Things the car factories did that made no sense to you

[OneWheelPeel]

Who stole that idea from who. Was it ford that came first with the pony cars. I know some trucks used it pretty early too. It worked, but always ended up leaking at some point.

I don't know for sure, but the C2 vette seems to have had it in 1963.

 

[AR67GTX]

I’m sure it’s already been mentioned before but Mopar’s placement of oil filter from way back before I could drive, all the way up to and including my 2023 RAM 5.7 just plain sucks. It’s impossible to remove the filter without making some level of mess and the RAM 1500 is the worse of the bunch. It also precludes pre-filling the filter with more than a small amount of oil. The exterior oil pump and front distributor are pluses but I curse that oil filter location every oil change.