Front engine V12 , huge power , sexy... probably like THIS Fiat ..
Posted on 03/06/2014 1:17:21 PM PST by Doogle
This isn’t quite the same of that, but a friend of mine owned a ‘64 Fairlane back in the day that had finned drums, a 289 K-code engine, and a modified C4 automatic. It was an adventure every time he needed parts for it, especially for the transmission. After blowing up the tranny using standard C4 parts in it, he converted the car to a 4-speed.
He found out some time after he got rid of it that the car was a homologation special for European stage rally.
More corporate weenies taking orders from “counsel” (or the government).
Another one that sort of fits in with what you’re talking about here is “Wildcat.” It sounds pretty cool until you consider the following two things:
1) a wildcat is basically the wild counterpart of an ordinary house cat; and
2) the car the name was applied to is a Buick.
Yeah, but how many other cars can say their engines were used to jump-start SR71 Blackbirds.
Front engine V12 , huge power , sexy... probably like THIS Fiat ..
Chrysler doing a “Mash for clunkers” program
Kill all the lawyers, kill them tonight.
Danger: Lawyers at Work.
That looks like a Ferrari.
All they told us was that the number produced would all be kept by the dealers. in the early years, at least.
I never heard of Carroll Shelby wanting to destroy Cobras. Destroying these cars would be almost the equivalent of destroying Cobras. As a car guy I am not happy.
I had a 64 Fairlane with a 260 CI and three speed on the column. A few of us were building a “drag” racing car and bought a 289 out of a 63 Fairlane. We took the heads off and realized it was a 260. We needed 3 pistons so we ordered them. They were too big. We went to the Ford dealer and learned that it was a 221. We’d never heard of a 221. The “drag” racer ended up not being very fast.
Now that was a fun tour! Love some of those names!
I’m a Ford guy but I would put a Stage 1 in my garage. And I would love to have a Wildcat next to it.
Saw him at the Rock Store a few years ago with his turbine powered motorcycle. It sounded cool, but looked pretty slow.
As I recall, the 221 Windsor engine was not in production for very long.
Then there was the 383 and slant 6. And i forgot the one that was prone to blow “freeze plugs.” But it was not the brand that i sunk completely in a golf course pond, with over 100k on it (bought used for 125.00) already, but went another 40k after its baptism. . That was a Buick special with a V6 and 2 speed automatic.
FIAT owns Ferrari ... has since the 1980’s
Longer than that, actually. Fiat acquired a 50% interest in Ferrari in 1969, which expanded to 85% in 2008.
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