User:Yankee

Greetings all, welcome to my homepage. I've been a "motorhead" all my life and have had the priviledge of contributing to Wikicars since August 2006. It's been great to finally find a place where I can put all of my once-useless car knowledge to some good use. My specialty is older American cars, mostly of the 1960s and 1970s, so I guess my claim-to-fame here has been the contribution to the older American car pages that many people probably haven't heard of, much less care about - but I do!

The biggest thing I need to complete my contributions are pictures for the info box, so if anyone has any they can contribute, please do so. Also I'm glad to see some of my work has been expanded on, I hope that continues.

In addition to my daily drivers, I also have a 1978 Pontiac Firebird Formula (the "forgotten" Firebird) that I take to cruises and shows every so often. I also "inherited" my grandfather's 1964 Pontiac Catalina 4-door hardtop sedan - in need of just a little work - it's definitely something that's gonna keep me busy for a while.

So again, glad to be aboard among some great company, hope to make many more contributions and if any of you want to cuss and discuss some stories about anything car related... don't be shy!

Oh, and by the way, apparently some of the powers-that-be here at Wikicars had taken issue of my infobox use at first. I think I just might have the hang of them by now...  ;-)

Yankee
Mother and Father
Production	1967-present
Class	Some
Body Style	Medium build
Length	Not to be discussed here
Width	About 38"
Height	72"
Wheelbase	Size 11
Weight	About (ahem) 205 lbs
Transmission	1 Speed manual
Engine	Size 11 foot
Power	Pretty good when chased
Similar	Class by myself
Designer	Mother Nature

Questions and observations for all

Greetings all, I was going to put this in the Garage Talk section, but it looks like that's getting pretty full, hence inviting you all to my talk page.

OK...

I have a few questions and observations for you administrators and anyone else who wishes to chime in - please don't be shy.

In the infoboxes, in the "similar" box... I personally think that they should only consist of similar models within the same company. For example, a modern-day Chevy Impala is similar to a Buick LaCrosse, Pontiac Grand Prix - a Dodge Caravan is similar to the Chrysler Town & Country, etc. I've noticed some have put their competitors in the same box... which to me is redundant since most pages already have a "Main Competitors" section. I know all of us being individuals with different writing styles won't all do the same thing, which is understandable, but I think we should try to achieve at least some consistency and perhaps reach a general consensus. I of course have my personal opinions, but I will follow whatever general consensus ultimately dictates.

I have noticed some of you have added pictures to my pages. Whomever has done so, thank you, I hope that continues. I've looked at a few other sites for pictures, such as conceptcarz and such (that is one annoying site, popups galore...) but still haven't had much luck. I'd rather not lift them from Wikipedia if possible, I'd kinda like us to have our own pictures different from theirs, but I guess if you can't beat 'em...

I'd like permission to scrap the Chevy Camaro and Pontiac Firebird pages altogether and start from scratch. What's already there isn't sufficient, if no one has any heartburn with it I'd like to start them all over. If I do this, of course if anyone has anything to add, like all the rest of my pages I certainly welcome it. But I noticed another editor (can't remember who) had on his "list of things to do" was to clean up those pages. If you still plan to do so, by all means go ahead... but if you decide you'd rather delegate that detail to someone else, I'd be happy to make my contribution to both.

OK, your turn. Thoughts? Comments?