@cé-hé-sin
Ye', you see the occasional Renault 5 here in the U.K., saw one the other day in fact.
Just that getting a more period correct car as a donor to restore this one makes more sense really.
@pip-bip The Premier was one of the best cars that nobody bought. The only one I can really remember seeing was owned by a friend's father, who was in the Canadian Forces Air Command and stationed in the US for some reason. They had that, and a first gen Mazda MPV, which we went to see Jurassic Park in on opening day.
@italianjobr53
The stockers are 3.07s and with the 0.50 6th, a lot of owners were never happy with the overall GenI/II gearing. 3.55s and 3.73s are a common upgrade for driveability. It's not really that bad stock with the V10 twist as it'll idle along in 4th gear, but it's an easy mod. The 3.07s also allowed them to set 0-60 times without shifting too...
@ttyymmnn Sputnik was launched in 1957 and the space race was on. I wonder how much of the radical change in styling was due to jets and how much due to rockets.
The Jetsons first aired in 1962, so I would assume that the concept art would have been created around 1961. The Jetson's car with tailfins and bubble canopy seems to fit with Detroit's concept cars of the late 50s. This makes me think more space-age than jet-age.
