Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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The “most American” car is found

American site Cars.com has made a rating of American cars. Determining the location of a particular model in the list, journalists take into account the demand for it among U.S. residents, as well as the proportion of American-made auto components used in assembling automobiles.
It turned out that the “most American” car at the moment is … Japan’s Toyota Camry! This is despite the global travel group and loss of confidence among U.S. motorists. Second place in the list got the car also from the Land of the Rising Sun – Honda Accord.

Despite adequate saturation of the Eastern-European automotive market, connoisseurs of quality and reliability in cars prefer to purchase cars from the U.S. Cars of America are in steady high demand and sold very active, and this applies to used cars from America and new. Why is that?
The main reason – much lower prices at incomparably better quality. Residents often impose more severe requirements for cars. In addition, the Basic model cars from America are generally richer than the “Europeans”. The service life of machinery from the United States is above average, with many Americans changing their cars every 3-5 years, hence the high degree of saturation of the market of the used cars of America.

Chrysler


Chrysler is an American automobile company, produces car brands such as Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Eagle and others, trucks, and various accessories. There is a financial and a technological department of the corporation; producing electronic and aerospace products. The headquarters is located in Highland Park (Michigan).
Founded in 1924, by a distinguished engineer and businessman Walter Chrysler is the reorganization of the company “Maxwell Motor” (swallowed in its turn by” Chalmers Motor”, founded in 1908) and “Willys-Overland”. In 1924 the first car Chrysler 70 with “6-cylinder” engine came out. Extremely successful acquisition was the purchase in 1928 of “Dodge”, which immediately brought Chrysler at the forefront of automotive companies in America. In the same year launched the brand “Plymouth” and “De Soto”.

Ford Motor is an American automobile company that manufactures car brands like Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, trucks, a variety of agricultural equipment. Ford now owns Jaguar. The headquarters is located in Diborne (Michigan).
The company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and immediately intended for mass production of a cheap car. Initially, this was the model «A», in 1908 it was replaced by a model «T», christened by cartoonists “tin Lizzie”. The success of the new models were so great that the constantly growing company Ford were overwhelmed with orders.

Chevrolet is a leading branch of the concern General Motors producing cars, pickups and SUVs. The headquarters is located in Warren, northern suburb of Detroit (Michigan).
Company “Chevrolet Motor Car “ was founded in 1911 by the founder of General Motors William Durant. Ceased managing General Motors, he energetically created new companies. Being primarily a businessman and not an engineer, before leaving the General Motors Durant took in a challenging and interesting development of the car, on the improvement of which he invited to work the popular racer Louis Chevrolet, a new company was named after him.

The small town of Hershey in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania is known to every lover of sweets – there in 1903, a famous chocolate factory has been built. But if you go to the factory – a dream of every child, for adults in Hershey there is another attraction – museum of antique cars.
Pennsylvania State Museum is part of the Smithsonian (Smithsonian Institute) Complex which brings together the best thematic museums across America. Here you can find restored cars, buses and motorcycles. Several times a year at the museum there are special exhibitions on a certain year or a particular vehicle. 

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Get complete information about the car, which was in the U.S. or Canada, since 1981, just use the VIN-code, which consists of 17 characters. It is recorded in the registration certificate, certificate of registration under the bonnet or behind the windshield. Some auctions do not provide the car history.
In the U.S. there are two competing companies that own story databases – CARFAX (www.carfax.com) and AutoCheck (www.autocheck.com).
AutoCheck’s database contains detailed information on registration data, maintenance, sales, registration address, possible accidents, cars in the areas of natural disasters. Information is collected from multiple sources in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada. Every car on AutoCheck is assigned points on a 100-point scale.

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Registry Information

The CMT Registry covers all 68-79 intermediate Ford & Mercurys plus 64-67 Mercury intermediates. We now have data on over 11000 intermediates thus far. As an example, while special interest in 70-71Mercury is directed toward the 16,580 Cyclone models built, any data from the total run of the 12 Mercury intermediate body styles (160,967 cars) is welcomed. On the 70-71 Ford side, interest gravitates toward Torino GT & Cobras (104,741 built out of a total run of 620,912), again any data from other models is welcomed. The Torinos are bit tougher to track due to larger quantity built and multiple assembly lines. As expected, owners of all years of Cyclones+ Comet/Montego derivatives, 64-72 (Cyclone option), Montego GT, and 68-79 Torino continue sending data too! CMT only has a moderate amount of information on some of these, but data is growing weekly. Rob can best offer advice about cars he is familiar with, especially 70-1 Torinos and Cyclones, which are so similar under the skin. Other members are a bit better with some of the other years. Restoration assistance is provided free to those who include SASE, contact me by phone or e-mail. Cars may be any body style, and need not be stock or original. We enjoy keeping them on the road and driving them!
Anyone can be a member of this a low-key club which has a small yearly fee ($7.50) {$8.25 for Canada and $10 worldwide > in US funds} for mailing out three Registry Updates per year, (April/August/December). A sample copy of the Update is available for $2.50. There is no charge to add a car to the list, or ask questions. Since this is just a hobby for Rob, Previously published "Differences of �70 and '71 Cyclones" article is available at a nominal cost of $3.00 to cover postage and copying. Old updates are available to those interested members for a small copying & mailing fee of $1.50, ($2.50 nonmembers). The Update will continue (for free) to include cars/parts needed and for sale as well as upcoming events that pertain to Ford/Mercs in the Registry Update, just contact Rob. Any info, articles, recent sale values, or stories about your special car may be included in a future newsletter, just write!
If you own or find a Cyclone/Comet (64-72), Montego, Torino/Fairlane/Ranchero (68-79), 70 � Falcon, 64-67 Mercury intermediate, or 77-79 LTDII/Ranchero/Cougar(74-79) in a junk yard or up the street please register it by dropping CMTR a note with VIN#, door codes (if readable), transmission type, color (in/out), stripes, options or what ever partial data is available. Modified or stock, running or parked. There is no charge to add a car to the list but CMTR must have the VIN number to chronologically place the car on the list and keep a car from being entered twice. The list will not contain the owner's name or address, just the state/country.
Number of Cars Registered as of April 2007:
'64 Comets - 209'65 Comets - 228'66 Comets - 244'67 Comets - 135
'68 Cyclone - 272'69 Cyclone - 587'70 Cyclone - 918'71 Cyclone - 366
'72 Montego - 159'73 Montego - 182'74 Montego - 44'75 Montego - 26
'76 Montego - 21'77 Cougar - 9'78 Cougar - 4'79 Cougar - 7
'68 Torino - 950'69 Torino - 2,296'70 Torino - 1,582'71 Torino - 909
'72 Torino - 590'73 Torino - 387'74 Torino - 207'75 Torino - 132
'76 Torino - 224'77 LTD II - 45'78 LTD II - 60'79 LTD II - 63


Rob, who runs the registry, has a special interest in '70-71 Mercurys, particularly the 16,580 Cyclone models built, but any data from the total run of the 12 Mercury Intermediate body styles (160,967 cars) is welcomed.

On the Ford side, interest is toward '70-71 Torino GT & Cobras (104,741 built out of a total run of 620,912) again any data from other years/models will be welcomed. The Torinos will be more complicated, not just in quantity but they were built on several assembly lines, unlike the Mercurys.

There is no charge to add a car to the 
Registry

Title / object name  Peugeot Type 54 ’Bebe’ car
Maker  Role  Date  
Peugeot  manufacturer(s)  1903  
Materials  metal, wood, leather, rubber, oil
Dimensions
Overall  1380 (Height) x 2170 (Length) x 1210 (Width/Depth) mm
Classification  automobiles
Registration Number  T000539
Credit Line
Gift of A.R. and J.D. Green, 1955

This two-seater, open carriage, Peugeot Type 54 'Bebe' looks new, but it is far from original. When this motor car left the Peugeot factory on 26 August 1903, it was blue with a yellow stripe, had solid rubber tyres, and was probably equipped with a warning bell. It has since been repainted, fitted with 'ladder tread' Dunlop pneumatic tyres, and has had its bell exchanged for a bulb horn.
This type of Peugeot was one of the first 'Baby' ('Bebe') series of vehicles. Production of this line began in 1900 with the concept being the creation of a single-cylinder light vehicle for the middle classes.
Imported 
The car was imported from London, England, to Wellington, New Zealand, by local pharmacist R M Green. He paid £195 for the vehicle, and £50 freight and duty, making a total purchase price of £245.
Although the car would h

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