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Post by dumdave on Jun 18, 2014 9:14:19 GMT -6
Henry J ?
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Post by dumdave on Jun 19, 2014 8:27:18 GMT -6
Crosley? This Queen City family owned a brewery, the Red Legs MLB team and the park where they played in the 50's...... Crosley Field..
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Post by dumdave on Jun 20, 2014 8:41:34 GMT -6
I am an American car. At Bonneville, the lady driving me set a speed record back in the 60's driving me 163 MPH. What specific car am I? My manufacturer started out building wagons for people moving to the West.
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Post by dumdave on Jun 20, 2014 12:12:11 GMT -6
I think Studebaker made Wagons........I don't know that one Dave. Studebaker made this car of the future. It was a real big deal when it came out. Someone in Dallas had a working one. I'd see it a few times a year.
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Post by dumdave on Jun 21, 2014 9:06:30 GMT -6
That is right MM. It was an Avanti that she was driving. Imagine, Studebaker making the "car of tomorrow" back in the early 60's!
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Post by greekgod on Jun 21, 2014 16:13:55 GMT -6
I think Studebaker made Wagons........I don't know that one Dave. I think Studebaker made wheelbarrows. g
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Post by father of two on Jun 21, 2014 16:31:29 GMT -6
This is one thread I enjoy participating in. I have learned a lot by reading all of these. Thanks to all who post questions.
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Post by dumdave on Jun 22, 2014 9:48:39 GMT -6
This is a great link about the Avanti cars. Turns out that after Studebaker got out of the auto business, several companies over the years have bought the rights and made some Avantis. The great designer of the 30's, think art-deco Raymond Loewy designed the original in 1962. www.avantimotors.com/index.html
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Post by dumdave on Jun 26, 2014 8:46:41 GMT -6
This was just another small car made by the Brits. Shelby got a 289 Ford V-8 in it and was almost ready to drive it 24 hrs at Le Mans. He wanted to make this car in the USA, but the Brits would not let Carrol. They made it in 1964-67 and paid Shelby royalties. What is the full name of this car? (I saw it on TV's "Counting Cars".)
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Post by dumdave on Jun 27, 2014 8:19:35 GMT -6
I'll bump this due to all the new spam.
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Post by dumdave on Jun 28, 2014 9:11:01 GMT -6
MM you have better toss out your answer. This question is getting a bit stale.
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Post by dog on Jun 28, 2014 13:44:56 GMT -6
AC Shelby Cobra . I can't remember if there was any other designation that goes with it.
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Post by dumdave on Jun 29, 2014 8:54:09 GMT -6
The Sunbeam Tiger is a high-performance V8 version of the British Rootes Group's Sunbeam Alpine roadster, designed in part by American car designer and racing driver Carroll Shelby and produced from 1964 until 1967. Shelby had carried out a similar V8 conversion on the AC Cobra, and hoped to be offered the contract to produce the Tiger at his facility in America. Rootes decided instead to contract the assembly work to Jensen at West Bromwich in England, and pay Shelby a royalty on every car produced. The guy that owned one on Counting Cars just wanted way too much money for this car. It was in perfect shape and sitting in his garage. The guy must have put a lot of time and effort to keep it in this shape.
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Post by dumdave on Jun 30, 2014 8:39:09 GMT -6
Carroll Shelby was a genius
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Post by dumdave on Jul 1, 2014 8:45:17 GMT -6
Neither did I. Just something interesting I came across on TV. Shelby lived a long and amazing life. He went to hs not too far from where I lived for ten yrs. in Dallas. Same school that produced Tim Brown, Heisman winner and NFL player.
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