm looking for in my next house, 3 of the 4 had issues, one fit the criteria the closest and I put a reasonable offer on it. Oh well...got a few more lined up to look at next weekend. It's nice and sunny today, working off and on my yard...starting spring cleanup.

Pictures?

Link?

Same platform as the Jeep Compass and Alfa Romeo Tonale. Basically the Tonale body w/ different front and rear. Could sell well other compact CUVs, seems to be a popular niche.

Re: the exhaust tips--they are visible in this photo. Molded into the stock rear pan, and the instructions say to paint them chrome for the stock version.

Got another of the Coronet R/Ts and an original issue of the ‘68 Road Runner. Plan to put the Hemi and maybe chassis from the RR in the Coronet. I need the body and other parts of the RR to repair an original one I built 30+ years ago that got damaged in storage over the years.

A high capacity CD changer is something I’ve never added to my home theater, but probably should. I have a late 90s Sony ES 5 disc player that still works great. I still buy CDs after 35 years, I do like to have physical media at home and in the car, alas, it’s getting harder to find new cars w/ CD players. I usually rip CDs to mp3s for my phone or on a thumb drive for the car. With movies and tv I bought DVDs and Blu Ray discs for years, mostly stream content now, but have a couple Sony blu ray players at home.

I've been to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Ca and to it in Boston when it was there in the mid 90s. Really neat places. I did learn to use flow chart templates in my early computer classes in the late 80s, learned about punch cards, but have never had to use them...I did use green screen terminals to access VAX computers in a couple college classes. Programming is hard enough, I can imagine it was a lot harder in the punch card and mainframe era...had to be very precise w/ commands, not easy to debug compared to testing and debugging code in an IDE on my laptop w/ local databases, etc..

I do have some older tech at home—various pieces of stereo equipment—but some older technology doesn’t just doesn’t work well with modern technologies—a VHS tape looks really bad playing on a modern large HDTV for example. I couldn’t imagine using my laptops from the 90s or 00s today—too slow, too limited in storage, incompatible with current software, etc...or my cellphones from 10-25 years ago. I used a typewriter in high school in the 80s, but once I started using computers with word processing software, there was no point in going back to a typewriter. Once digital cameras came about, I was done with film. As someone that works in tech, I’m always about moving forward and building on past knowledge with new and emerging technology to build stuff for the future.. so many products (hardware and software) become obsolete pretty quickly...

Reality is complex.