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Cooper was in other ways disconcerting. He has a passion for fast cars, drives his 1963 Sting Ray Chevrolet at speeds upward of 100 m.p.h. His humor is unpredictable. Before the first Mercury flight, by Shepard, Cooper was asked to demonstrate to television cameramen how the astronaut would ride to the launch pad in a van and enter a gantry elevator for the space shot. Cooper donned a silver space suit, walked to the elevator entrance-and stopped in mock horror. As cameras whirred, he grabbed a girder and screamed: "No! I don't wanna...
...Good Until August. Because of the bigger demand for used cars, there are fewer bargains to be had. Prices are up slightly from a year ago even though there are more cars for sale, and the hottest used seller is the car that also leads the new-auto field: Chevrolet. Volkswagen also ranks high as a used car; last week at a wholesale auto auction, the place where the trade sets its prices, a 1960 VW carried a wholesale price of $1,080 v. $1,000 for a 1960 Ford Galaxie that when new cost $1,000 more than...
Outside the Limits. Writing "On the Move" is not exactly a pensioner's job. Ainsworth often packs his wife into his well-worn white Chevrolet for weekend camping expeditions, spends so much time on the road that when a Times editor is asked where he can be reached, the usual answer is a shrugged "Who knows...
...market. Says Los Angeles Oldsmobile Salesman Ed Sarafian: "Nobody asks how many miles to the gallon any more." The buyers are also showing a price-swelling preference for such extras as air conditioning and adjustable steering wheels. "People want luxury cars, not basic transportation," says Chevrolet Chief Semon Knudsen, who recently reported that only three of Chevy's 6,800 dealers failed to make money last year. So far this year, more than half of Chevy's sales are top-of-the-line Impalas (average price delivered: $2,850), and almost half of Cadillac's buyers...
...Ford and Chevrolet mechanics hovered anxiously over the cars; cartons of fresh-from-the-factory parts were piled against garage walls. Indianapolis 500 Winner A. J. Foyt was driving a Sting Ray. In the Cobras were such aces as Glenn ("Fireball") Roberts, the stock-car champion, and Phil Hill, who won the 1961 Grand Prix title...