"Pedestrian safety"
Pontiac had some front end designs back in the 70's (IIRC) that looked like they'd present serious danger to pedestrians.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

Gorgeous car. Mine was white with white leather, with black fabric in each of the four sitting positions.

Yup, I think I had wood all the way to town, and not because of my girlfriend draped over my shoulder.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

In the sixties our neighbor could barely get 5K on a set of tires on their Caddy.

The fellow at the end of the block got 60K on the front tires on his Karman Ghia. My dad nearly had wood when he told me about the Karman Ghia tire mileage.

I love fuel injection but my 87 Mitsubishi has a carb and it works as well as fuel injection for starting. Nothing short of astounding actually.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Belevedere and GTX are different models..both Plymouth's..but different animals.

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The secret to a long life. Is knowing when it is time to leave.

It's not necessarily the AMOUNT of torque that makes an engine feel "torquey." It's where it lies in the power band. A good example is the TDI VW. It makes very little horsepower, but what little torque it has is at an RPM that allows it to push you back against the seat.

The 289/302 Ford didn't have much torque, but due to where it fell in the power band, it FELT torquey.

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

Agree--When I had my first Falcon Sprint Convertible, back in 1966-1971, very few people would believe that the little 260 ( smaller version of 289) was bone stock. The acceleration numbers were not that good ( 0-60 in about 11 seconds) but if felt quicker. 0-30 was about 3 seconds about as quick to 30 mph as anything then on the road--remember the skinny tires.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

This is true. I too had an extreme interest in cars as early as 7 years old. Just to show off in front of my brothers, I would always call off the make of a car approaching before they could. Matter of fact, sheesh!, that was before there was a freeway here!!
As a sophmore in high school,1967, I had my sites on the 1969 Mustang! Then 1968 came and the movie Bullet. After that my dad crushed my dream of a fast car.
Parents would not allow me a car until I graduated. An incentive to stay in school I guess. But in September 1966 a photographer from some car magazine snapped a picture of a new kind of Chevy being tested. Then Chevrolet was considering the name of this new design.
Two names made the top of the list. The Panther, or the Camero. Well we all know which one made the cut.

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