Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "Ed's Auto Reviews" channel.

  1. Just think if Watt had used a term involving the drop of a Mill Wheel. "Well, the 327 in my Chevelle has an implied drop of 450ft"
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  2. ​ @MarinCipollina  All through the war I suspect the automotive companies had some of their staff working on new designs for the post war era. Maybe not actually building prototypes. But serious design work up to the clay model stage.
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  3. Kaiser (IKA) in Argentina building older AMC models.
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  4. I'm actually surprised some of these can actually be driven. I imagine the Netherlands to be like France. Where you can't even put a different size tire on a car.
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  5.  @ajvonline  It was just figure pulled out if my backside. You know how know-it-alls like to talk.
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  6. Don't laugh. In reality a lot of that goes back to the 50s or earlier. Common platforms with each division putting it's own twist on things. Look at a mid 50s Chevy, Pontiac, Olds or Buick based on the Belair chassis. They all have the same general look and feel to them aside from the trim.
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  7. The Rambler models built in Argentina were mostly powered by the Kaiser SOHC inline six. The cam only had 6 lobes as each lobe operated both valves. Plus it was a hemi head.
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  8.  @MaximilianvonPinneberg  He meant the jet fighter.
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  9. The 74 Javelin was only produced through mid December of 73.
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  10. As to the Bricklin is it the Ford powered or the AMC powered which is rarer iirc.
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  11. The important part of the Y Job (1) isn't the styling. It's the motor. If the war hadn't started in 39 I think the V-8 revolution of the 50's would have come about earlier. Also the Y Job had an OHV hemi head long before another company in Detroit. 1) Good thing it wasn't called the B Job. Oops. My bad I'm thinking of the LeSabre probably
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  12. I used to belong to an Alternate History web site. One timeline l came up with was a wagon manufacturer getting into the truck business and merging with Jeffery Motors. Jeffery is the company Charlie Nash bought when he left GM. The wagon manufacturer was Bain Wagon. The company was Bain Motor Works. Yup, BMW. Bain and Jeffery were about two miles apart.
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  13. But they cheaped out on the interior. I once saw one of the retro T Birds that painted in teal. One of the few cars that could look good in that color.
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  14.  @gregraines1599  First Bricklin used AMC 360s. Then they used 351 Clevelands
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  15. Kaiser as IKA built older AMC models in Argentina. Power in some was supplied by Kaiser's Tornado inline six. This featured a hemi head with an OHC. The cam only had 6 cam lobes as the lobe operated both of the valves. One model the Torino was based off of the front and rear ends of the 64/65 American and the doors of 64/65 Classic. Produced into the 1980s IKA also built a version of the 66 Ambassador.
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  16. Yes the Chevrolet Small Block is huge by international standards. But in comparision to other US V-8s being produced at the time of its introduction it was "small". Especially in the weight department.
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  17. AMC bought some components from all of the Big Three and their captive parts companies. Steering units from GM. Automatic transmissions from Chrysler. Brake components from Ford. Ignition system part from Ford and GM. The only engines they bought to my knowledge were Iron Dukes and 2.8 liter V-6 s from GM. The Iron Duke were used in Eagle S/X 4 and the 2.8 in early XJ Jeeps. And n. They did not buy 390s from Ford or 327s from Chevy. The 327 would have required time travel as the AMC 327 was introduced 5 years before the Chevy 327.
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  18. I had one and l liked it. I liked it because it was a useful small station wagon.
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  19. I've seen sketches of a 49 Merc two door as a sport pick-up. I think that there have been some built as customs. Now for the wi9ldcard. In 59 AMC along with Rover both tried to buy BMW.
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  20. Well, to each his own.
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  21.  @andrewallen9993  Simply boughten or built to their specs?
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  22. Custom! Limited,! Landau!!! The salesmen must have had fun with that one 😂
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  23. I can think of another badge engineered model. VW's use of the Chrysler Grand Caravan/Town and Country.
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  24. I know there are people in the US that would love to get their hands on some of the twin cam heads used on the TC Torinos
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  25. 67 and 68 Rambler American could be had with a 343.
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  26. Everybody from the 60s knows the best kind of car to take a date to the drive-in was a Rambler. Reclining seats 💏👪👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Then again maybe not.
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  27. I remember seeing concept art in the mid to late 70s of smaller passenger vans. Another idea that had some market success was the small but tall station wagon. Mistubishi had one. Then the PT Cruiser and the Chevy HHR dried up that market. The last US built stationwagon type vehicle I can think of was the Ford Flex.
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  28. In the late 50s and early 60s AMC had profuction facilities in a lot of countries. When BMW was on the ropes in 1959 or so two companies tried to buy in. AMC and Rover. And l knew about Ramblers being built in Europe by Renailt in the early 80s.
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  29. These facilities were not owned or run by AMC. Except for in Canada. The foreign assembly operations were building vehicles under license. Major assembly operations included Renault in Belgium and in Iran. Models built in Argentina were models no longer built in the US. The IKA models also used components from more than one model. Say doors and center section from the Classic and rear quarters from the American
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  30. With all of the Falcons faults.
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  31.  @wintersbattleofbands1144  If you look at some of the Chrysler Australia models. Along with Ford's and Holden it really looks like there was some repurposing of body dies. The Australian Charger model has always reminded me to the 2nd generation Barracuda fastback. Also various AMC models were built in a number of countries. Usually as knock down kits for body and suspension. Sometimes they used AMC engines (and transmissions when they still made manuals*). Sometimes they used drivetrains sourced from other manufacturers. Countries with assembly operations included Iran, Belgium (Renault) and Australia. I remember seeing a RHD AMX at an AMC owners show. *I actually worked at Kenosha Engine and when we still built rear ends there were ranks of left over Barber-Coleman gear hobbing equipment from production of the three speed manuals.
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  32. The decision to design, develop and bring to market a new engine family is far more expensive than most people realize. Even the equipment to mass produce electric drive lines is not cheap. Tooling costs are not cheap either. Automotive comanies are not buying cutting tools at the local big box store or Harbor Freight. Then there is all fixturing, stamping dies, stamping equiment, assembly equipment. Just the last means everything from robots to hand held screwdivers.
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  33. Henry Ford's Greenfield Village is another "theme park" that harken back to an earlier time that predates Disneyland. In the US I would think of the living history prototype as being Williamsburg in Virginia. For all of the nostalgia involved in the "classic" (1) car industry (2). I personally think that a lot of people if faced with a choice of a daily driver would not choose one of the cars of their youth. 1) The only car that can truely be called a classic is a Rambler Classic 😏 2) And it is an industry to the point that for certain popular models one can literally build a completely new car from parts ordered from catalogs minus perhaps the running gear. All you really need is a VIN plate and its "restored". Much like my grandfather's axe. Something similiar happens in the aviation world in that completely new airframes have been built around surviving bits of historic aircraft. Spitfires and Mosquitoes come to mind.
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  34. Chrysler had AWD available on their minivans in 2000. The long wherlbase versions met the gold standard for US cargo haulers. A flat load floor capable of hitting a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood etc. With the hatch closed.
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  35. I like the 58 over the 57 Chevy. But then a like the 54 Bel Aire vs the 55
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  36. This is strictly my opinion. The early 60s cars produced by Chrysler Corporation are some of the butt ugliest automobiles ever produced in the United States. The two worst offenders to the eye being the Valiant and the Imperial. On par with the Pontiac Atzek (or is that the Azwreck). Of all the early to mid 60s US compacts the best looking were probably the first generation Pontiac/Olds/Buick 2 door hardtops followed by the 61 to 64 Falcon 2 door hardtop and the 64/65 Rambler American 2 foot hardtop. The last two had very similiar lines. Especially the rear glass. But then a lot of cars then did. Of the late 60s compacts the best looking were the Chevy II, the Dodge Dart and the AMC Rogue. All in their 2 door hardtop forms. In terms of sheet metal quality in terms of stampings probably the worst US built vehicle of the 60s was the early Mustangs. Especially as the stamping dies wore out rapidly due to there not being properly heat treated. Ford had to execute a crash program to manufacture new tooling. I mean the next time you see a 64-1/2 or 65 Mustang look at it critically. The sheet metal looks about as tinny as a cheap toy wind up car.
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  37. The Avanti wasn't cheap. And was built in pretty small numbers.
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  38. But the "rich Corinthian leather" was reserved for the Borado
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  39. The styling on the Valiant was controversial? Buttfreaking ugly is what it was. People who call Pacers* ugly need to look at the Valient. At last the Valient was powered by the Slanty. If credit is given at least GM tried to be innovative. Most of the Corvairs handling problems were caused by people (and service station) over inflating the tires. Besides, by the time Nadar's exposae (sp) came ut the issues of th Corvair haven fixed. *there was an Edsel model, trim level whatever called Pacer. Should have been a hint.
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  40. I had a Pacer in the 70s. I regularly got 25mpg on the interstate. 25 mpg for the time was decent milage.
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  41. The current Torino race version is powered by a DOHC 24 V version of the AMC/Jeep 4.0. About as "stock"as NASCAR is.
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  42. Except for the fold down seats 🤪
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  43. All I can say is after listening to this I need a drink. Make it a double.
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  44. When AMC first offered seat belts as either optional or standard equipment in the US critics replied the cars were designed to crash. There are numerous automotive museums in the US.
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  45. I worked for a funeral home in the early 2000s. I saw a few hearses based off of Cadilac and Lincoln SUVs
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  46. My father refered to them as a whorehouse on wheels Was that the venerable Pinto. Or the vulnerable Pinto
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  47. The most "generic" looking cars in the US were Plymouth Valliant and the Rambler American
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  48. The Hindustan Ambassador. Not to be confused with the Nash/Rambler/AMC Ambassador Let me guess. The "license raj" employed more Indians than the actual Indian automobile industry.
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  49. I had a 74 Hornet Hatchback with the Levi interior. Purchase price about 3K
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  50. One thing that needs to be stated. Not all antique or just old cars are "collectable" or "classics" (1). That does not mean that you can't own and enjoy one. Just don't expect a non classic to be worth big bucks. 1) I often jokingly make the statement that the only car that can legitimently be called classic is a Rambler Classic.
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  51. And no mention of the Barra.
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  52. I saw something weird for my locale the other day. A Holden Ute. In Wisconsin.
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  53. These cars should have been sold with boating clothes And standard A/C did not start with Lincoln, Cadillac or Chrysler. Lowly little AMC in the Ambassador. Nash also offered the first A/C with all the mechanicals under the hood
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  54.  @rogersmith7396  Lucas lighting. Dim, flicker and off.
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  55. I had one. And thought of it as a small station wagon.
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  56. The first "muscle car" is hard to define. A 63 Chevy with a 409? The 58 Rambler with a 327 (and no note the SBC) that was quicker than everything else in the US aside from the fuelie 'vette. Plus dropping a 389 in the Tempest was a no brainer as Pontiac only had one block size. All with a common 4.620" bore centers. Plus Pontiac had already been half of the way there with the first generation Tempest. That car had a 194.5 CID four cylinder that was a 389 with the left hand bank lopped off. The engine was even a true slant as the cylinders were played over 45° to the pan rail. But the first car marketed as one. Yah the GTO is it.
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  57. I remember when my parents generation used to say you only get to ride in a Caddy once. Only you don't get to enjoy it. The Allante. The worlds longest assembly line. It's pronounced sim-a-ron
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  58. I'm waiting for a return of the vent window
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  59. God, that's butt ugly. But then the Lagonda wasn't good looking either imo
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  60. There is another thing involved in the 5 mph curb feelers. A light weight car such as an import VW or say a Fiat is sitting in a parking place and gets tagged by a 4500 lb or more full sized car. That full sized car has the inertia of its mass moving at that speed. That import is going to move. And just might suffer damage due its bumpers being built to the import hitting something at 5 mph. Another thing about the 5 mph bumpers and the insurance companies saving money. Collision rates actually went up following the introduction of the "bumper cars" due to it costing more to repair collision damage.
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  61. During the retro craze the best looking of all the show cars manufacturers built was the one by Holden
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  62. Even Mercedes had tail fins. Small, but tail fins. Today we find something similiar in the faux ground effects found on the rear of some models. Also in the past we've had non functional side scoops, hood scoops, "power" blisters in hoods etc. The 60s and 70s version of the non functional styling accessory was the vynal top.
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  63. I had a 2000 Grand Caravan* and currently have a 2011 Town & Country. Given my current situation having a modest sized house and yard by todays standards in the US. And having substantial spring, summer and fall** yard and gardening work. Along with hauling lumber etc. I find the minivan to be just about the most useful type of vehicle I have ever owned. Both are capable of respectable mileage on the highway. They were and still are the replacement for the station wagon. And I've had three small station wagons. Each had they're quirks. The Caravans middle and/or rear seats lived in the garage most of the time. The T&C the rear seat is normally down and folding the middle seats into their storage wells is kind of a pain. But both would and do take a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood, drywall, foam insulation etc with the seats out of the way *Grand simply because it had a longer wheel base. **My local municipalicy does do curb side yard waste pickup in the spring and fall. But only in approved biobags. However with seven large mature trees that's a problem. And they do not suck up leaves in the fall. The city composts or chips all yard waste. Free compost and wood chips to residents. Plus they sell the excess commercially. And the city uses a lot in it's own ornamental flower beds. It may also supply compost to local community gardens. EPA regs do not allow compost made with material sucked up from streets to be sold commercially. The cities waste treatment plant (state of the art) does sell its dried sludge to commercial operations.
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  64. I did see a RHD AMX in the States.
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  65. AMC sold RHD cars to the Post Office in the late 60s. I wonder if they just sourced the RHD dash from Oz.
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  66. I'm sure the residents of New Brunswick are a little miffed to find out that they are now US citizens.
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