Joined: Jul 18, 2008 Posts: 639 Location: Melrose, MA and Santa Fe, NM
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:46 pm Post subject: 1964 Apollo
In the vein of car restorations I had mentioned a car we've had for 40+ years that we've gone through a few restorations on. There was some interest so I uploaded a few recent pictures of the car.
Joined: Jul 18, 2008 Posts: 639 Location: Melrose, MA and Santa Fe, NM
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:21 pm Post subject:
American/Italian. The body was designed by Ron Plescia at Intermeccanica. The engine is a Buick 300 cu. in and the transmission is a Borg-Warner.
Here's a link at MyCarQuest.com with an article by Bob Northrup:
Very similar lines to my 1971 MGB GT. Makes me think that MG may have done some style borrowing.
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Joined: Jul 18, 2008 Posts: 639 Location: Melrose, MA and Santa Fe, NM
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:02 am Post subject:
Fastback's were big, very popular, in the 1960's-70's - from what I've read and seen. This car's body was designed and came out around the same time as the new Jaguar XKE and Ferrari, which were big influences on the first Apollo's body shape.
Thanks for the interest!
Joined: May 31, 2009 Posts: 16 Location: Clarksville, Maryland
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:50 am Post subject:
Very cool. reminds me of a Datsun (before the name changed to Nissan) 280z of the late s 70's _________________ Danny
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