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>>>>Dick, the dual
snorkel air cleaner was standard when the car was ordered with <<<<<the "dual
440". Check the 68 brochure posted in the year-by-year. I've seen the mention of the "Dual 440" option in the brochure,
but I did not think that meant anything beyond dual exhaust, which my gold 68
has. It does not have the dual snorkel air cleaner, nor have I ever seen one
with that on it. I remain unconvinced, but I'll be ready to apologize when I see some
proof. >>>>You are right, the
average person regarded these cars as luxury cars, but at that time for at least a few people,
a luxury car was considered a car that can do everything better than the
average car, including performance. This idea was gradually lost, and in the 80's we
had "luxury cars" (including Imperials) that could barely get out of their own
way. <<<<<D^2 You're making fun of my 81 again, aren't you! Luxury cars, starting in the teens and even before, almost always had
the highest powered engines, but since they were also the heaviest cars on the
road, they excelled in high speed running, but not in acceleration. My 39
Packard 12 had the largest engine made until the crazies of the late 60s (473
Cu in,) and much higher HP rating than any normal car. It could run with modern
traffic, but I certainly wouldn't try to beat out a Honda pocket-rocket in a
stop-light drag. That sort of thing developed with the muscle car craze
of the 60s, and I think it was not extended to the luxury field until much more
recently - like the late 90s. OK, we'd better take this private before the IMPcops get after us.
Dick |
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