Empire Strikes Back commentary track had this info .

C-3P0’s walking sounds were made with the window motor of an old Chrysler.

The snow speeders flying is the LA highway recorded through a vacuum cleaner tube.

https://www.facebook.com/Questionposting/posts/pfbid0rFWUw9fEemCyLfaQApz8Bcyf4cELyB5oJ8eYdbMXfgrzaUehe6WhEbDQd4mw5GyBl

At its investor day in Auburn Hills, Stellantis showed reporters 20 of its next cars coming to the market. The automaker ate all of $26 billion worth of losses from the ill planned shift to all electric, that resulted in stock sliding to its lowest point in all of company history, around $7 a share.

Mostly, more of the same, and a ridiculous effort to establish the Chrysler nameplate, a decade after it became obsolete. 

The company hopes to sell high volumes of low-cost cars — the automaker said it hopes to bring nine new vehicles to the U.S. market under the $40,000 price point.

Stellantis maintains a 51/49 majority ownership stake in Chinese EV maker Leapmotor International, and on Wednesday, it inked a similar deal with Dongfeng, another Chinese brand. Stellantis is also partnering with Jaguar Land Rover and its parent company, Tata Motors, to explore product and technology development.

While Jeep and Ram are targeting global growth, Chrysler and Dodge will now be classed as "regional brands" focusing on the North American market. The automaker also will focus on developing Fiat and Peugeot for the global market, while European badges like Citroën, Opel and Alfa Romeo will also be classed as regional brands.

Without a flagship model that establishes a foothold in the market, like the 300 did, or the Navigator did for Lincoln, or the Escalade for Cadillac, it's more useless minivans and SUVs that Honda and Toyota do better, with higher quality, and longer lifespans with better trade in value. 

https://www.facebook.com/detroitfreepress/posts/at-its-investor-day-in-auburn-hills-stellantis-showed-reporters-20-of-its-next-c/1444920051013476/

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/stellantis/2026/05/21/stellantis-plan-strategy-changes/90192067007/

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/stellantis/2026/05/21/stellantis-plan-strategy-changes/90192

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/stellantis/2026/05/21/stellantis-new-chrysler-dodge-vehicles/90193263007/

a couple newer vehicles that are strangely non op. The Benz wagon is an odd looking car, I've never seen one like it before

 

that roof is VERY rusted

1961 Chrysler Turboflite concept Thank you George!

It had huge throttle and brake pedals, which took up all the footwell. No footrest, you had to use the brake pedal instead.

the pedals were designed oversize; with no dead pedal so a driver had no choice but to rest both feet on the pedals, an odd design that Chrysler insisted would help reduce reaction time by forcing a driver to brake with his left foot.

The massive rear wing acted as a crude sort of airbrake

The air brake was more than just a gimmick. Turbine engines, such as the third-generation CR2A used in the Turboflite, provided virtually no compression braking when the throttle was released. Instead, all reduction in forward motion essentially came from the car’s hydraulic brakes, so the air brake was seen as a necessary addition to reduce brake fade on repeated high-speed stops.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/concept/ten-quite-weird-and-quite-wonderful-concept-cars-time-forgot

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/cars-of-futures-past-1961-chrysler-turboflite/

Stellantis posted a whopping $26 billion loss for 2025

 https://fordauthority.com/2026/02/ford-rival-stellantis-posts-26-billion-loss-for-2025

Top 50 most memorable hot rods and street cars of all time that have made an appearance in a television series, or a memorable television episode. No. 41: Jack Benny’s 1923 The Good Maxwell Tourer

At the turn of the century, industrialist Ben Briscoe hired Jon Maxwell to build a new car. 

Jon had worked with Ransom Olds on the famed “curved dash Oldsmobile,” the first car made on an assembly line. A 1910 auto history credited Maxwell with “the unit power plant, multiple-disc clutch, and thermo-syphon system of cooling with the radiator in front of the engine;”

 The original 1904 Maxwell was popular, and Briscoe built numerous factories to make it before going on a buying spree which bankrupted the company. Walter Flanders bought the remains, swapped out the aging Maxwell cars for his own (renaming the Flanders to the Maxwell). After Flanders retired, Maxwell again started to fail, and Walter Chrysler stepped in with expert engineers to fix the car’s troubles and to create a car in his own name—the Chrysler. After 1925, the Maxwell was upgraded and sold as the “Chrysler Four” (the original 1924 Chrysler was a six) then upgraded again to be the “new” Plymouth.

In a skit, Rochester called Jack at 11:05 in the morning to tell him the Maxwell had been stolen. Jack asked when it happened, and Rochester said it was taken at 10:30 AM and he let the police know at 10:50 AM. When Jack then asked Rochester why it took so long for him to call the police, Rochester replied that he called them when he stopped laughing. 

Because of Jack Benny and Harry Conn, not to mention Mel Blanc, many Americans know Maxwell—if they know it at all—solely as the dilapidated, obsolete, sad car of Jack Benny.

 Jack Benny donated his Maxwell for the scrap metal drive in support of the war effort, Oct 18 1942  

https://www.streetmusclemag.com/news/top-50-tv-cars-of-all-time-no-41-jack-bennys-1923-maxwell/

https://thisdaybenny.com/2021/07/02/the-maxwell-for-scrap/

https://www.motales.com/chrysler-corp/people/jack-benny-maxwell.php

https://www.reddit.com/r/RareHistoricalPhotos/comments/1bwydkf/jack_benny_and_eddie_anderson_toying_with_a/#lightbox

interesting Chrysler. And those are some FANCY rail adapters posing as wheels

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/125/

Yes, there have been a lot of posts lately about the Wood Lite headlights, and no, I'm not trying to collect the whole set, but, I couldn't pass on these (Thank you Robert M!)(Thank you Bob!)

Robert M knew that this "Official Car of the 99" is photographed at because it's the Elks Lodge # 99, in Los Angeles Ca. What was the Elks Lodge is now the Park Plaza Hotel  

At the time, the Elks membership numbered thousands and included L.A.'s wealthy and powerful. The building contained 169 hotel rooms but was mainly designed for the Elk's activities and events, with lavish interiors, including an impressive spacious foyer, a huge ballroom that could be used as an auditorium, numerous dining rooms, a gymnasium, pool, and a bowling alley.

Designed as a memorial to World War I soldiers, the exterior features stylized Assyrian friezes, sculpted figures in military uniform, and massive cast stone warrior angels guarding the plinth and tower at every corner. 

The lavish interior features an arched ceiling painted by famed muralist Anthony Heinsbergen, who purposely undercut the competition bidding for the job and toiled on his back while painting, like Michelangelo. 

Heinsbergen later claimed that he rarely bothered with self-promotion again. 

By the 1960s, following decades of declining membership and substantial losses at its Los Angeles lodge, the Elks could no longer maintain the building. It fell into general disrepair, and the Elks put it up for auction in 1966.

There have been dozens of movies and music videos, and concerts... you can read about the riots and punks etc at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Plaza_Hotel_(Los_Angeles)

and this... did it really NEED to call out the headlights with lettting and an arrow? Hmmm

But a Kenworth made for hauling cargo, that's a really strange vehicle to find Wood lites on

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/499/

Marshfield is now known as Coos Bay, OR. The Portland-Roseburg-Marshfield route would have involved 180 miles down the Willamette Valley through farm country along Hwy 99 (later superceded by I-5), then 80 miles over the Coast Range along windy narrow Hwy 42. A full day's drive, and in the winter, usually rainy weather.

a 1929 Chrysler 77 with Wood Lites

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/535/

always nice to see what Max Grundy brings to SEMA

three things... never take a photo with a pole sticking out of the top of your car

2nd thing, factory fender skirts! 1967 Newport

3rd, factory 440 Newport, with air conditioning, all the drag race level heavy duty Mopar parts that are easy to repair, replace, or upgrade

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/440-powered-67-chrysler-newport-is-a-low-key-muscle-car-for-the-anti-charger-crowd-260264.html#agal_11

very interesting technique! Thank you Bill!

https://www.artnet.com/artists/thomas-bayrle/american-dream-a-2nZFDJOFgKGcK7i41lQl1Q2

mobile lounges (people movers) at Dulles International Airport have been operating since John F. Kennedy was president, and they continue to be an important intra-airport transportation tool

The original mobile lounges, which date to the airport’s opening in 1962, were constructed by Chrysler Corp. in association with Budd Co. They can carry more than 100 passengers, both seated and standing. Nineteen remain in service, officials say.

Plane Mates, which date back to 1971, can load passengers directly onto aircraft as well as provide intra-terminal transport. Currently, 30 are in service.

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/09/22/dulles-mobile-lounges-could-last-another-two-decades-airport-officials-say

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_lounge#/media/File:TransportationWashingtonDullesAirport.jpg

Ryan Reynolds, outstanding guy... showed up to the John Candy biopic debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in a replica of the “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” Le Baron Town and Country

Reynolds has populated his movies with references to John Candy. 

Easter eggs are in the “Deadpool” films, Deadpool utters the “I like me,” 

 A Chrysler LeBaron appears in the background of another scene. 

He even licensed the book “The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains” so it could make a cameo in all the “Deadpool” movies.

 “John Candy: I Like Me,” will debut on Prime Video on Oct. 10

This replica was made by BCDelorean, a movie car rental company, who, for god knows what reason, is only posting about this on their Tik Tok channel, not facebook, not you tube, not Instagram..

 .. but they did post a making of the replica video https://www.tiktok.com/@bcdelorean/video/7459431674561023237 where they show the 3 cars used to make this one replica. A Dodge 600 donated the red interior,

 

the rear bumper extension for the continental kit... is extremely ridiculous

and a LeBaron Town and Country in Tacoma donated the wood panel side trim

https://www.whio.com/entertainment/john-candy/C6QD26TKTRAM7D6HBR3LV2KTBE/

https://www.instagram.com/tiff_net/p/DOM-s4gDSLL/?img_index=3

https://skjbollywoodnews.com/2025-toronto-film-festival-photos-maddies-secret-john-candy-i-like-me-premieres/193455/2025/

1989 Chrysler Conquest TSi is on Bringatrailer, and the current bid is only 10k... and it's completely upgraded for racing, with a turbo 5.3l LSI, Tremec 6 spd, etc etc

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-chrysler-conquest-24

I kid you not, this would be an epic road racing car

(paraphrasing the warden in Cool Hand Luke) there are some cars, that you just don't mess with - because even though it has 6 brake lights and still got rear ended, the chrome ain't even scratched

evidently, it's a 73 Chrysler, and Ukranian tanks need some of those bumpers for tank armor! 

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122193098156098393&set=pcb.122193098426098393

for the rest of the story https://www.facebook.com/groups/1649370045277547/permalink/4143782089169651

intriguing look on the '58 Chrysler California Ghia (thank you George!)

Nice front end, looks like it was influenced by the Jag C or D type

but the back end is ugly. 

https://www.carscoops.com/2025/07/rare-1958-chrysler-ghia-coupe-auction/

Chrysler barely made it 100 years, it's only making a van. But it's still celebrating the past, and it did have a hell of a lot of successes to celebrate

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ5kXCv_WN_h4F4XGZfbyoZuqfAGI-uMc  for the other 3 celebration of Chrysler history videos

the bigguns

it's very rare to see 1970s station wagons... not that they are something I would seek out instead of muscle cars, sports cars, or race cars... but when I got to the Mopar Spring Fling I came across these and photographed them to share with you... it's a strange thing that wagons were made by everyone until the 1980s. When the mini vans came along, that was the end of the wagon. Now, they just make SUVs

This is a Plymouth Suburban.... I didn't know they still used the Suburban name after the 50s, but the internet says they used the name until 1972

That's a LOT of woodgrain sticker