The New, Newer Project: Part Tres...

[427TJ]

Originally Posted by 9999

It's an absolute mystery as to why only 43 of these cars were built when anyone could have ordered one of these. What an awesome looking car compared to anything else of the era. And it had A/C!

Higher insurance rates? Oil crisis? Country turning its back on performance cars and starting to look at BMW 2002s, 240Zs, etc.?

[9999]

Originally Posted by Crush

Can anyone send this guy a sample? If so what's the process?
Thx!

https://www.blackstone-labs.com/

This place has been open for some time and is very popular among hobbyist and amateur motorists.

Originally Posted by 427TJ

Higher insurance rates? Oil crisis? Country turning its back on performance cars and starting to look at BMW 2002s, 240Zs, etc.?

I mean within the context that people were still buying (slower) Corvettes, Camaros, (and much uglier) Challengers, Cudas, chargers, mustangs, GTOs, etc.

Those were all cars that would also have higher ins rates, use lots of gas and had a performance image.....the only difference was that they were as slow as molasses in January(except maybe the Vette) and they all looked absolutely terrible(except Camaro and Corvette).

That is the gist at what I was getting at. Not literally why from a marketing point of view.