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    Ford Thunderbird 1955-1959, from Stunning to Clunky in 5 short years.

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    The 55 to 57 Tbirds were never intended to be high volume cars, but I think Ford overestimated their sales expectations.  One criticism of the car was a cramped driving position.  Someone near 6 foot 6 (me) didn't fit.  Personally, I have never liked having the steering wheel in my lap.  I like it as far away as possible, preferable arms length.  That was just not going to  happen in the 55/57 Tbirds.  It does in the square birds.

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    looks like a Micro Rolls Royce...........its tiny......amazing body condition all there except a few engine parts.......?

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    1 hour ago, arcticbuicks said:

    bingo ! has that name on it.........cant be too many around north america left hand drive

    Originally it was aimed at the North American market.  Sir John Black (head of Standard Triumph) was convinced that an inexpensive car that looked like a Rolls Royce would appeal to Americans.  Wrong!!  Produced for about 5 years, 35,000 made.  I knew of 3 in North Vancouver.  Beautifully restored one in my area now.  The fact that it was called the Mayflower is an indicator of the market it was aimed at.  American auto journalist Richard Langworth owned one.  

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    What unique or different engines/ unique or different cars fascinate you just for those reasons?

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    3 hours ago, Bloo said:

     

     

    Best sounding diesel engine ever. There really isn't even any close competition. We never had them in the US, but the Canadians got some.

     

     

    The city of Vancouver, BC ordered about two dozen gully cleaners from a Britsh company in the 1960's.  They came attached to Commers equipped with the TS3 diesel.  The earsplitting howl of those engines was impossible to ignore.  Detroit 2 strikers didn't even come close.

     

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    What car to take today - 1953 MG

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    On 5/25/2023 at 5:34 PM, 1939_Buick said:

    Interesting car.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_Y-type

    As noted in Wikipedia styling very out dated for 1953

    Good its still on the road and being used.

    "Out of date" or "traditional"?  Other examples are the Lanchester LD10, Triumph Renown and Austin Sheerline.  There was resistance in the UK to American "envelope" styling.  One of the strongest opponents was Lord Nuffield (Sir William Morris).  The post war Morris Minor was designed without his knowledge using envelope styling.  When he saw the prototype for the first time he said it looked like a crumpet and stormed out of the showing.

    The Triumph Renown was mechanically identical to the Standard Vanguard, but looked completely different since the Vanguard was styled in the American idiom.

    Question for the Duesenberg aficionados here present

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    8 minutes ago, edinmass said:


    When you asked your question…….I thought you were talking about a missing car. The red car is well known in modern circles………and I didn’t think anyone would be asking about such a recently displayed car………most Duesenberg “do you know it” questions usually date back thirty or more years.

    That was why I asked the question the way I did.  I was quite sure that someone such as yourself would know of the car.  I wasn't thinking about wartime era cars because I didn't know about them.

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    Question for the Duesenberg aficionados here present

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    32 minutes ago, edinmass said:


    Yes, last seen in the hands of the Russian army in 1945 basically intact. Modified in very early 50’s for a movie, and then rumored to have been scrapped. If you find it, I will buy it. 

    Much more recent than that, Ed.  Shows up three times in a video of a vintage car rally shot in Prague in 2019 as well as at least once in one shot by a different videographer of the same rally.  I am a long way from being a Duesenberg expert, but it looks like a Murphy bodied roadster.  It is an absolutely stunning car.  There also a 1935/36 Auburn convertible sedan in Prague.

    CNG to gasoline conversion question.

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    23 hours ago, dodge28 said:

    Jo ,remember when lead was removed from gasoline all kinds of additives were put in the gas tank ? It cannot be done with propane. The Japanese have been making industrial engines that are designed to use both type of fuel. Most of the old forklift trucks used flat head Continental engines with governers and used propane. Frequent rebuilds .

    It doesn't need to be done with propane.  Propane naturally carries oil in it which falls out when it converts to a gas.  This acts as an upper cylinder lubricant.  Combined with the fact that propane has very little carbon in it there will be little to no wear on cylinder walls.

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