As we speak’s Friday, which implies it’s time to select a number of automobiles on AutoHunter to focus on in your studying enjoyment. No explicit theme right here besides that they every have one thing that has piqued my curiosity. Do any of them pique yours? Let’s hope you’re entertained!
1939 Mercury
Nineteen thirty-nine marked the primary model 12 months for Ford’s new medium-priced model. That includes a household resemblance to Ford, Lincoln Zephyr and senior Lincolns, the Mercury utilized a flathead V8 with extra cubes than the Ford, higher trim and inside appointments, and an extended wheelbase.
The same 1940 used regulation sealed-beam headlights, however I’ve all the time fancied the best way the sooner ones seemed with their lantern-like teardrop lenses. This one is a two-door coupe — sportier than your regular sedan — that additionally options Offenhauser aluminum heads and consumption, twin Stromberg 97 carburetors, fashionable 12-volt electrical system and digital ignition. Signal me up!
1969 Dodge Tremendous Bee
Reality be instructed, I a lot favor the Coronet R/T for the taillights, however none are at present on AutoHunter, so why not this Tremendous Bee? The entrance styling is similar, and so they each have that barely imply look with out the ugliness that got here the next 12 months (admission: I just like the Nineteen Seventies too). Although I by no means was a fan of the usual power-bulge hood — the Ramcharger hood is cooler — “Y2” Yellow is a hue that I’ve all the time been a fan of though many appear to really feel in any other case.
This Tremendous Bee is a Coupe, which implies it has a B-pillar and pop-out rear facet window. That is extra in line with the econo-muscle automobile components a la Plymouth Highway Runner. Look inside and also you’ll discover that components continues with the bench seat with column-shifted 727 TorqueFlite harnessing the usual 335-horsepower 383 Magnum. Whereas I wasn’t alive in 1969, I’d guess this can be a typical instance of the various Tremendous Bees that had been prowling the road again within the day.
2005 Chevrolet SSR
That is a kind of automobiles the place Chevrolet launched a present automobile that was so widespread, Common Motors discovered a option to produce it … besides the manufacturing model was so underwhelming that lovers had been left disillusioned. After which, when Chevrolet lastly made issues proper, the model was discontinued. The well-known instance of that is the Fiero, but it surely was the identical for the SSR.
When the SSR hit the road in 2003-04, it used the 5.3-liter Vortec 5300 with 300 horsepower, and that was a let-down regardless of the stellar styling that solely GM might do. For 2005-06, the 6.0-liter LS2 was used, which additionally added one other 90 horsepower. This was the engine that Chevrolet ought to have used from the start, plus it was out there with a six-speed TREMEC (although this crimson SSR options the automated). Sturdy retro GM styling, basic small-block horsepower and top-down driving make this one a beautiful future collectible that just about was a collectible when it was constructed.
1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V
My dad purchased a leftover Mark IV once I was a child, so I bear in mind its successor when new. For some cause, I most well-liked the IV and I nonetheless do, however the V has its followers. I feel a cause for my desire was the goofy separate reflectors on the trunklid that weren’t built-in with the taillights. I nonetheless don’t assume it’s a glance that I discover complementary to a luxurious automobile.
Nonetheless, this Mark V checks lots of packing containers because of its coloration, inside, cast-aluminum turbine wheels and mileage. The colour is known as Wedgewood Blue which, in accordance with the brochure, was out there as a part of a “luxurious group” that together with matching inside, six-way energy seat for the passenger and grey cut-pile carpeting within the baggage compartment. Inside, blue velour completely dates the Lincoln as being a recent instance of what an American luxurious automobile was in 1979. I’d have guessed the Mark V got here with a 460 however, glancing on the brochure, it seems solely engine out there in 1979 was a 400 two-barrel with 159 horsepower. This was typical of the period, however there nonetheless is loads to like.
