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I have doubts you will find that breakdown. What little info I have indicates Limited trim was optionally available on Electra Custom Coupe and hardtop sedan for $318 but doesn't break out how many of each got the Limited interior, much less how many in each color. The folks down in Buickland may have better info. *edit* 26002 1970 style 8457 Electra Custom Coupes built; 65114 style 8439 Electra Custom hardtop sedans built. No breakout on Limited. Info from 2nd printing Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975.

Optional for 73-75 H/O and sometimes seen on a 72. Mine doesn't have the cheesy thing, it has the Stewart Warner Hurst Motor Minder instead. Fancy name for a vacuum gage.

I've gotten used to people thinking the Starfires are Impalas, the Ninety Eight a Cadillac or Lincoln 😒 and the Toronado a Riviera. When I explain my 1974 Cutlass is a Hurst/Olds, "Never seen a hearse looked like that!" 20 some years ago I had the Toronado out and a high school boy glommed onto it. At school the next morning he told his auto tech teacher about this wild 60s front wheel drive car he'd seen, and his teacher told him he was full of it, that there were no FWD cars in the 60s. Kid hunted me down the next weekend and begged me to bring the car to his school and show the teacher. The 20-something teacher looked at it and said "you did a great job converting that car". No son- General Motors built it this way in 1969. You never saw such a bewildered look, with the kid saying "I told you it was real!"

Frank, I had thought for years that Buick went all 12v when they introduced the V8, even for the straight 8 Specials.

Bleche-Wite and Purple Power each have a nearly overwhelming odor. I wouldn't mix either with anything other than water. I use both with a medium stiff brush, but I have only blackwalls and narrow whites to clean. Occasionally I'll get the pressure washer out but I can usually scrub and rinse the tires in less time than it takes to get it out and running. Hadn't thought of Lestoil in years though my mother kept it and Texize cleaners around.

That's assuming the OP's wheels are spindle mounted as opposed to bolted on with lug nuts as same years Lincoln and Chrysler were. Balancing problems are not unknown with some reproduction tire brands.

I bought one of those things off a Homier Distribution travelling tool sale years ago. $19.95 and it has paid for itself many times over. It was what diagnosed the bad battery cable that was keeping the Gray Ghost station wagon from starting. Rambling... I remember when Homie Tools (as we called them) coming to town was a big deal. Every gearhead around came. I bought a small oil-lube pancake air compressor to keep at my Mama's place and it did the job until the day it didn't. Took it back next time the circus came to town, showed them what it was doing (starting capacitor failed, I could have fixed it but wanted to see if they'd replace it after 2 years) and without a receipt I walked out with a brand new one. Used it for over ten years till a chinesium proprietary elbow failed and blew out, and there was nothing to be found that would fit. I had a Craftsman hotdog compressor concurrently and the Homie Tools compressor would run circles around it. I miss that little blue compressor.

The Cat's wheels have raised rib spokes. Olds SSII and SSIII have recessed rib spokes. Ford bolt circle is 4-1/2" whereas Olds/GM is 4-3/4". One of several reasons I dislike murdered-out black wheels and trim. You lose ALL the detail to darkness.

Not Olds. Look aftermarket to me. BOP A-body guys get accused of having Chevelle inferiority complexes esp if they stick a Chevy engine in their car. I say, if you wanted a Chevelle why didn't you buy one to start with?🤔 Seems like you're a BOP wannabe! And then the fight starts! 🤣😛

Also noted that the Brit guys often expose us to cars they in UK are familiar with but we in USA may not be. The episode featuring the Lancia Fulvia made me want one!

Having trouble getting into that one. Proves that some Brits are into redneck engineering too, though I've no idea what a Brit redneck is called!😃

It's interesting in its concept, and I can visualize it running around as a base's utility vehicle like an outsized Cushman Haulster. I think I'd as soon have a regular Econoline pickup though. Wonder if it WAZA a panel van or a window van?😎

Well Padgett- when have you seen any tv car show feature anything like a Travelall unless it was to gut the drivetrain and stick an LS swap in it? 🤮 Or worse transplant the body onto a late-model gm frame in the name of "reliability" and "convenience".🤮🤮 That's why I like WD. The Brits try to refurb or restore what's there. If there's a better part to improve on or correct what the original manufacturer installed they'll use it but they try to keep the car true to form. I like that they seek out craftsmen to fix what they can't do themselves. And the show isn't one long commercial for whatever its sponsors are trying to sell. I can always hit mute button when the commercials come on.

What's scary is it will probably work no matter who's occupying the office thruout the near future. I bought a t-shirt last summer that said "my governor is an idiot". Given the caliber of individuals seeking the office odds are good the shirt will be useful for a long, long time. Hey, I like clothes that last...

Being as I go to Walmart only as a last resort, never noticed them being up there! People ridicule Dollar Generals because the things pop up everywhere (there are 5 within ten miles of me) but if it keeps me from having to go to Walmart they can build all they want!😃

I think Harvester made better tractors than they did vehicles, but based on the pickup the neighbor had the trucks were pretty tough. What took that truck off the road was the total unavailability of a lower radiator hose. Not even a Steve Ames "fit and function are acceptable" hose could be found. This was around 1980 barely 5 years after the end of production. A 1980 F150 replaced it. At the same age the Ford was a lot more beat-up than the International. Another old farmer here had a 1960 B100 pickup so not like I'm unfamiliar with them.

Last week's Wheeler Dealers featured a 1968 International Travelall. Even with a full-line IHC dealer here Travelalls were rarely seen, though the neighbor across the road had a 1967 pickup. Being a wagon guy, after seeing that episode I'm thinking I could enjoy one of those outsized station wagons. Then I think about limited supply of both Travelall and parts to fix them, and I come back down to Earth...

All depends on yer perspective!🙂 Is that a Spirit of America Impala in background?

Jeepers have some good ones. My favorite is the one that says "if you can read this flip me over". Stick families. Mmph. Those are on the back of every minivan and SUV around here. Teenage boys plaster the back windows of their squatted trucks with: Superman logos, YETI cooler stickers, and their full range of social media hashtags. Some especially self-absorbed ones have their family name full-width across the window.

One of my great uncles often used the pig wrestling quote. I first remember him saying it in the 60s so it's been around. Except he said it like this: "Don't never try to wrassle no harg. You git kivvered in shert and the harg enjers it!" Translation from old Southern man-ese: Don't ever try to wrestle a hog. You get covered in s**t and the hog enjoys it. I found that advice useful in my working life. Seems there was always a harg that wanted to wrestle and cover you in it...

I can remember when that was considered big-screen TV. Growing up in this house, my folks had the first color TV in the neighborhood. A BIG Westinghouse console, 42" long with a 19" screen. Bought for Christmas 1964. My daddy thought he had hit the big time because he could watch "Bonanza" in color.

I was gonna ask how you toted that home in an Alpine!

I can't fit one that big in my crackerbox palace either. My 43" takes up all the wall space in the only spot the TV can go. Kerry, we are legion. Just not everyone admits to it!😈

I'm one of those oddballs who reads movie end credits to find out what music was used, locations, state film office help etc. Sometimes you'll even see thanks to people who furnished cars and other props. Just finished watching the original 1982 "Porky's" and at the very end two Florida AACA Regions and the Mercury Club of Florida were credited. Anyone here own any of the cars that were in "Porky's"? Particularly the tow truck and Porky's step-down Hudson? Goes to show that even cheesy movies can feature great cars.

My parents often recalled that in their youth ponds and slow rivers would freeze over with ice thick enough to walk on. Folks would harvest it off these waterways and store it in below-grade icehouses for summer use. This was along the VA/NC border from 1920s to 1940s. Neither recalled seeing it after 1948 or so. I'm 64 and have never seen that here. Most I've seen has been floes in the river, that might have been an inch thick if that. There were stories of driving horse-drawn wagons and Ford Ts out onto the ice to collect it.