Chevrolet

009to090 · Post by **009to090** » Fri. Jul. 01, 2011 9:34 pm

My favorite commercial......

CoalHeat · Post by **CoalHeat** » Fri. Jul. 01, 2011 9:53 pm

'57 Ford Retractable, nice.
Can you say "water leaks"?

CoalHeat · Post by **CoalHeat** » Fri. Jul. 01, 2011 10:47 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/04/21/cuba ... index.html

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Sat. Jul. 02, 2011 2:41 pm

When people actually took pride in their work ... and government stayed the hell out of the auto business. Is it any wonder you still see alot of these cars still driving around 60 years later? QUALITY is the keyword here.

Anyone wanna place bets on which cars on the road today will still be running in 60 years?

Christ, can't even make it to 50K with the front end components used today ....

CoalHeat · Post by **CoalHeat** » Sat. Jul. 02, 2011 6:13 pm

My '97 Buick will probably still be around in 50 years, it hardly ever leaves the barn.

coal berner · Post by **coal berner** » Sat. Jul. 02, 2011 8:16 pm

Wood'nCoal wrote:My '97 Buick will probably still be around in 50 years, it hardly ever leaves the barn.

97 Buick Yes 97 Ford No

mozz · Post by **mozz** » Sat. Jul. 02, 2011 8:23 pm

Other way around, Ford yes, Gm no, companies that is.

coal berner · Post by **coal berner** » Sat. Jul. 02, 2011 8:50 pm

mozz wrote:Other way around, Ford yes, Gm no, companies that is.

Try again Ford lost more then GM did

http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/05/news/companies/gm ... /index.htm

http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/28/news/companies/fo ... /index.htm

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Sun. Jul. 03, 2011 6:11 am

coal berner wrote:97 Buick Yes 97 Ford No

Funny you should mention 97..... I have a 97 Ford Van. The first brand new vehicle I ever bought. Here it is 2011 and believe it or not, it still has the original battery!!! Fourteen years? Yup. I just last week turned over 100,000 miles.

Cool videos! I never knew anyone made a hard top convertible. I loved the Lucy commercial!

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Mon. Jul. 04, 2011 10:16 pm

I know right? How mint was that??? Had that kind of ingenuity over 50 years ago, & today they can't even build one that won't rot away in 5 years ... or need ball joints at 40K ...

Then the check engine lights .... BAH! I'm so disgusted with the cars of today!

stovepipemike · Post by **stovepipemike** » Wed. Jul. 06, 2011 7:18 am

Smitty.You have it all wrong.Don't you know it is all about the fuel economy so we can all use less fossil fuel and keep the planet green? That is the reason they can build them so light and lean and have an old guy like me swallow their line.They consider ball joints etc as " minor consumables" on the way to lighter and more nimble vehicles.Weight costs money to move,geesh Smitty I thought you knew all this stuff. Mike

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Wed. Jul. 06, 2011 12:32 pm

I do know ... that's why I'm disgusted ...