1972coronet

That's the first thing my mind goes to whenever I see any message/touch screen in a vehicle. My work vehicle was a 2012 Transient Van; I loved it about 97.6% of the time... then some asinine message would appear where the speedometre usually calls home ! T.P.M.S. (a false-positive 99% of the time), oil change, weather in Wuhan, etc., etc. I'd just install a business card or Post-It over the visually-intrusive message "warning", and keep my eyes on the analogue speedo/tach.

Difficult for me to ascertain here -- are back-up lamps on those tail lamp assemblies ? 1965 model year had both until 01.01.1965.

Offerings, burnt-in-nature, hath lent themselves to a film title (Burnt Offerings, 1976) and a song title (Burnt Offerings, 1981) with macabre themes

I love it ! The white interior with red accents -- one of my favourite combos (like the Coronet Convertible I'd completed recently). Equally good call on the white vinyl top: subtle and classy at once.

"If you're looking to get a good thing going for yourself..."

Sharp looking Red Tabby !

Horsepower ratings can appear underwhelming when compared to an engine's torque output, especially as it applies to diesel engines

La Mirada Regional Park 10. Mai.2023 13h 45

I love it when people get their knickers in a knot whenever they see or hear coyotes around here. Such hysteria and hyperbole ! One of me neighbours mentioned, "There's a bunch of coyote s__t everywhere !". So, I enquired as to how she knows for certain it's coyote s__t , to which she answered, "because [the coyotes] are here !". So, I asked how she knew it was coyotes' dung, and not from one of the countless dogs around whose caregivers don't clean up after. Then I said, "You can tell coyote dung apart from dog dung by its smell: coyote scat smells like bacon and maple syrup." I wonder if she ever got 'er sniffer close enough to give the spoils the sniff test ?

Ostensibly, the kit's engine isn't stock to begin with -- the 427 SOHC should've been a custom option, as it's nowhere near stock (IIRC, the 390 was standard, with two versions of the unrelated-to-the-FE-series 429 as options). Can't go by those Racing Chumps era box art representations.

More awesome offerings from the Land of the Rising Sun ! Thanks for sharing those photos.

A gorgeous example of the last of the full-sized performance Fords : Big, Big Fun! - 1969 Ford XL GT | Hemmings

Robots such as ED 209 are already here, taking society one step closer to the 6000 SUX

I'm digging that six popper ! Is that from the 1951 Bel Air kit ? Nice Vice Grip Garage licence plates ! Haha !

That's such a fun story ! Two bucks was a decent piece of cash in 1969 -- that'd be a carton of Marlboros and some change back. 1969 California state sales tax (from 1967-1969) was 5%.

It looks like a 3.9 litre / 239 cube V6 , IMO. But, ne'er-the-less, the 340 from the AMT 1971 Duster 340 is an easy swap. I agree that it would be nice if Round2 were to create a separate 727 Torqueflite to mate to the AMT 340. That was done with the 1964 Olds 4-4-2 hardtop (in that instance, a 4-speed and other 4-4-2 specific items). Tooling for the 727 already exists in the 1971 Charger R/T; I've mated that to the 1971 340 on a few occasions, and it mated perfectly. Really, it's 'Muller-Era' kit to another kit of that era -- a cinch for even mediocre builders like myself. [EDIT/ Amendment] : The ThermoQuad was first applied to the 1971 model year 340. 1968-1970 had the Carter AVS. And, technically, the passenger-side exhaust manifold is different from 1971-1973, but only on the A-bodies (no clue as to why...). Then there are the subjective air cleaner assemblies, esp. for 1970-1971 : 4-speed = no snorkels , automatic = snorkels -- at least for the Dart-Duster-Demon.

Here's a great article with excellent photos : 1965 Oldsmobile 442 & F-85 - Could Not Cut It Up (motortrend.com)

After purchasing pre-sale tickets, and receiving notification that I'm prequalified for preapproval, I pre-heat the oven. Then I look at my next project and start assembling the rascal in the present-tense.

"Tough'er 'an an Applebee's steak, he was !", added Artie Vanderloop during the wake for his friend

It Happens Each Day is one of my favourite songs by David Crosby

Can you believe that "butt cuts", bellbottoms, midriff shirts, and hairspray all dated to c.1962 ?

Office of The Fonz was in the men's loo, which is quite curious

Mid-1980's were my teen years ; the years which I realised that we were on the verge of mediocrity , and I made no bones about being vocal about that

Is it Red Oxide ? Scratch-Fill ? Those are, in es., "spot putty" that's been thinned for spraying. I don't know enough about which was "first" : putty or primer. I've seen spot putty thinned with lacquer thinner then sprayed, but I don't know of the chemistry behind it beyond what I've seen a handful of times.