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There were over 160 American car manufacturers in 1919. That number dropped to about 15 by 1969 and the industry has consolidated at 11 in 2020.

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The Perseid meteor shower is about to peak

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Chevy’s 2020 Corvette has received its first recall, and it isn’t for frunks flying open … it’s for frunks staying closed.

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A folding utility knife that stores extra blades, strips wires, and costs about $15

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A question came up in the eBay section about this car's options. Mid year Plymouth added the Performance Hood, Sport Stripe with 383 callout and rear spoiler as options on the Gran Coupe. I believe (???) it was around April of 1970.

The Sport Stripes are V6X which is not on the tag. V5X is which are black body side moldings. J81 is the rear wing type spoiler - not on tag. N41 is dual exhausts with turndowns - on the tag. N42 is missing - the exhaust with tips through the rear valance panel. M91 is luggage rack which is missing on the car. M21 and M25 are moldings. A62 is Rallye Instrument Cluster Package. B51 is Power Brakes. Though the car has hood pins, there is no J45.

Conclusion. It's a 1970 Gran Coupe made up to look like a 'Cuda. IMO, would be worth more money as the fender tag shows then with all the Cuda additions. As it was built: one of 341 (4 speed 383 4-V)

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Let's turn the clock back by millions of years to a time when crocodiles as long as buses lived in the Americas. A new study of Deinosuchus fossils has revealed more details of what these mind-boggling predators looked like and how they behaved.

Deinosuchus, which can be translated as "terrible crocodile" or "terror crocodile," ate dinosaurs, notes a paper published in late July in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The massive animals lived between 75 million and 82 million years ago and would have been at the top of the food chain. They had teeth the size of bananas

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No "GTO" sticker on the quarter panels.

They must have taken it through an automated car wash.

(lol)

Actually it a pre-production GTO. Notice the 400 callout emblem on the rocker panel. That was dropped when the car went into production and the GTO decal was added to the rear quarter panel.

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Golden Sabre GTO from Knafel Pontiac, with the rare Ram Air V engine and Hurst wheels. 1 OF 12 made.

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If you are wondering if these Coke cans contained cocaine . . . nope. That was removed in 1929 when Coke went from a medicine to a soft drink.

Wanna start a nice debate? Look at the A12 Bee. Which way are the "Six Pack" decals leaning? In this example, it's learning backward toward the windshield. Most are leaning forwards. Care to guess which ones are correct?
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Mmmwwaahhaahhaahhaaaaaa!!!:shocked::cool2:

Cheers
Dave

Geeze Dave . . . did you use a magnifying glass to see that? I can't see squat!

It was very common back in the day to use preproduction cars at shows like the photos above. This might have either been before or right after their use for brochure photos.

You can see that Chrysler was "jazzing" up their cars with aftermarket wheels. Nothing screams muscle car like those all chrome Cragars.

That's Elmer Duellman's rig, from Fountain City WI.
IIRC he bought the Daytona new and has very few miles. He also has a matching Superbird on display in his museum, four large buildings of mostly unrestored survivor cars. One of the largest pedal car collections on the country line the walls.
The automotive toy collection building alone is worth the visit!
The museum complex is in between Elmer's vintage "junk yard" which is cool too, and Elmer's Auto, late model salvage, ran by Elmer's kids.
I've heard that the museum may not be open much longer.

Bill W

Do any of the 12 Knafel RAV survive today? I don't recall ever seeing anything other than the photo posted above.

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i have searched as many others have for 40 years for one. in one of my many conversations with bill, he said that they all just vanished and he didn't remember seeing one on the streets after a couple of years. i know there has to be a few sitting in a garage somewhere. would love to have one.

actually some got delivered to the dealers with the emblem on the rockers. there is a picture floating on the internet and has been posted on the py forum of one of the dealerships here in tulsa (milner) with a new 68 sitting on the showroom and it has the emblem on the rocker panel. unfortunately my computer i had it stored on crashed. i will see if i can find it on the py forum.