True, the basis well proceeded... but it's the EFI that helped hot-hatches catch-on by taming the beastly little N/A engines, making them more...
If I hadn't noted it, it was EFI (Electronic Fuel Injection) that made the GTI the darling hero of the hot-hatch movement. (The "I" in GTI) I...
True! I still remember how it was the day I found my Crown SZ-11. Wasn't totally cool with it (Damn powder pink color) but wasn't totally cooled...
You shouda seen some of the imported "junk" sold at a place in my old neighborhood named The Econo Outlet, but called "Tokyo Joe's". (A l'il...
Nope! All we got was the Ranchero... based on the Falcon, then the Fairlane, the Torino and finally the LTD, before they stopped production of it...
I don't know about the Daytona/Lambo Jalpa V-8 story, but I know this: This offered a kit through their factory performance outlet (Direct...
I've once seen one of those in my old neighborhood... and I've gotta say: Much like the Dodge Rampage (K-car based "ute") it didn't do well in the...
All mine were 4-cyl/automatics, with the best of the bunch (performance-wise) being my first: An '85 fleet-trim unit gotten from my cousin....
Well, Lord-knows the turbo Buicks were a serious effort... as would be anything that moves the entire street-racing scene towards a particular...
Oh-man...! Forgive my timing, but seeing that fault just reminds me of this: [MEDIA] "And a Japanese transistor radio...!":loldiag:
Man... all this talk about auto-changing cassette players reminds me of a mention of such a thing in a book I read. Only difference: The book...
You just reminded me of the television set I grew into my teens with: A Sears color portable, that my parents got on discount because it was...
That Watchman looks like a model I saw in an episode of "Mad About You"... and the last design made before everyone gave-up on making pocket...
Speaking of hot-hatch FWD compacts, anyone ever hear of the Carroll Shelby-influened Dodge Omni GLH-S? That had a few hot parts available through...
Yes... rust was a big problem with many imports back then... and I was about to say the same about engines. As for the muscle-car thing: Doubt...
It looks like a repop of a cheap model I gave to charity some time ago....:thinking:
It later got to 225-hp, but then Ford started averaging the results had from multiple production units, making it fall back a bit.
True... and true! That was the only thing that really turned me off about the show: Their willfully "subtle" display of bias towards certain...
I've seen the Black Magic edition, and thought it had little aesthetically over my brother's '85 "sport" in black/red. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] As for...
I thought it was a shame Ford didn't/couldn't bring the Sierra/XR4Ti here without the BTCC-winning Cosworth engine. If they did that, THEN they'd...
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