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

  1. And no mention of the Barra.
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  2. I saw something weird for my locale the other day. A Holden Ute. In Wisconsin.
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  3. 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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  4.  @rogersmith7396  Lucas lighting. Dim, flicker and off.
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  5. I had one. And thought of it as a small station wagon.
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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. I'm waiting for a return of the vent window
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  9. God, that's butt ugly. But then the Lagonda wasn't good looking either imo
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  10. 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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  11. During the retro craze the best looking of all the show cars manufacturers built was the one by Holden
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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. I did see a RHD AMX in the States.
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  15. 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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  16. 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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