Great car. We had a '63 Belvedere with the push button slushbox and a rompin' 383. I coveted that car as a teenager. Of course, my stepfather blew the engine to smithereens.
I really like the meatball welding-freak bumper on the trailer. That's worth the 75 bucks right there. The stickers add class.
'67 Belvedere 4 door was my first car. Little 273 two barrel and a TorqueFlite. Always ran great but rust was a huge problem-along with shakey brakes. Belvederes used a light weight unibody construction and actually weighted the same as a Valiant of the same year. Still miss that car......
Good-looking car from the pre-Coke-bottle era. Nice lean lines, airy greenhouse, interesting taper towards the rear. However, the exposed fuel filler cap on the rear fender is a surprisingly cheap-looking touch. Anyone who "salutes the Who" is OK in my book.
@tonyola: The fuel filler cap placement and appearance depends on taste, I guess. They used to be a featured part of the trim or a simple added touch. This MoPar is just perfect.
@Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: In fact, the caps were vital parts of the trim. Here's a MoPar--but the over the top designs actually belonged to American Motors, a Rambler and a Hornet.
@Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: An exposed filler looks fine when it implies performance (like on the Challenger and Charger) or emphasizes a car's identity (like the AMCs you show or early Mustangs). However, the filler on the Belvedere looks like a cheapo 99c item that was supposed to save a few bucks. What's telling is that the '67 Dodge Coronet used a hidden filler at the same location.
That car looks better than when it was new. So much style, and no flashy moves. Except for that color, of course. Glad he stayed within the Pentastar when selecting the proper trailer.
"So, Jay Ward, Rube Goldberg, and Max and Verda Foster are all sitting in this bar, see, and who should come into the bar but 'Belvedere' Adrian Smith and his pal Murilee Martin.
"Several beverages and a stack of scribbled-on cocktail napkins later, and they hammer out the engineering details for the Faster Farm's entry in the 2008 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza..."
This is off topic, but it is worth mentioning in this post nonetheless.
The Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys (The Index of Effluency contenders with a Peugeot) won't be making it to Thunderhill. Looks like the team captain, and the car were involved in a serious accident on the way to the event. Everyone is fine, if not a little shaken up.
It looks like the weather has taken it's toll with a lot of teams that were heading to the event from the great Northwest. One can only hope that the remaining teams from Oregon and Washington state have a magnificent time at the race. We should all offer a praise of "well done" for making it there, and hope that the Peugeot Team makes it to a future event, with high expectations of garnering a win (in any category).
What was interesting was that the truck was totaled, the trailer was totaled but while a bit banged up the Peugeot drove 30 miles home *and* the Peugeot's roof took the impact of the trailer rolling over without the roll cage taking any of the impact. That's one strong car!
I tell you it was darn scary (I was in the back seat of the truck) but thankfully none of us were injured which is the most important thing.
@solracer: Peugeots are tough, badass cars driven by tough, badass people. Had the 505 been towing the truck, all would have been well.
Seriously, glad to hear everyone's okay, and I look forward to meeting the Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys at the next race. We can drink cheap red wine and talk smack about all the Japanese and German cars.
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I really like the meatball welding-freak bumper on the trailer. That's worth the 75 bucks right there. The stickers add class.
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@Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: In fact, the caps were vital parts of the trim. Here's a MoPar--but the over the top designs actually belonged to American Motors, a Rambler and a Hornet.
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@Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back:
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@Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back:
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@Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: An exposed filler looks fine when it implies performance (like on the Challenger and Charger) or emphasizes a car's identity (like the AMCs you show or early Mustangs). However, the filler on the Belvedere looks like a cheapo 99c item that was supposed to save a few bucks. What's telling is that the '67 Dodge Coronet used a hidden filler at the same location.
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This car intentionally has different front and rear wheels, stay away...it's for your own good.
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Okay, the entire concept rules. But the bowling ball especially.
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Specifically, the Ozzy Osbourne Inertial Penalty Horn:
[jalopnik.com]
12/26/08
"Several beverages and a stack of scribbled-on cocktail napkins later, and they hammer out the engineering details for the Faster Farm's entry in the 2008 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza..."
12/26/08
"Oh, and they all knew the job was dangerous when they took it..."
12/26/08
As for the car, I don't know which is funnier, the Lebowski-powered wing or the maniacal chicken sfx.
I also couldn't help but think that a couple of bowling balls would be the right size truck-nuts for this old MoPar.
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/would be a dam good band name to
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The Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys (The Index of Effluency contenders with a Peugeot) won't be making it to Thunderhill. Looks like the team captain, and the car were involved in a serious accident on the way to the event. Everyone is fine, if not a little shaken up.
It looks like the weather has taken it's toll with a lot of teams that were heading to the event from the great Northwest. One can only hope that the remaining teams from Oregon and Washington state have a magnificent time at the race. We should all offer a praise of "well done" for making it there, and hope that the Peugeot Team makes it to a future event, with high expectations of garnering a win (in any category).
12/26/08
[teamlemon.blogspot.com]
12/26/08
What was interesting was that the truck was totaled, the trailer was totaled but while a bit banged up the Peugeot drove 30 miles home *and* the Peugeot's roof took the impact of the trailer rolling over without the roll cage taking any of the impact. That's one strong car!
I tell you it was darn scary (I was in the back seat of the truck) but thankfully none of us were injured which is the most important thing.
12/26/08
Seriously, glad to hear everyone's okay, and I look forward to meeting the Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys at the next race. We can drink cheap red wine and talk smack about all the Japanese and German cars.