Murilee, how come you posted this joker's pictures and not my crappy camera phone pictures from the Keokuk, Illinois Mustangs-Only-No Rice-Burners-Allowed Car-Show? #lancia
@mechimike: There there Mike. I though Murilee was going to use some of my SEMA Porn shots this weekend, but it looks like she is trying to catch up on the DOTS SE postings.
I'm sure yours will be coming up soon, now that there is only one more LeMons race this year. #lancia
As opposed to the bastardized-Fiat Beta coupe in yesterday's PCH, this is pure Lancia through and through. The Fulvias are definitely worth preserving, though they still rust like mad. Very pretty little coupe, but that front-end facelift with the staggered lights is not an improvement over the original nose. #lancia
@mechimike: Which Wildcat had staggered lights? The only Buick I can think of with staggered lights was the '59 - the Wildcat was introduced for '62. You really think those little pods for the outer lights on the '72 Fulvia are an improvement over the smoother, earlier nose? #lancia
Some of these things had a stroke barely long enough to qualify for the name, 48mm. I mean, I think I've seem some bigass aftermarket camshafts with more lift than that. #1960s
My first car, a '71 Pinto, had a 1.6L with FOB (Ford of Britain) cast on it. POS burned #4 piston after a year of abuse. I did a quickie rebuild on it. A year later it burned #4 piston. I rebuilt it again by the book. Bored, new pistons, new valves and surfaced every gasket surface I could including the manifolds. A year and a HALF later it puked reverse and burned #4 piston within a week of each other. Tossed that hateful beast in the weeds and installed an FOG (Ford of Germany) marked 2.0 engine and trans and never had a single problem after that.
Is it because I didn't use Whitworth wrenches? Or did the non-paraffin oil I used damage the British alyoominium in the pistons?
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Ford Racing recently announced that they would be selling a reengineered Kent crate engine to meet the needs of the thousands of Formula Ford racers who are starting to have trouble finding replacement parts. #1960s
@Novaload: The Consul Capri was actually sold by Ford in the US in the early '60s. The scarcity today reflects what Americans thought of it then. After all, for the price of this thing, you could buy a Falcon Sprint. Oh, and it did 0-60 mph in 22.6 seconds according to Motor magazine. That alone made the Sprint more compelling of a buy.
The twin fender mirrors on this car were not normal fittings. They look more like the mirrors once seen on Japanese home-market cars. Wonder if this Capri lived in Japan?
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I'm sure yours will be coming up soon, now that there is only one more LeMons race this year. #lancia
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As opposed to the bastardized-Fiat Beta coupe in yesterday's PCH, this is pure Lancia through and through. The Fulvias are definitely worth preserving, though they still rust like mad. Very pretty little coupe, but that front-end facelift with the staggered lights is not an improvement over the original nose. #lancia
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@tonyola: Here's a 1965 Wildcat. Notice the staggered lights, but on the same plane. #lancia
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@tonyola: 1966 also had these types of headlamps. #lancia
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@tonyola: Though nothing says staggered headlamps quite likr the 1962 Dodge Dart, or the 1962 Plymouth Fury. Here's the Dart: #lancia
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@UDMan: Actually it wasn't the Fury, it was the 1963 Dodge Polara and 330. #lancia
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Official engine of the Anadol, Turkey's first mass-production car. #1960s
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Is it because I didn't use Whitworth wrenches? Or did the non-paraffin oil I used damage the British alyoominium in the pistons?
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Oh, Ford. If only you'd shared this with the US. (I believe this Capri also packed the Kent.) #1960s
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@Novaload: Or as seen here in later production form. #1960s
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The twin fender mirrors on this car were not normal fittings. They look more like the mirrors once seen on Japanese home-market cars. Wonder if this Capri lived in Japan?
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No wonder Murilee has so many friends.
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This is just chock full of win.
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