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Caņon City, Colorado, is home to one of the coolest places to visit in the U.S. — the Royal Gorge Bridge. This structure is the highest bridge in America, and it was also the highest bridge in the world before China’s Sidu River Bridge surpassed it in 2009 (which, in turn, was surpassed by the Duge Beipanjiang bridge in 2016). |
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Samuel Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain, is one of America’s most beloved authors. So, it’s fitting that his Hartford, Connecticut, house — finished in 1874 — has been turned into a popular tourist stop. |
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In the summer of 1916, a series of brutal shark attacks rocked Matawan, New Jersey. Surprisingly, two of the incidents occurred in a freshwater creek farther inland than the initial shoreline attacks. A 300-pound bull shark was finally captured and confirmed via its stomach contents — yuck! — to be the culprit. The whole thing inspired Peter Benchley to publish “Jaws” in 1974. The book was famously adapted by Benchley and writer Carl Gottlieb for the screen a year later, and the film was directed by Steven Spielberg. Luckily for fans of “Jaws,” you can visit Matawan Creek free of cost. |
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https://i.postimg.cc/2jsQc7Nz/AAC8rDk.jpg In Eldon, Iowa, you can visit the real-life house that was used as the backdrop in Grant Wood’s prominent 1930 painting, “American Gothic” |
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Other then the tire companies with their Raised White Lettered Tires, Hurst was the only other non OEM company to have their name prominently displayed on their products that were installed on Detroit Muscle Cars |
1969 Dodge Coronet R/T vs 1969 Plymouth GTX (Hardtop) https://i.postimg.cc/85B1JX0z/ttt.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/3rss5FSL/787.jpg BASE PRICE HT: R/T = $3,425 GTX = $3,416 Both cars inc the 440/375hp Magnum engine with a choice of AT or MT and Bucket Seats. PRODUCTION NUMBERS: R/T = 6,755 GTX = 14,902 As you can see from the above, the GTX was a MUCH better seller than the R/T. More than twice the number of cars sold. |
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1964 - 1966 GTO Tri-Power Production Numbers: 1964: 25% (8,245/32,450 1965: 36% (20,547/75,352 1966: 22% (19,045/96,946 |
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The original buyer, the famous Briggs Cunnningham, ordered this car with white interior. The change was not made at the factory (all 515 left the factory with black interiors). It was made by the selling dealership. |
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All 100 1964 Ford Thunderbolts were delivered to the selling dealerships with a single exhaust. The reason for this came from the NHRA, which required Stock and Super Stock cars to have a, "streel legal exhaust system." Each T-Bolt had a single 1.5-inch pipe running under the passenger side of the floorpan. A stock six-cylinder Fairlane straight-through muffler was positioned in the standard location beside the gas tank. At the track, the header caps were removed allowing the 427 to breathe freely. This was done for weight saving. |
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So how close did Ford come to selling 427 SOHC Galaxies to the public? REAL close. They couldn't charge more than $1000 for the engine option. They had to make 100 of them. Ford could do that to get the 427 SOHC engine qualified for NASCAR. And then NASCAR threw Ford a "monkey wrench." They would give Ford the go ahead but there would be a weight penalty associated with the engine . . . 1 pound per cubic inch. That would mean their car would weigh 4,427 while everyone elses would be 4,000. That was the deal breaker. |
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Only about 10% of all the 1970 AAR Cudas (2,724) had a V1X: Black (only color available) vinyl top. |
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https://i.postimg.cc/26tv16bw/Topless-Charger-52.jpg The Topless Charger began life as a standard 1968 Charger R/T. Chief stylist for Chrysler Corporation Elwood P. Engel used the roofless Charger as an evaluation in styling. The Charger's roof was cut down to the belt line, while a short windshield kept the debris from the occupants faces. In order to maintain a sleek clean image the door handles were removed and the rear seating area was covered with a roadster hard-shell boot. The white with blue trimmed Charger had its bumpers de-chromed and painted body color (white). The hood and trunk lid were both painted non-glare black. Additional sport features included perforated stainless alloy steering wheel, cone-styled side view mirrors, custom racing wheels, finned side pipes, locking hood pins, and dual quick fill gas caps. |
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I owned a Mustang. Bought it brand new too. I didn't want to . . . I had to. For a couple of reasons I will get into.
I have mentioned before that I owned a brand new 1973 Formula 400 Firebird. Bought in September 1972. I was seriously considering getting a 1973 Mustang Convertible except literally right across the street from my apartment building was a Pontiac dealership while the Ford dealer was miles away. This was going to be my first brand new car so having the dealer 100 feet from my doorstep was to me a selling point. Well, in February 1973 I joined Ford Motor Credit Corp . . . went through 3 DAYS of extensive interviews, tests and whathaveyou. And the very last question posed to me by the Branch Manager was; "what if we told you to go out late one night a steal a car for us?" So I responded; "is it legal?" To which the BM replies; "oh yes . . . no issue with that." So I grin at him and say "SURE!" So my 4 years at Babson College getting a degree in Management with a minor in Finance, I am hired by FMCC as a Management Trainee who as part of his responsibilities . . . goes out at night and repossess cars where payments are seriously past due. Anyways . . . back to my new Mustang story. So I am getting a lot of heat about being a Ford employee who drives a Pontiac. Not a word of this was discussed during the interviews though they did ask me what car I drove. And to make matters worse . . . this happened: https://i.postimg.cc/5NXHHbb7/xa10.jpg So I am driving a high peformance car that gets about 12 MPG and I live about 20 miles away from work. . . and the price of gas goes through the ceiling when you can find some. One morning in October 1973 my boss calls me into his office . . . "Lee, how's that Pontiac you drive doing on gas mileage?" To which I respond; "not too well." He then says; "well I really think I can help you out here Lee. Kill two birds with one stone so to speak and we can do it today." So I ask him; "what do you have in mind?" My Boss tells me he is a very good friend of the local Ford dealer and he can get me a brand new Mustang for dealer cost AND get me top dollar trade in for my 1 year old Firebird. PLUS . . . FMCC will hold the paper on the financing and because I am an employee I get lower than standard rates and the payment is automatically deducted from my paycheck. "Lee - take the morning off and go over and pick out a BRAND NEW MUSTANG!" So off I went to get . . . https://i.postimg.cc/wTRvq2Qn/xa11.jpg Mine was loaded just like this one except it was Baby Blue with a Blue interior . . . a 1974 Mustang II. I have the dubious distinction of being the person who repossesed the 1973 Massachusetts Million Dollar Lottery Winner's car. A young (19 years old) sailor gets off his ship, buys a single ticket and and wins the Mass. $1,000,000 Lottery. Payout: $50,000 for 20 years. He decides he wants a Lincoln Continential - brand new. I will never forget the conversation (by phone) between our Finance Manager and the selling dealer (Neponset Lincoln Mercury) over his credit worthiness. Our FM is going nuts yelling that the "kid" now has no job and he is going to blow through the money so fast he probably won't make his second payment. And guess what . . . it was worse! This kid bought into every scam offered him and blew through the first $50,000 in 3 weeks. He never made his first payment on his new Lincoln. We had a policy at the Branch - miss your first payment and we reposses the car. Normally this wouldn't happen until you were 3 payments behind. My Boss asks me into his office, tells me what happened, hands me a key to the car and says; "go get it Lee." |
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An ambulance contractor known as Amblewagon (and as Automotive Conversion Corporation) of Birmingham and Troy Michigan built the first dozen altered wheel base (A/FX) Mopars. |
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