Predefined plays are used in many team sports to achieve some specific objective: teammates who are familiar with each other’s playing style may develop ad-hoc productive interactions that are used repeatedly. Teams in areas that have hot summers may start their seasons a little earlier. Mercury might have found itself on a downward slide in the mid Sixties had it not been for the arrival of the Cougar. Car Life pointed out not only the car’s 56.4/43.6 weight distribution, but also its barely adequate Goodyear Power Cushion tires; marginal drum brakes; and slow, overboosted steering as knocks against the 1966 Mercury Comet performance. Car Life magazine was unimpressed. Car Life put the Cyclone GT’s top speed at 120 mph with automatic and a 3.25:1 rear axle ratio, and the quarter mile came up in 15.2 seconds at 90 mph. In fact, no car in the race can cost more than $500, and teams decorate their heaps with plenty of style. The Depression spawned the tiny American Austin and its somewhat more stylish successor, the American Bantam, but they, too, were hardly rousing sellers. The tiny Fiat engine, for example, was judged totally inadequate for American speeds and driving conditions. But Mason loved small cars, and he was convinced that one tailored to American tastes and driving conditions would not only be salable but could even turn a profit.
A second concession to American tastes involved the suspension. They may fight tooth-and-nail to get a coach to award their child the star position or cry foul the second their child is benched. If you’re looking for speed in your adventure sports, downhill tracks may be for you. As far as speed goes, when choosing a kayak for surfing, you’ll want a kayak that’s not too difficult to launch against big waves; otherwise it will restrict you to small, weak surf. If they receive the support they need, it will encourage them to set goals and stick to them. On the next page, find out more about the 1966 Mercury Comet’s successor in 1967.» A dealer brochure that year proclaimed, «The man who loves the excitement of high performance will just naturally take to the Cyclone two-door hardtop or convertible. Looking for more content from athletes and analysts? Born-digital, ICDAR 2015 (Karatzas et al., 2013; Karatzas et al., 2011), the dataset contains low-resolution images with texts digitally created on them, taken from web content. You stagger off the field.
Alejandro Villanueva of the Pittsburgh Steelers stands by himself in the team’s tunnel during the national anthem prior to a game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on Sept. These tournaments determine the national champions of college basketball. College football, in the fall of 2020, sits on the verge of a spectacular, if not yet complete, collapse. He also won the inaugural Winston Million that year, a one-million-dollar award paid to any driver who could win three out of the four top races of the season (the Daytona 500, Winston 500, Coca-Cola 600, and Southern 500). This feat earned him the nickname «Million Dollar Bill». As ever, there was a minimum production requirement: 500 units, an awkward figure that would necessitate funds for at least semi-permanent tooling as well as design and development. Still, these tryouts prompted a number of modifications to Flajole’s design. If you had visited George Mason’s country estate in northern Michigan during the late 1940s or early ’50s, you’d have seen the remains of a number of small cars, mute evidence of what was on the Nash-Kelvinator president’s mind as he drew up the 1954-1962 Metropolitan. Everyone noticed the obvious relationship between the two cars, but the «competition coupe» was now offered as a limited-edition road car with a new Bizzarrini badge, and no one, least of all Iso, seemed to mind.
As Nash-Kelvinator president George Mason was considering cars that would lead to the 1954-1962 Metropolitan, independent stylist Bill Flajole had developed a proposal for a diminutive two-passenger car that he was peddling around Detroit. Regardless, the Met was attractive in a square, chunky sort of way, livened up by a non-functional hood scoop, a jaunty rear-mount «continental» outside spare tire, and bright colors such as Spruce Green, Canyon Red, and Caribbean Blue (contrasting with a white roof on hardtops) that reminded one stylist of Neapolitan ice cream. By contrast, outward vision was exceptional in both body styles, helped by a gently rounded hood set slightly lower than the flanking fender crowns. Helped substantially by a recent devaluation of the British pound, the tooling bill was held to an incredibly low $800,000. British drivers, like those on the Continent, were accustomed to a firm ride, with its accompanying advantages in the handling department. What customers there were for tiny imports like French Renaults, German Volkswagens, and British Hillmans were dismissed as a lunatic fringe too insignificant to bother with. Mercury made almost 151,000 Cougars in 1967; the new sports coupe led the way to a record sales year, but there’s little doubt that it lured some customers away from upmarket Comets.