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You're getting warmer! Actually the funny cars aren't sold by the manufacturers to the public. The last or so the Mustangs have been running the Boss Ford 500 which is a new engine from Ford, although it is essentially a Ford revision of the hemi-based engine the others use.
Ken
Isn't HEMI a Mopar thing? Ford was involved indirectly as mentioned.
I got it!! Funny cars.
Regardless of what manufacturer the body is supposed to resemble, there's a HEMI in there.
Darrin
Setting new standards for painfully slow builds
No that's not it. Actually Studebaker had their 289 V-8 engine.
Was it the Studebaker Lark? I had a friend in the Air Force that had one and I had a ride in it and heard a V-8. I asked what was in it, and to my surprise he said a 289.
Well, maybe a little hint is needed here? Ford was involved indirectly.
AMC used the Pontiac 2500 / 2.5 "Iron Duke" .
Great litte engine. My S-15 is at 198,000 and still going strong.
The vehicle's that it was in (note the AMC vehicles at the bottom of the list) :
Checker made the decision to go with 283 Chevy engines in their car, but in the situation I'm thinking of the owning company didn't have much choice. So no right answer yet...
Checker Motors used Chevy 350s in the Marathons.
The Avanti II used the 327ci from the 'Vette in 1965/66, and used GM engines throughout the run, even used the GM "G" platform (Monte Carlo) in the late 80's, but it's wasn't Studebaker anymore, as they shut down in 1963. The Studebaker Avanti was only offered in 1962/63 and came with the Hawk 289ci.
So long folks!
That's a good one, but they, or whoever was making the Avanti by then, did it by choice. The one I'm thinking of didn't choose to.
Dunno if this is what you're thinking about, but Studebaker used a Chevy engine in the Avanti back in the 60's/70's? Might have even been a complete GM chasis/drivetrain.
Bob
kustommodeler1 - Good catch on that Isuzu/LUV truck. You're right about that, but the General also had an agreement with Isuzu. What I'm thinking of happened in the swinging 60's!
kustommodeler1 pyrman64: I don't know if this counts, but the ol' Chevy Luv trucks had Toyota engines back in the `80s. Begging your pardon sir, the Luv was imported from Isuzu, not Toyota, and not just the engine, but the whole truck.
pyrman64: I don't know if this counts, but the ol' Chevy Luv trucks had Toyota engines back in the `80s.
I don't know if this counts, but the ol' Chevy Luv trucks had Toyota engines back in the `80s.
Begging your pardon sir, the Luv was imported from Isuzu, not Toyota, and not just the engine, but the whole truck.
Yes, and the first Ford couriers were just Mazda's with different badges and tailgates. I had a 1980 Chevy Monza that had a 2.5L that was a blue color, meaning it was actually a Pontiac engine, does that count? lol
pyrman64 I don't know if this counts, but the ol' Chevy Luv trucks had Toyota engines back in the `80s.
I'm sure this isn't the answer either, but is a great illustration of how incestuous the early days of American automobiles was.
The first automobile company started in 1901 by Henry Ford, The Henry Ford Company, was funded in large part by John and Horace Dodge (yes, of the Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicle Company), but went bust in 1902, was then subsequently re-financed with Henry Leland in charge. Leland renamed it the Cadillac Motor Company and used the frame and body parts left behind by Ford to create the first Cadillac, virtually identical to the Ford Motor Company's (founded in 1903) new Model A, but using a single cylindar engine designed by Leland for Ransom E. Olds's Olds Motor Vehicle Company (later to be known as Oldsmobile). Leland then sold to General Motors, but later quit over differences about GM's WWI war effort. Leland then formed Lincoln Motor Company which was of course then sold to Henry Ford.
That's a good guess but at that time GM and Toyota had an alliance. In fact, up until very recently Toyota built cars at the former GM plant in Fremont, CA and shared several cars that were sold as Chevies and Pontiacs, ie. Pontiac Vibe and the Toyota Matrix.
Greg H
"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell." Gen. Wm T. Sherman (11 April 1880, Columbus, Ohio)
Well, it's not the one that I had in mind. Do you have more info?
willy's for their willy's coupe, but i can't remember if it was made that way or if people just wanted a bigger engine
NYFAIM
Which American manufacturer sold a car that featured a rival company's engine? And what was the car?
kenjitak The Doors! Both cars featured door design that encouraged passenger-side loading.
The Doors! Both cars featured door design that encouraged passenger-side loading.
Yep! Close enough to award the correct answer to kenjitak. The floor is yours
The difference is the length of the doors. Cant remember exact length of the Windstar, but the Pacer's passenger door was 4" longer than the driver door.
they were both designed by Jim Morrison?
I know the answer but i'm not going to say it. I want someone else to win. I'll give a hint, Jim Morrison.
Nope, not that either......
Both butt ugly? j/k ummmmmmmmmmm same weight?
bobbaily Same square footage of glass?
Same square footage of glass?
HaHaHa
Hadn't thought of that, but not the right answer.
What did the Ford Windstar and AMC Pacer have in common?
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