Let's play Name That Car

[volvolugnut]

My father in law had a K car. Another in a long string of average cars he owned, except for the Road Runner (which is another story).
I borrowed the K car a few times. It drove ok, but was boring. I don't think it ever failed to run.
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[RickHaleParker]

This is a one off concept car but all you older folks have see it many many times.

What is it and why have you seen it so many times?

[gnalan]

The 55 Lincoln Futura, aka The Batmobile, because George Barris was a genius. Fun fact: he only paid $1 for the car!

My dad had a chance to buy the original Batmobile for $1800 way before I came along and he turned it down.

[matthew1]

Year please.

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[gnalan]

1973 Super Duty 455. Best year for that body style.

(Year of pic? I don't know lol.)

[matthew1]

Outstanding work, Jedi Gnalan.

For 1973, Pontiac introduced a version of the 455 cubic-inch V8 called the Super Duty or SD-455. This engine was hand-built with a heavy duty block, forged aluminum flat top pistons, and Rochester 800 cfm four-barrel carburetor. The engine was rated at 290 horsepower at 4,000 rpm and 390 pound feet of torque at 3,600 rpm. Today, these numbers may sound miniscule but in 1973, this was top shelf muscle.

The automotive press raved about the Super Duty. Car and Driver tested a 1973 Super Duty Trans Am for their May 1973 issue. With a 3-speed automatic, they were able to run from 0 to 60 in 5.4 seconds and dash the quarter mile in 13.8 seconds at 103.6 mph. You have to admit, those numbers are pretty impressive, even by today’s standards. Compared to the 1973 Chevrolet Corvette LS4 454 with the Turbo Hydra-matic, the Super Duty was one second faster from 0 to 60 and 0.9 seconds faster in the quarter mile.

https://horsepowermemories.com/2016/04/ ... uper-duty/

[BlackBart]

Outstanding work, Jedi Gnalan.

For 1973, Pontiac introduced a version of the 455 cubic-inch V8 called the Super Duty or SD-455. This engine was hand-built with a heavy duty block, forged aluminum flat top pistons, and Rochester 800 cfm four-barrel carburetor. The engine was rated at 290 horsepower at 4,000 rpm and 390 pound feet of torque at 3,600 rpm. Today, these numbers may sound miniscule but in 1973, this was top shelf muscle.

Seven and a half liters....imagine.
Now I didn’t know all the above - we just thought it was big to make up for strangled emission era engines. 290 out of 455 inches is not so great (although 390 torque is nothing to sneeze at). With modern engine management and some compression, that engine would be making well over 500hp without breathing hard. It would need some serious cooling however.

[RickHaleParker]

The 55 Lincoln Futura, aka The Batmobile, because George Barris was a genius. Fun fact: he only paid $1 for the car!

My dad had a chance to buy the original Batmobile for $1800 way before I came along and he turned it down.

Correct!

Bet your dad was kicking himself. The Original Batmobile sold for $4.6 Million.

[abscate]

Yeah, wasn’t FoMoCo getting almost 1HP per cubic inch out of the 427 and 428 S/ Cobra Jets of the same era?

[RickHaleParker]

Yeah, wasn’t FoMoCo getting almost 1HP per cubic inch out of the 427 and 428 S/ Cobra Jets of the same era?

Standard mode almost 1 hp / CI.
In Competition Model over 1hp / CI.

1965 Shelby Cobra 427 Roadster

Engine Type & Size: Front-mounted 7.0L (427 cu. in.) Naturally Aspirated V8
Horsepower: 410 bhp (485 bhp in Competition Model) @ 6,000 rpm
Torque: 480 lb-ft @ 3,700 rpm
Drivetrain: Rear-wheel Drive
Transmission: Four-speed Borg-Warner Manual Transmission
0-60 mph: 4.2 seconds

Some performance versions are able to achieve over 550 horsepower.