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Great 3 minute commercial made at the height of the populuxe era when everything was bigger, better, newer, faster, and easier. Given the length of the commercial, it likely aired in the Fall of 1959 as part of a Ford sponsored show.
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In an effort to cut shipping costs with it’s brand new 1971 Vega Chevrolet worked with Union Pacific to develop “Vert-A-Pac” which allowed 30 cars to be shipped versus 18 that a normal boxcar could carry. Because of the vertical shipping method, the railcars were taller than normal forcing the railroad line to follow special routes to avoid low overpasses.
According to Collectible Automobile The Vegas had four removable steel sockets inserted into the undercarriage. As the Vert-a-pac car doors were lifted and closed the Vegas would roll forward an catch on hooks on the doors. When the doors were fully shut the Vegas were suspended side by side, roof to roof.
The Vega’s engine oil pan had a special baffle to keep oil from seeping into the number 1 cylinder while the cars were vertical. The battery caps, carburetor float bowls and windshield washer fluid reservoirs were also designed to prevent fluids from leaking during shipping.
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1958 Disney short exploring the future of American automotive transportation. A utopian view where everything is effortless and automated. Some of the predictions in the movie have come true; rearview cameras, real-time traffic updates, automatic navigation and giant drills that can cut through solid rock. The idea of exercising must have been eliminated by the Disney futurists as even walking is by conveyor.
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The shot was taken in Pendleton, Oregon, in 1912, and the car is rocking a set of Isaac Jay’s wheels.
Note that collection managers refrain from calling it a museum; instead, they call it a showroom, because almost all of the cars in the collection are for sale.
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William Flajole thought he knew exactly what people wanted to see in future cars in 1955. Then again, so did every other car nut with a pen in his hand, and Flajole’s track record (the Nash Metropolitan, among others) proved that, while his ability to think out of the box certainly remained strong, his prognostication abilities left much to be desired.
Then again, maybe he was thinking more long-term than short-term. Everybody says small cars are gonna be the next big thing, safety has been a big thing in new cars for years, and now Hyman, Ltd. has the Flajole Forerunner – the product of Flajole’s vision – for sale at $350,000.
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They say they are the first Argentinean car web site. This is definitely not true, but the site is ok.
