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- One of Chubbuck’s dynastic mayors, Steve England, once described the festival as a giant block party for the city. Of course it’s held in a park named after the first dynastic family, the Cotants. J.O. Cotant was Village of Chubbuck chairman from 1949 to 1951. J.O. Cotant Junior (aka John O. Cotant) became mayor in 1969 and reigned until he retired in 2005! Apparently the job of mayor was considered a part time job under Cotant. Then came Mayor Steve England (after having been city councilman for 22 years!) and now Mayor Kevin England. By the way, if we were really celebrating the early days of Chubbuck there’d be drinking, gambling and prostitutes!
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- Too bad the company’s name isn’t IDAHO Helicopters.
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- Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be as many cars this year.
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- Actually based on the Plymouth Road Runner, yet is 65 lb (29 kg) heavier.
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- Oh well, it’s an automatic.
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- The 6.3 liter B engine was factory rated at 335 hp (250 kW) and 460 lb-ft of torque.
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- You know it cost way more than that to restore it.
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- Note the lack of electronics and no computer control modules! All that modern computerized crap only makes things worse!
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- The 6.6 liter B engine was factory rated at 320 hp (238 kW) and 410 lb-ft of torque.
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- The ’73 Charger body was actually longer and wider than the ’71-72 Charger, and it was the best selling of the ’71-74 Third Generation Chargers.
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- About $300 when brand new!
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- You think those kids can really push it over?
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- The price, brand new, ranged from $300 to $1400 USD. It was so popular that even the Soviet GAZ company built them.
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- You had to pay extra to get seatbelts.
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- The owner told me the seats are covered in Corinthian Leather.
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- The 7.2 liter RB engine was factory rated at 375 bhp (280 kW) and 480 ft lbs torque.
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- The spare tire in the trunk is one of the features that set the ’57 Thunderbird apart from the ’55-56 T-Birds.
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- 21,380 ’57 T-Birds were sold.
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- The 5.1 liter engine was rated between 245 horsepower (183 kW) and 300 horsepower (220 kW), depending on the induction options.
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- Despite later model T-Birds out selling the ’57, many car lovers consider it the best looking Thunderbird.
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- Unfortunately, the car came with a pathetic straight eight engine with 6.9:1 compression ratio with only 120 horsepower.
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- An orignial Pocatello car, 1949 was the first year the Dynaflow automatic transmission was offered.
6TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW, 2012 CHUBBUCK DAYS (PART 1)
