1964 Apollo

whydahdvr · Post by **whydahdvr** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:46 pm

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.

RICKG · Post by **RICKG** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:00 pm

THAT'S COOL, IS IT BRITISH??
BTW GUYS, HIS ALBUM IS AT THE
BOTTOM OF PG 5..

whydahdvr · Post by **whydahdvr** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:21 pm

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:

http://mycarquest.blogspot.com/2011/08/ ... r+Quest%29

Robert Northrup is the owner/editor of the Apollo newsletter for more info.

It's a blast to drive!

jbjeeps · Post by **jbjeeps** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:11 am

Very similar lines to my 1971 MGB GT. Makes me think that MG may have done some style borrowing.

whydahdvr · Post by **whydahdvr** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:02 am

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!

Dano · Post by **Dano** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:50 am

Very cool. reminds me of a Datsun (before the name changed to Nissan) 280z of the late s 70's