That's an obvious forgery. Phone numbers in that day would have been written "RIverside 8-2400" and "PArkview 6-4808"
My 2003 Crown Vic PI. I thought it was going to be a big floaty boat like my ex-gf's Bonneville. It feels surprisingly planted, and even though it takes it a second and a half to downshift on the freeway when I floor it, it takes off like a slingshot after it does.
The nose is all wrong.
Yay I'm famous!
I imagine it takes quite a bit of money to put together a collection like that. You don't get that kind of wealth by being foolish with your money. So car collectors must be sensible types, and what would you expect a sensible type to drive?
I don't have a driveshaft. Just a torque tube.
I like this.
I've always thought it would be cool to rebody a vette in acrylic or lexan or some other transparent body. If I only had the time and equipment and whatnot.
GM should have marketed it as the "Toyota Volt." Then people would buy it.
Today in Automotive History:
You don't hear a lot about this, but in the late '70s, Volvo was the first manufacturer to start using Bosch oxygen sensors (dubbed "Lambda Sond" by the Swedes) in their fuel-injected engines. Without oxygen sensors, we wouldn't be able to squeeze 100hp out of one liter of displacement on an NA engine.
I concur. Except that reasonable people also enjoy the 240. There's no need to have Berkeley stickers on it.