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VERY nice, and both are the top-line Regal (W6) models for both years!! I hope you also join the Studebaker Drivers Club if you haven't already! Craig

Live version of 'snipe bids' on Ebay??? I wonder if an auction such as this will be like baseball...having to film it and replay over and over the auctioneer's gavel and the bidder at the split second before it comes down to see who was first. Craig

One can register, use and display YOM plates on their vintage vehicle here in Alberta, but you are ALSO issued a set of the current Antique plates as well, which must be kept with the vehicle while it is in use; be it inside the trunk, or under the seat. The current plate is considered the 'official' one that follows the computer sequence and therefore allows two individuals to have the same YOM plate number from different year plates. Again, Alberta YOM plates must be the correct color combination as was used for that particular year, and one must have both front & rear plates to have them registered. Craig

It was all too easy!! Move the product downmarket, and not listen to the public and the press! I NEVER foresaw the time I would see a VW outclass and sell for more than a Cadillac, where they did with the Pheaton. Craig

Story I heard is they made 501. One convertible, and 500 2 door hardtops. I got to see the convertible at a car show in 1970 when it was brand new and making the rounds, and I have seen at least two of the two door hardtops since. I believe the hood and trunklid are fiberglass. Craig

That's because the speedometer cable worked off the left front wheel in full-size Oldsmobiles from 1963-70. No other North American GM vehicle utilized this arrangement. Craig

I still have my Amaze-A-Matic, but its the Astro-vette, not the Buick Century. Craig

How nice!! Even rarer is a Starfire with power ventipanes. Craig

Reportedly, when Sherwood Egbert, who was also 6'4" tall, took over the Presidency of Studebaker-Packard in 1961 visited several Studebaker dealers in his first few months of assuming his new role. He stated he was appalled a their salesmanship, as for those who didn't recognize him, it took half a dozen visits before a salesman showed him how easy it was to fit his 6'4" frame into a Lark. Craig

I have always considered the 1966 Fleetwood Brougham the pinnacle of Cadillac's postwar 'Standard of the World' for luxury. It actually outgunned Rolls Royce as far as luxury and performance. Even the build quality was best for the day. What made it so, was the huge amounts of GENUINE wood and leather used inside the interior of these cars. (Click the link in the first post here to see one: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?28846-1966-Cadillac-Fleetwood-Brougham&highlight=fleetwood ) Unfortunately, starting in 1967, the real wood trim diminished to nothing by 1971, and it was all plastic made to look like wood after that, while Rolls Royce, Mercedes Benz, BMW and others kept on producing cars with real leather and wood for their interiors. Clearly, the luxury car market was moving UP, and Cadillac and Lincoln were not! In fact, they went down-market in the interest of volume, and for a time, it worked until the hideous Cimarron made it go too far. When Cadillac was still downsizing, Rolls Royce introduced the Silver Spirit model which was larger in size than the Silver Shadow it replaced, and their sales increased. Mercedes and BMW also kept ahead with their 'bigger and better than the previous generation' S-Class and 7-series, respectively. Worse for Cadillac and Lincoln, Honda, Toyota and Nissan didn't sit still, either, and came out with marques that competed for Cadillac and Lincoln's business, effectively banishing the 'cheap tin box' image Japanese vehicles had in the '60's and '70's. While the 'boulevard ride' may be there in these Lincoln Town Cars, they still have a long ways to go to earn back their prominence they had 50 years ago. Craig

That is one reason I prefer Autocar, CAR, and Top Gear from the UK. They tell it like it is, and not afraid to say if a car is a POS for fear of losing advertising revenue. Craig

Unfortunately, many of us did witness (either on TV or frightfully in person), the progressive collapse of the twin towers an hour-and-a-half to two hours after they got hit by those planes. Craig

Actually engineers DO study 'progressive collapse' in huge building demolition. It is an engineering science that can take 6 months to a year to implement, depending on the size and amount of stories of the structure. After strategically weakening the load-bearing walls, explosives are then placed in key areas and set to go off seconds to milli-seconds apart to progressively collapse a huge building unto itself with little, or no damage to the neighboring area. Craig

Here's a factory '42 Chevrolet in blackout trim: Craig

I'm certain I have seen various cookbooks offered by car manufacturers. Craig

There were a couple of Mercury cars sold in Canada, including the Grand Marquis, Marauder and Cougar after 1999, and they were sold at Ford dealers despite the Mercury badging, because there were no more Mercury dealers in Canada after that. Gone was the Sable after 1999, and yet some models the like (2000's era) Montego and Mountaineer were never marketed at all in Canada. Craig

I thought they had two poles, or 'speed markers' at the side of the road, maybe a hundred feet apart, and the authorities would clock how many seconds it took the vehicle to travel from the first one to the second, not unlike the much later airplane-patrol markings on a highway. In the early 1900's, the speed limits were usually 7-10 mph in a small town and 100 feet could easily be measured in seconds. Craig

Ford's Mercury division was disbanded in Canada in 1999. The stronger Lincoln-Mercury dealers were converted to Ford-Lincoln dealers and remain so today. Craig

I really appreciate the fact you are keeping it that way, and not loading it down with accessories. Several years ago, I happened to see a 1951 Desoto 8-passenger sedan that was very 'fleet' with no clock or radio, which I find unusual for what was the most expensive sedan in the lineup. Is that engine also a 305 cubic inch? I know vacuum was still standard on 1942 Continentals, but the limousine did have hydraulic windows that year.

That would not really be a plausible explanation as hidden wipers and Astro Ventilation was expanded to the Chev Caprice and some of the Impala line for 1968 along with the corresponding Canadian Pontiacs. Of course one could have purchased a '67 Grand Prix in Canada at the time, and it would have been the same as any U.S. market Grand Prix. Craig

No Canadian Pontiac had concealed windshield wipers, or Astro Ventilation like the Grand Prix. Even though the Grande Parisiennes LOOK the same as a Grand Prix, there are some differences such as having vent windows. As far as WHY that is, I cannot answer. Craig

Awesome thread! Does this car also have vacuum power windows similar to a Continental? Craig

Six pages worth on the Studebaker Forum: -----> http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?9899-What-do-you-think-of-ratrods&highlight=ratrods Craig

Here is a link to the 1967 full-size Canadian Pontiac brochure. http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/Canada/1967%20Pontiac%20Brochure/dirindex.html Craig

The Bonneville (along with the Catalina, Star Chief and Grand Prix) sold in Canada were U.S.-made cars, and had the wide-track stance. I always liked the U.S. Pontiacs from an early age. They were far better appointed than the Canadian-made Chevrolet-based cars, although there were some rather unique versions. This would include 1967 Grande Parisiennes which had a Grand Prix-like front end with the hideaway headlights, but Grande Parisiennes were also available in four door hardtop and stations wagons as well. I don't believe any U.S.- made 1967 Pontiac 4 doors or wagons had hideaway headlights. Craig