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Except the chrome engine cover with louvers was not stock. I, like you have always been attracted to unique styling. That is why I bought my first Crossfire in 2006 and this time I kept it. I regret selling so many of the exotics and orphans I have collected through the years I plan to keep my Crosssfire forever.
once i was driving when suddenly i saw a car that looked as if coming out of a dream. it was only a flash, and then it vanished into the traffic. it took a long time to see another alike. and still i see 1 once in a blue moon. at the time my life kept me at more urgent issues, but that image remained. until in recent time i was able to spend a few minutes searching for it. when i found it, i learned that it is the crossfire. the coupe. the most beautiful car i ever saw. and when i learned that, for some unfathomable reason, it is affordable to me, i had to buy 1. luckily i found 1 in pretty good shape, so now am a happy owner of the most fantastic car ever.
yes, there is the convertible version that is the most beautiful convertible, but to me, the coupes shape is the 1 that i dream of.
and the style is just what i have been longing for since i learned of cars of the wonderful days of the art deco, like the bugatti atlantic, or the lago talbot, and in more recent days, the jaguar xke...you got the idea...sedans...
and speaking of art deco, here is a description: "Art Deco, also called style moderne, movement in the decorative arts and architecture that originated in the 1920s and developed into a major style in western Europe and the United States during the 1930s. Its name was derived from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, held in Paris in 1925, where the style was first exhibited. Art Deco design represented modernism turned into fashion. Its products included both individually crafted luxury items and mass-produced wares, but, in either case, the intention was to create a sleek and antitraditional elegance that symbolized wealth and sophistication. "
OMG, that's what I call inspiration! Welcome to the Crossfire world!!
Except the chrome engine cover with louvers was not stock. I, like you have always been attracted to unique styling. That is why I bought my first Crossfire in 2006 and this time I kept it. I regret selling so many of the exotics and orphans I have collected through the years I plan to keep my Crosssfire forever.
I would sooner have a real Crossfire than a replica of another car any day. Just like I would not want a ‘replica’ Mona Lisa, I would like an E type Jaguar not a replicar, fake is fake to me. That is my taste, not others obviously, each to their own.
When a car comes out that looks similar to another car people can it, but that is just what a replicar is.
and then, after the demise of the little renault, i got another car that was larger and safer; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...090243244).jpg
mine was same color as the pic.
the german ford was a comfortable, roomy, and stilish, on the art deco fashion. i enjoyed it so much that i got 2, 1 for the wife and 1 for me.
besides sharing the art deco with the xf, it also had a feature that is different from many 4 in-line engines: firing order is 1-3-2-4, instead of 1-3-4-2.
just as the v6 xf, that is 1-4-3-6-2-5 instead of others. wonder what the fellows that designed these cars know about it?
more data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Taunus_P3
Last edited by phil alvirez; Mar 28, 2020 at 02:04 AM.
once when i was in need of a subcompact i found 1 that was fastback too: the pinto. https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2017/1.../#&gid=1&pid=2
did i say that am sold to fastbacks? it was the 1st on my quest. so it has that in common with the xf.
and shares also that it was wrongly criticized, just to learn several years later that what was told wasnt right.
(mine was light blue)
and then there was the galaxie https://www.google.ca/search?sxsrf=A...w=1366&bih=625
once in my life i was able to get a car that was a fastback and had all the luxury i wanted. huge, great looks to my taste, comfortable, roomy, where i had all the space i dreamed.
white, black interior, leather, carpets. i was up on a cloud. as a matter of fact, i named it "cloud #9"
what has in common with the xf is that is a fastback, and has great style too.
Last edited by phil alvirez; Jun 27, 2020 at 11:25 AM.
When I became of driving age, my Dad owned a 1963-1/2 Ford Galaxie 500 XL - the original fastback. Black w/Red Interior. Bucket Seats, Floor Console & Floor-Mounted Transmission Gear Selector. Car had the 390 cubic inch Police Interceptor motor Ford sold to the various agencies. What a ride!!.
The origin of “hold my beer and watch this” began long ago.
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Enzo Ferrari famously called the Jeep "America's only real sports car."
My nomination for favorite love affairs began with the Jeep in 1965. It lasted for 12 months, but for hundreds of thousands of Americans, it began back in the late 1930’s, when the government didn't really know what it wanted”. The Army began work on specifications for a light four-wheel-drive reconnaissance vehicle in 1937 with American Bantam of Butler, Penn. It stemmed from a 42 horsepower Ford 119.5 cubic-inch four-cylinder modified tractor engine.
American ingenuity had flat fenders so it could be flipped on its side by 4 soldiers to change the transmission in a war zone. So many Interchangeable parts were used and once it entered mass production, it had introduced several new automotive technologies. Having four-wheel drive for the first time introduced the need for a transfer case, and the use of constant-velocity joints on the driven front wheels and axle, to a regular production car sized vehicle. An exhaust system not effected by deep mud, and Interchangeable wheels were used.
The jeeps served every purpose imaginable: as a power plant, a hearse, light source, improvised stove for field rations, flat hood for displaying maps and serving as an alter for Masses, power galore for field radios, whip antennas, and a hot water source for shaving. Hitched-up with the proper tools, it would plow snow, or dig long furrows for laying heavy electrical cable along jungle airfields.
The Jeep I had was built by Ford. Notice the grill has the openings sideways so as not to infringe on the Jeep’s “up and down trademark”.
War correspondent Ernie Pyle, who won a Pulitzer Prize for describing what life was like for the average GI. "It does everything. It goes everywhere. It's as faithful as a dog, strong as a mule, and as agile as a goat."
.....there are probably at least 10 more unique engineering ideas on this chassis. Can you name a few.?
Last edited by JoeO; Apr 2, 2020 at 03:16 PM.
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then, on 1985, i had the pleasure to order a PONTIAC FIREBIRD - 713px Image #3
2.8 v6, 5 speeds manual. and t roof. red. painted the top black. handled great, cg 50/50 with the 2.8.
kept for 25 years and 233,000 km (some 140k miles).
besides fitting in the same kind of the xf, it also had that feature of pressing the clutch to start.
just like my first car, the 1951 studebaker!
and now, the most wonderful car i ever saw...the crossfire of course. you have 1, dont you?
i got it the 4th of july last year. a date that no1 will forget.
and, what about you guys?
tell us about your xf...anything.
Last edited by phil alvirez; May 15, 2020 at 04:38 PM.
I feel the same way. Was seeing them periodically over the years and then accidentely came across one on line and pulled the trigger last June. Love at first site.
chapter 2
another car that i had later and liked its looks too was this: https://www.art.com/products/p474586...t-dauphine.htm
and mine was same color of the picture.
light, small, agile, great for driving in a dense populated city, made my day until once, when parked, was slammed against the wall by a madman and disintegrated.
that persuaded me to get something stronger.
its weight was mere 625 kg (1375 #) and even with a small engine that developed only 32 hp, getting 6000 rpm was enough to deal with the situation.
still, 2 things that it has that match the xf are its length (4 meters) and its agility.
and the design has some charm too. (by Ghia)
more data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Dauphine
No offense Phil...because beauty is in the eye of the beholder...but I can't tell if that car is coming or going.
The M151 (as we called it) is a ¼-ton 4×4 utility truck(say whut??). Of course we all knew it as a jeep! Here is some info ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M151_%..._utility_truck ), driving them in off road, hilly, full of brush/trees, is a BLAST! Spent many hours/days using the Philadelphia ANG's vehicles at McGuire AFB in New Jersey training the Civil Engineering Squadron Prime Beef mission (BEEF stood for Base Engineering Emergency Force) during semi-annual and annual training over at US Army Base Ft. Dix training reservation east of McGuire AFB. Besides the Dix weapons ranges, we trained a lot at a place set up there called 'Vietnam Village'. From 1978 to 1985 we used (signed out for, inter-services agreements) the Philiadelphia National Guard M151's, M35's, M813's, and even an M113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier). A - Z training, convoy in the vehicles to Dix, base camp, security, support, breakdown site/base, home...Those were the days...
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Last edited by GraphiteGhost; Oct 11, 2020 at 07:02 PM.
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Re: love at first sight
The M151 (as we called it) is a ¼-ton 4×4 utility truck(say whut??). Of course we all knew it as a jeep! Here is some info ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M151_%..._utility_truck ), driving them in off road, hilly, full of brush/trees, is a BLAST! Spent many hours/days using the Philadelphia ANG's vehicles at McGuire AFB in New Jersey training the Civil Engineering Squadron Prime Beef mission (BEEF stood for Base Engineering Emergency Force) during semi-annual and annual training over at US Army Base Ft. Dix training reservation east of McGuire AFB. Besides the Dix weapons ranges, we trained a lot at a place set up there called 'Vietnam Village'. From 1978 to 1985 we used (signed out for, inter-services agreements) the Philiadelphia National Guard M151's, M35's, M813's, and even an M113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier). A - Z training, convoy in the vehicles to Dix, base camp, security, support, breakdown site/base, home...Those were the days...