Car Of The Day

Just sharing my love for classic cars!

[caroftheday]

Hey everyone some unfortunate events in my life have led to this hiatus, I'll be changing my name to carhighlights because I cannot do this daily. I will post as often as I can and do bonus vehicles when possible, those won't have a schedule for a while.

Edit: Tumblr won't let me change my name for some reason so just roll with it

[caroftheday]

Hello everyone! I again apologize for the inaccuracy of yesterday's post.

Today's car is my personal dream car, the 1956 Plymouth Fury! This car is absolutely gorgeous my favorite color scheme being the factory cream with gold trim.

I hope you enjoy! Find the details below.

It seems that searching for reliable images of the engines for specific years of these classic cars is difficult, if anyone has any resources for that I would greatly appreciate it!

Date launched: January 10, 1956

Units made and sold: 4,485 units

Company: Chrysler

Weight: 3,650 lbs/1,655 kg

Horsepower: 240 HP

Top speed: 119mph

0-60mph/0-37kmph: 9.5 seconds

Drivetrain: RWD

Transmission: 3 speed manual

Mpg/km/l: 15.2 mpg/5.4km/l

Engine: 240hp 303-cubic-inch poly engine

Engine position: front

Peak power: 4,800 RPM

Peak toque: 2,800 RPM

Price then: $2,886 USD

Price now: $17,500-40,000 USD

Consumer opinion: the Plymouth Fury was widely considered a beautiful car and its body style was copied by many companies, it was pretty affordable for the average family and most people who drove it had a very positive opinion of the car.

[caroftheday]

Hello everyone I'm gonna go ahead and condemn today's car of the day, I clearly didn't do enough research and got so much information wrong.

I will do my best to bring you all a much more accurate car tomorrow :) thank you to everyone who messaged me with corrections!

Please don't hesitate to correct me in the future I'm still learning about the car world but it is a major interest of mine, I hope to learn so much more with y'all's help.

[caroftheday]

Day 2 (bonus!)

Hello! This is the weekend bonus for today, the segment where we look at vehicles that aren't automobiles!

Today, the Piper Archer II PA-28-181 aircraft.

I'll be honest I don't know much about aircraft but I wanted this series to be a bit more varied and interesting for everyone!

Find more info on the Piper Archer II PA-28-181 below.

Date launched: May 22, 1972

Empty Weight: 1416 Lb

Company: Piper Aircraft

Exterior Height: 7 ft 3 in

Wing Span: 35 ft 5 in

Length: 24 ft 0 in

Max T/O Weight: 2550 Lb

Max Landing Weight: 2550 Lb

Payload Useful: 1134 Lb

Fuel Capacity: 48 gallons

Galph burned: 10 galph

Payload W/Full Fuel: 637 Lb

Engines: 1

Engine Mfg: Lycoming

Rate of Climb: 667 fpm

Max Speed: 125 kts

Normal Cruise: 116 kts

Economy Cruise: 110 kts

Occupancy: 1 crew, 4 passenger

Price: $119,000 USD

[caroftheday]

Day 2

Today's car is the 1953 Corvette C1! The first production Corvette ever made, a very sought after and adored car.

People pay big money for this kind of ride, find the details on the C1 below!

Look out for a bonus weekend vehicle post today, it'll be the Piper PA-28-181 Archer II.

I've fixed the images of the cars and removed the incorrect engine from this post, thank you for the corrections.

Date launched: June 30, 1953

Units made and sold: 300 units

Company: Chevrolet

Weight: 2,886 lbs/1,309 kg

Horsepower: 150 HP

Top speed: 108mph/42kmph

0-60mph/0-37kmph: 11.2 Seconds

Drivetrain: RWD

Mpg/kmpg: 13.7 mpg/22 kmpg

Fuel capacity: 18 gallons/68 liters

Engine options: Chevrolet Corvette 235 Blue-Flame, 3.8 liter 235 cubic inch inline six normally aspirated water cooled

Engine position: front

Peak power: 4,200 RPM

Peak torque: 2,400 RPM

Price then: $3,498 USD

Price now: sold at auction for $143,000-$335,000 USD (there have been more expensive sold based on rarity but these are the average prices at auction)

Consumer opinion: the C1 was accepted well by the car community and middle class as well as well to do families due to the price tag, it was largely known that there were many improvements to be made on the car for future models.

[caroftheday]

Day 1

Today's car is the 1967 Toyota 2000GT! This is an extremely rare car, with few sold and even fewer shipped to the U.S.

It was made to be a classy sports car and I personally think it more than succeeds, you can find the details below!

Date launched: May 1967

Units made and sold: 351 made 291 sold internationally, 60 sold in the U.S.

Company: Toyota

Weight: 2,469 lbs/1,119kg

Horsepower: 148 HP

Top speed: 137mph/220kmph

0-60mph/0-37kmh: 8.6 seconds

Drivetrain: RWD

Mpg/kmpg: 11.9 mpg/ 19.1 kmpg

Fuel capacity: 15.9 gallons/ 60 liters

Engine options: Yamaha liquid cooled 4 stroke inline 6-cylinder 1988cc

Engine position: front mid

Peak power: 6,600 RPM

Peak torque: 5,000 RPM

Price then: $7,150 USD

Price now: sold at auction for $511,000-$2,500,000 USD

Consumer opinion: reviews included "One of the most exciting and enjoyable cars we’ve ever driven"

[caroftheday]

Hey y'all! I'm new to Tumblr but thought this would be a good place to share my knowledge and interest in cool and classic cars, my name is Oakely and please feel free to make asks with any car questions.

As for the formatting of this there will be a new post with a new car everyday, I'll list the release date, company, price then, price now, engine options, horsepower, and top speeds, if any of this isn't listed online for me to find I will make that known.

My knowledge may be wrong and I encourage you to repost my content or make asks with corrections, I will credit you with those corrections in my next post!