Wow. Gray Powell is almost close enough to Gary Powers to be ironic. You sure it wasn't a SAM (Adams) that caused the top secret machine to fall into enemy hands?
Is this the cargo capacity portion of a Communist Reports comparison test? I think I see a sample defect in the finish of the first vehicle.
The Falcon 6 has powered a LOT of legendary/game changing vehicles. Falcon, Mustang, Bronco, modern Econoline/E-Series, and of course hordes of F-Series. Definitely legendary by association.
Man I can almost hear my retired-from-AMC-Engineering grandfather turning over in his urn over me citing the Falcon Six over his Typhoon 232 et al. I fear a big, yellow Ambassador wagon will haunt my dreams tonight.
@brandegee: Actually it's the NAA model with live hydraulics and the OHV engine. Could even be a '53 Golden Jubilee. I agree on the sweet ride thing though.
With an aptonym like Troller, the only surprising thing is it took this long to get it on film.
I'm at college in Houghton, MI. My roommate and I are in my '86 Sable headed back to the dorm from the grocery store. I take a corner a little faster than I should have and pirouette around the front wheels, ending up facing the opposite direction and perfectly aligned with the stop sign.
At this point, my (southern state) roommate is looking a little wide-eyed. So thinking fast, I flip on the turn signal and head back through the intersection towards the store. "Forgot to get peanut butter" I mumble, as if the whole event was not only mundane but completely intentional.
Heroic? Perhaps not. But I couldn't have looked cooler had I triggered "I found my thrills" with a fist-whack on the jukebox.
I know this is silly, but does the plug have to be in the grill? It looks like a post-op feeding tube.
On the other hand, since this is a powertrain transplant on a gas car, maybe that's exactly where it belongs.
My roommate in college had one of these. It was a wagon, and it was a strange machine. It was fwd, but the engine was longitudinally mounted. It had the last 4-speed stick I ever saw in a passenger car. Instead of a speedo and tach, the two large gauges in the IP were a speedo and a giant clock. The jokes about shift points and torque peak at [time of day] were relentless.
The engine sounded kinda cool though, which was good because not one ounce of it's 2000 lb+ weight was wasted on sound-deadening material.
Pretty sure these came standard with a factory-installed CP, although if you bought used it had probably already fallen off.
@Gary Mattox: Agreed, but only if frequency is linked to vehicle speed, and only if Murilee provides detailed, illustrated instructions on how to jalop up an aft bumper-mount bubble-blower using Dawn dish soap, a power washer nozzle, and the built-in air compressor from a junkyard Aztek.
Holy wah! Who digs da car out before dey start'er? Yah spend tirty minnis wit da scooper only tah find da sevy sooka sit, you'll learn dat lesson, eh? #chevroletimpala
I'd consider this vignette a positive attribute for a neighborhood.
When every house has a bimbo box in the driveway and a Cessnissan Poseline GT-R tied down at the curb, that's the neighborhood where I lock the doors and tell the agent "no need to stop at this one..." #hondacivic
Look at 'er spread those pipes. No skid plate either. You can see every bolt on her differential.
You just know she's gonna end up raising some salvage-titled truknutz hemi's Bastard50s all by herself.
Putting on a few pounds, a little miniature Golf, playing the green chip, More Room in Coach, and swanky luxury at the top for the big spenders?
That's not a plan for market domination, it's a weekend in Vegas.
@Brian Bourgeois: Given that it appears as though they've paved over the entire root zone with impermeable concrete, I give it about five seasons before they get their chance to do just that.
Not to be too AMC-dorky, but technically the Gremlin (and Spirit and spiral-jumping, flying-matador-chasing Hatchback and Sportabout and post-1970 AMX and Concord and Eagle-SX/4 Hatchback-Kammback and Cowboy pickup concept... mmmm cowboy pickup...) were all variants of the aging Hornet chassis.
I really wish that Cowboy would have been built as an Eagle. I so want an AWD Eagle Trashback.
Ok I guess that is too AMC-dorky.
Give it a break. Nobody looks good when they're doing their business. Once out of that squat, its back will flatten out and its haunches will pull in. Then it'll be no worse than any other stealth minivan.
Not sure if I'd go for the cargo moonroof w/wiper option though.
@Benito ~ I still drive excitement.: If that was a '67 them'd be fightin' words.
@nataku8_e30: Two? You mean five.
-Full-size 4x4 Truck: heavy/dirty hauling, offroading, towing
-Monster V8 Sedan: road tripping, freeway cruising, people moving
- Muscle coupe: Woodward cruising, heavy modding, general hooning
-Sporty high-mileage hatch: commuting, light hauling, downtown navigating/parking
-2 seater 'vert: corner carving, summer nighting, trolling for things
Ok now that we've settled that, let's move on to minimum fleet requirements for motorcycles, boats, and general aviation...
My '75 Chevelle sedan? Crack pipe.
You can keep the '79 Zephyr wagon that came second as well.
Euroscoop, eh? How about a 1951 Nash Healey? Just keep the hood closed so nobody sees what nationality dominates the dark end.
