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03-06-2020, 12:56 AM
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  It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the percentage of convertibles having power windows was higher than hardtops/sedans. Having owned a number of convertibles it is so much easier just sitting in the drivers seat to hit those 4 buttons lowering the windows then unlatch the top and hit the power top down . . . as opposed to running around the car lowering the windows manually which quite frankly is a PIA. 
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03-06-2020, 12:58 AM
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 When you ordered Rally I wheels on your 1966 GTO with drum brakes, the drums were painted red. After 1/31/69 when you ordered either Magnum 500 or Rallye wheels with drum brakes on your Chrysler muscle car, the brake drum's front surface were painted red. So what is the origin of the red painted brake drums? Which was the first factory built car to have them? The answer is . . . the 1954 Buick Skylark Convertible
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03-06-2020, 12:59 AM
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To Foretell The Future . . . Look Back To The Past    That's a 1967 Ford Comuta Concept Car
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03-06-2020, 01:00 AM
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 Yes - that is a 1965 Z16 SS 396 Malibu with a 1300 HP Rocket Powered Drag Axle
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03-06-2020, 01:01 AM
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03-06-2020, 01:02 AM
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03-06-2020, 01:02 AM
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03-06-2020, 01:03 AM
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 The technology to have sequential tail lights was ready by the 1964 model year and was earmarked for the Ford Thunderbird. But a number of states had restrictions concerning the technology. So Ford worked with legislators to remove the restrictions and the tech became standard on the 1965 T-Bird.
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03-06-2020, 01:07 AM
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 In an effort to make the lightest car possible Mercury used upholstered covered plastic seats in their 1965 A/FX and B/FX comets. Each weighed just 6 pounds. No other manufacturer used these seats. 
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03-06-2020, 01:08 AM
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 One week after Chrysler won the 1964 Daytona 500 with it's brand new Hemi (Hemi cars finished 1-2-3) Ford and Mercury engineers were tasked with coming up with an engine that could defeat the new Hemi. 90 days later a 427 SOHC was on the dyno.
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