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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 10:49 PM

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It's a 427 "Big Tank" but not an L72. It's the 390 HP 427. Going to auction (GAA Classic Car Auction).

Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 10:56 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 10:57 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:00 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:03 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:05 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:15 PM

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Back in July 1968 Car and Driver Magazine did a shootout between a 1968 Z/28 and a very special 1968 Mustang that Ford had built via Kar Kraft just for the shootout.

In the 1968 Mustang brochure there was an engine option listed as "special order 302 for sedan racing." The cost was $650 and carried the letter code G. It was the Tunnel Port 302.


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Also on the test car were a set of Goodyear tires no one had ever seen or heard of before - they were F60x15 Polyglas Prototypes

Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:22 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:27 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:31 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:32 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:33 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:34 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:35 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:36 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:38 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:39 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:40 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:41 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:43 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:44 PM

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:45 PM

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Raise you hand if you built one of these as a kid (Lee's hand is up)

This is the current version. Costs about $50:

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Lee Stewart 06-13-2019 11:46 PM

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Eldorado Station Wagon concept… circa 1972

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 01:49 AM

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In 1951, Ford Aerospace secured a US Navy contract for the engineering and manufacturing of parts required to build the AIM-9 Sidewinder series of air-to-air missiles. The American firm initially produced the guidance and control sections of the weapon while helping with logistics. The AIM-9 missile was widely used during the Vietnam War and dozens of countries still employ its various evolutions. Ford sold the business in 1990 and it’s now part of Lockheed Martin.

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 01:50 AM

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Hyundai can sell you a Santa Fe or build a train capable of taking you and hundreds of other passengers to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The company’s Rotem division designs and manufactures light rail vehicles, high-speed trains, diesel-electric locomotives and subway cars.

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 01:52 AM

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Mitsubishi’s car-building arm shares its name and logo with numerous other entities. The group’s areas of expertise include mining, building cruise ships, selling real estate, making electronic toll collection systems, designing high-speed trains, refining oil, and banking. Having built the fearsome Zero fighter during World War 2, it now builds Japanese versions of the F-15, F-16 (pictured) and F-35 fighters under license from US aerospace groups Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 01:53 AM

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Jaguar and Land Rover live under the same roof as the Indian Hotels Company. Owned by Tata, the group entered the world of luxury hotels in 1903 when it opened a five-star property in Mumbai named Taj Mahal Palace (pictured). It’s grown to become one of the largest hotel groups in Asia.

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 01:55 AM

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Peugeot made its first hand tools in 1810, well before there was an automotive industry for it to leap into. The company continues to sell tools today including drills, drill bits, saws, grinding machines and vice grips. The Peugeot family sold the rights to the tool-making business in 2012 to a French company named MPO.

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 01:56 AM

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By Toyota’s own account, it “builds 21st century comfort and luxury houses in Japan.” The Japanese auto-maker began dabbling in the housing market in 1975. Today, it offers three different types of pre-fabricated houses that take as little as 45 days to build and come with a 60-year warranty.

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 01:58 AM

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In 1990 Toyota saw an opportunity to apply its automotive expertise to the marine sector, and today offers a range of craft for the well-heeled. Its most powerful, the Ponam 35 (pictured), is propelled by two 4.5-litre V8 diesel engines more commonly found in the Land Cruiser SUV. They deliver a combined 750hp of power and a top speed of around 30 knots (35mph), and is 11.95m long (39 feet). They sell for around US$800,000 each, and can carry 12 people.

Unlike Toyota’s land-based vehicles, this particular Toyota club is an exclusive one – the company only builds 15 or so of these boats a year, though the company also makes slightly smaller and cheaper vessels.

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 01:59 AM

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Honda’s global reach extends well beyond cars. The Japanese company also makes snow blowers, ATVs, motorcycles and even planes. Officially named HA-420, the HondaJet takes the form of a small aircraft intended as a private plane for travelers in the 1%-and-above bracket. It offers space for up to six passengers and two crew members.

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 02:01 AM

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Volkswagen’s most popular product has no wheels and no engine. For decades, the company has manufactured pork sausages and uses them to make currywurst, a popular type of fast food in Germany. It distributes its currywurst to workers in some of its factories, in brand-owned restaurants and at events like classic car shows. They’re even sold at some grocery stores in Wolfsburg, the company’s home town, along with ketchup also made in Volkswagen’s kitchens.

The sausages carry their own part number, like a fuel filler flap - it’s 199-398-500-A

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 02:04 AM

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What do you do when you win the lottery that nets you $180 million? Build a house - of course!

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 02:08 AM

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You can laugh about old time bathing suits . . . but you have to admit they sure protected the kids from the sun a lot better than today's do.

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 02:10 AM

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Schools out! It's summer! Get together with your friends and ride bikes all around the neighborhood.

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 02:13 AM

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We went from this . . .

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 02:14 AM

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To this! Outstanding!

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 03:45 AM

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Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 03:54 AM

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A computer colorized and sharpened 1927 B & W photo.

Lee Stewart 06-14-2019 08:10 PM

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