Here is another compare between the cars.
Breaking seems to be the main issue.
Funny they differ on which car would be better on the street.
Quarter mile was a blow out.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Here is another compare between the cars.
Breaking seems to be the main issue.
Funny they differ on which car would be better on the street.
Quarter mile was a blow out.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Some great info on these two cars. Not sure they should be compared together.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Often a comment sparks an entire blog entry. Nothing gets me going more than a discussion about US auto makers, especially if I can lay out my thoughts about “what’s happened to (insert brand here)”.
In a comment to my Auto Factoids for the Week of Aug 19, 2012 (http://wp.me/pKHNM-1fG) Bill wrote:
“If I were in charge of GM, I would not have left Oldsmobile for death. I liked the idea of ‘Saturn-izing’ Olds into a Lexus level car. There might have been only one, or two models under the Olds badge, but I would not have left the world’s oldest car company for dead.
Oldsmobile was GM’s ‘experimental’ division both in terms of engineering and product marketing. Many automotive firsts such as automatic transmission (Hydramatic), OHV V8s, and even the ‘self winding’ car clock……….Which brings me to the time I find myself saying in many of my comments in your BLOG:
“What happend to GM????””
I’ve mentioned this before, it never really made any sense to me why you would have so many divisions in a car company as GM did. Some say, it was to offer different levels of options that were affordable on up to expensive. But lets take the Chevrolet for instance. At one time they had the Biscayne, Belair, Impala and Caprice (and I think that was the correct order from lowest optioned to the highest) as option levels and pricing to reach everyone. This doesn’t seem too bad. But now add in the other divisions with Chevy being the lowest, then there’s Pontiac, Buick, Olds, and Caddy and I think that would be the correct order for options and pricing as well. A further break down in what as suppose to be different classes of automobile for different classes of society was the norm for those divisions as well. For example the Tempest and La Mans, GTO were basically the same car with different options.
I understand brand/model loyalty, especially at the initial merging/acquisition of a brand, but at some point that stopped being the only valid reason for keeping them separate. By the time the ’70s and ’80s rolled around they all started looking the same. For example take the Chevy Monte Carlo for 1978 and compare with the Buick and Olds of the same year:
Minus the big tires on the Olds, tell me why I should purchase one over the other or purchase one at all (beside the fact they were fairly ugly)?
Frankly, I would have kept Pontiac over Olds any day but then again the difference between a Camaro and a Firebird in 2000 wasn’t much -but they are both gone now.
There just wasn’t much different. They diluted the brand and it became impossible to find any major differences – unless you were a gear head and most consumers were not.
The necessity to cut cost and share parts made it nearly mandatory to have them all made from the same cookie cutter.
Now don’t get me started on the purchase of oversea brands and becoming a finance/mortgage company to defray cost. (Did you know that at one time GM did more business in home/real estate loans then they did with their core car brands?
I rest my case.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Slow week this week in auto history.
This Tuesday, Aug 21 in 1897 Olds Motor Vehicle Co. incorporated. Over 110 year later they produced their last car.
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This month:
1/32 scale 1969 Dodge Coronet Super Bee (new in the box)
I have an acquaintance in the great state of Texas and contacted me and wants to sell his 1949 Merc Coupe. So I’m going to list here and you can contact me directly for any more information.
I think this car is a beauty.
Some spec:
1972 GTO Frame, Front end, Drive train and rear end.
Bagged suspension that rises and lowers – on board compressor and tank
Power steering and Title Iddit steering column and custom steering wheel.
Rebuild 350 GTO engine with Tri-Power 3 Duce Carbs) and Lunati street/strip cam.
Rebuild 350 Automatic Trans w/2600 stall converter – column shift with oil cooler
Custom PPG Black Hot Rod flat paint with flames and pin striping.
Full set of gauges
AC
and a lot lot more!!! (see the image below).
Ok…..hold your breath for this next pic!!!!
Here is the entire list of EXTRAS!!!
You can contact me directly at timsweet@cox.net. (I’m filtering out the ‘crazies’ before I pass them on.)
IT IS A STEAL AT $32,500!!!!!
You know you want this car!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Check out this 512!!!
In this!!!!
Oh in case you were wondering. It’s for sale here:
http://showroom.auction123.com/powerhouse_car_international/inventory/9466/1965/DODGE/CORNETT/1965DODGECORNETT.html
Thanks for reading.
Tim
This is another from YouTube.
As watchmaker in a past career I can really appreciated the skills it takes to make this engine. Having it run when it’s completed is priceless.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
A friend sent me this from YouTube.
Enjoy.
Thanks for reading
Tim