I do not care for both makes of cars, but this is an interesting thread. I like history, and the land sea air thing is cool.
What does the Volvo "grille symbol/design" stand for?

 

I had to look that one up. Scroll down if you really wanted the answer...












If you are referring to the "male" symbol, it is the alchemical symbol for Iron.
Here's an interesting article and comments involving the same topic. There's also a little more info on the reason for the iron symbol in the comments.
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/the-language-of-auto-emblems

 

The Rolls-Royce mascot. When Lord Montague bought his first Rolls, he wanted a hood ornament which his Silver Ghost lacked, so he had one created. His mistress was the model. R-R liked the mascot so well, that with Lord Montague's permission, it has been used on all Rollses since.


What about Royce? Royce was killed shortly after R-R was created. He is the answer to the trivia question: Who was the first passenger killed in an air crash.

 

wikipedia is hard at work, thats for sure

 

Maybe for others, what I type here and other car/truck sites is strictly "off the cuff" when it comes to auto history. I'm an autodidact..look that up in wikipedia.

I've never used Wikipedia in my life..EVER!

I have 30,000 books in my personal library on subjects ranging from architecture to zydeco.

 

1lt Thomas Selfridge was the first passenger killed in an air crash.

 

You are correct...Charles Royce was the first civilian passenger killed in an air crash. I forgot the 'civilian' part.

History of FL-1A: First spin on filter: 1957 .. B7A-6731-A .. FL-1. The filter had some internal changes made and the number was updated to C1AZ-6731-A in late 1960. In the 1970's, Ford was forced to sell Auto-Lite. They then formed Motorcraft. The filters got the A designation after the 1, and a new part number: C9AZ-6731-A.

 

i'd call them " soldouttothegermansler"

 

must be some library, the town i grew up in athol,ma pop 12k, didnt have that many books in there library

 

I can tell you why chrysler sales always go down hill


DCS-chrysler financial services is one of the most strict lendors in the market, one month late=warning(lots of calls and letters)next time it's late=REPOMAN!!!

If you had a car repoed, would you buy another car from that company?

See every generation has to learn the hard way not to buy that crap. SLOWPAR is for the birds and the diehard (confused people) fans. Don't get me wrong I think they had a great product back in the 70's, but ever since Iotokka(misspelled) had to go and bail 'em out, they've not been the same. I haven't seen the first product they offer appealing,car,truck,van,suv,whatever.

I think what I'm trying to say is- they don't have an image as a company.

I know, I know-hemi....................NOT...........I wouldn't disgrace the hemi name by using it on that junk they currently are. NEXT!!!!

The caravan/voyager-without that van I truly believe we would currently have the big 2, but the others have caught up and now offer a better product.

I'm not saying this to upset, and i'm "STRESSING" this is all my OPINION! I can't back it up with hard core evidence,only what I know and have seen personally.

2/3 of all the repo's we transport are a DCX product.

I personally haven't liked any of their products other than the "real" hemi and the slant six.

Thanks to all for the input and the history lessons

 

Mopar had it's day from ‘64 till around '75. The real 68-71 hemi was awesome. It rumbled at idle like no other and ruled the track but the dual quad AFB’s were hard to keep happy on the street. The 440 6 pack was no slouch either and was easier to live with. I drove a friend’s ‘70 340 T/A that was a blast. It had a special quick, high rev motor w/ 6 pack, special steering and stock exhaust exits in front of the rear tires. With a fiberglass, pinned on hood with a huge scoop to look over or sometimes around it truly was a track car for the street. I had a 72 Charger w/400 4-spd that was fun too. The slant6 was very durable. Even the small 273 v8 when worked was a quick motor. In a 65 Barracuda with fat tires we could raise the front wheels off the ground with two people in one. Which isn’t really scary until you realize you can’t steer.
Mopar did a lot of things right back then. They had a bulletproof cast iron 4-spd, a torsion bar suspension that was pit stop quick to adjust and the 70's pistol grip shifter just to name a few. That grip is something worth bringing back. If they build the new retro challenger it could be a big winner for them. It would be nice if they get a new US owner. They have a good heritage to build on and just need some direction. If a cat gets nine lives maybe this dog can manage one more.

 

The 60's Hemi's were fine, but the full sized cars were rather bland.

I'll take a 1957 Chrysler 300 C or a 1958 300 D with the 392 Hemi w/ dual quads and Torqueflight over most of the later stuff. Those cars set the world afire with their "Forward Look" styling and awesome powertrain.