You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Lynn]

I was on a brief tour of the Kitty Hawk in Norfolk VA, late 50's or early 60's. At least I think it was the Kitty Hawk.

I was very young. I remember what looked like to unbelievably steep narrow stairs. Don't remember many details at all.

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

All "Big Tank" Corvettes

----The owner of these tankers has a few more of them as well. As I am a big tank Corvette lover I have corresponded with him and he is a really nice guy.....Bill S

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

The 1965-only GTO tail lights are the most expensive production units ever created by GM, involving casting, painting, and plating of the housings which wrap around the rear of the car.

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Keith . . . true or false?

I've not heard that before.

Having given it some thought, I am going to say "false".

The reason I say that is that the '63 Grand Prix is a similar design, in terms of castling, plating, painting, and detail, but I suspect is a bit larger overall in size (length of part, or width of the car).

The GTO does include the "PONTIAC" lettering, which might drive the tooling costs up incrementally. Many of the Pontiacs of the day had that same theme, so, if the GTO panel was more expensive, it wouldn't be by much (within rounding error).

On the other hand, the GTO wraps around, which adds depth to the part and additional material to the tool, (which probably bumps the tooling cost but not the part piece cost) whereas the GP is flat/planar.

So - most expensive? Maybe. "One of the most" - surely. "Ever"? Probably not.

K

[Crush]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

All "Big Tank" Corvettes

My buddy has a couple of these. Very cool cars!

[BCreekDave]

Originally Posted by SMS

Remember the shenanigans on the street at the host hotels? Wow what times.

I remember at Indy in I think 79 (80?) getting chased back to my motel room by a German Shepard. All the cars (and trucks, and RV's) had to do a burn out to go by. Then all of a sudden they just stopped coming and then next thing was nothing but police cars coming up the street.

[flyingn]

Originally Posted by SS427

If you do Facebook, they have there own site. That 70 Chevelle has been completely restored to as it was on the streets. Good bunch of guys on there.

whats the fb page called?

[Lee Stewart]

World's first supersonic unmanned combat drone reaches Mach 2.1

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