Mike Savage, a New Canaan, CT resident, has enjoyed great business success in life. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar virtual accounting firm, Savage knows how to get the best out of a team. Savage recognized early on in his career that small businesses could benefit from the same big four level of service when it came to their accounting practices. It was in that spirit that he created 1-800 Accountants. The business model was a clear focus on eliminating complicated bookkeeping and tax preparation stress for small business owners. In doing so, 1-800 Accountant stands today as one of the largest, small business accounting firms in the nation with over 200,000 businesses as clients. Now, he’s turning his attention to philanthropy. For years New Canaan’s Michael Savage and his wife Sandra have been helping Honduran children and families suffering in poverty by donating clothes, bedding, books and other necessities to families in need of help and a kind heart. To that end, Savage has formed a foundation to raise awareness about the need to feed and clothe children in Honduras. His non-profit organization is called the Savage Rivera Foundation.
Mike Savage, a New Canaan, CT resident, has enjoyed great business success in life. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar virtual accounting firm, Savage knows how to get the best out of a team. Savage recognized early on in his career that small businesses could benefit from the same big four level of service when it came to their accounting practices. It was in that spirit that he created 1-800 Accountants. The business model was a clear focus on eliminating complicated bookkeeping and tax preparation stress for small business owners. In doing so, 1-800 Accountant stands today as one of the largest, small business accounting firms in the nation with over 200,000 businesses as clients. Now, he’s turning his attention to philanthropy. For years New Canaan’s Michael Savage and his wife Sandra have been helping Honduran children and families suffering in poverty by donating clothes, bedding, books and other necessities to families in need of help and a kind heart. To that end, Savage has formed a foundation to raise awareness about the need to feed and clothe children in Honduras. His non-profit organization is called the Savage Rivera Foundation.
Mike Savage, a New Canaan, CT resident, has enjoyed great business success in life. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar virtual accounting firm, Savage knows how to get the best out of a team. Savage recognized early on in his career that small businesses could benefit from the same big four level of service when it came to their accounting practices. It was in that spirit that he created 1-800 Accountants. The business model was a clear focus on eliminating complicated bookkeeping and tax preparation stress for small business owners. In doing so, 1-800 Accountant stands today as one of the largest, small business accounting firms in the nation with over 200,000 businesses as clients. Now, he’s turning his attention to philanthropy. For years New Canaan’s Michael Savage and his wife Sandra have been helping Honduran children and families suffering in poverty by donating clothes, bedding, books and other necessities to families in need of help and a kind heart. To that end, Savage has formed a foundation to raise awareness about the need to feed and clothe children in Honduras. His non-profit organization is called the Savage Rivera Foundation.
Mike Savage, a New Canaan, CT resident, has enjoyed great business success in life. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar virtual accounting firm, Savage knows how to get the best out of a team. Savage recognized early on in his career that small businesses could benefit from the same big four level of service when it came to their accounting practices. It was in that spirit that he created 1-800 Accountants. The business model was a clear focus on eliminating complicated bookkeeping and tax preparation stress for small business owners. In doing so, 1-800 Accountant stands today as one of the largest, small business accounting firms in the nation with over 200,000 businesses as clients. Now, he’s turning his attention to philanthropy. For years New Canaan’s Michael Savage and his wife Sandra have been helping Honduran children and families suffering in poverty by donating clothes, bedding, books and other necessities to families in need of help and a kind heart. To that end, Savage has formed a foundation to raise awareness about the need to feed and clothe children in Honduras. His non-profit organization is called the Savage Rivera Foundation.
Mike Savage, a New Canaan, CT resident, has enjoyed great business success in life. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar virtual accounting firm, Savage knows how to get the best out of a team. Savage recognized early on in his career that small businesses could benefit from the same big four level of service when it came to their accounting practices. It was in that spirit that he created 1-800 Accountants. The business model was a clear focus on eliminating complicated bookkeeping and tax preparation stress for small business owners. In doing so, 1-800 Accountant stands today as one of the largest, small business accounting firms in the nation with over 200,000 businesses as clients. Now, he’s turning his attention to philanthropy. For years New Canaan’s Michael Savage and his wife Sandra have been helping Honduran children and families suffering in poverty by donating clothes, bedding, books and other necessities to families in need of help and a kind heart. To that end, Savage has formed a foundation to raise awareness about the need to feed and clothe children in Honduras. His non-profit organization is called the Savage Rivera Foundation.
Mike Savage, a New Canaan, CT resident, has enjoyed great business success in life. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar virtual accounting firm, Savage knows how to get the best out of a team. Savage recognized early on in his career that small businesses could benefit from the same big four level of service when it came to their accounting practices. It was in that spirit that he created 1-800 Accountants. The business model was a clear focus on eliminating complicated bookkeeping and tax preparation stress for small business owners. In doing so, 1-800 Accountant stands today as one of the largest, small business accounting firms in the nation with over 200,000 businesses as clients. Now, he’s turning his attention to philanthropy. For years New Canaan’s Michael Savage and his wife Sandra have been helping Honduran children and families suffering in poverty by donating clothes, bedding, books and other necessities to families in need of help and a kind heart. To that end, Savage has formed a foundation to raise awareness about the need to feed and clothe children in Honduras. His non-profit organization is called the Savage Rivera Foundation.
Mike Savage, a New Canaan, CT resident, has enjoyed great business success in life. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar virtual accounting firm, Savage knows how to get the best out of a team. Savage recognized early on in his career that small businesses could benefit from the same big four level of service when it came to their accounting practices. It was in that spirit that he created 1-800 Accountants. The business model was a clear focus on eliminating complicated bookkeeping and tax preparation stress for small business owners. In doing so, 1-800 Accountant stands today as one of the largest, small business accounting firms in the nation with over 200,000 businesses as clients. Now, he’s turning his attention to philanthropy. For years New Canaan’s Michael Savage and his wife Sandra have been helping Honduran children and families suffering in poverty by donating clothes, bedding, books and other necessities to families in need of help and a kind heart. To that end, Savage has formed a foundation to raise awareness about the need to feed and clothe children in Honduras. His non-profit organization is called the Savage Rivera Foundation.
Mike Savage, a New Canaan, CT resident, has enjoyed great business success in life. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar virtual accounting firm, Savage knows how to get the best out of a team. Savage recognized early on in his career that small businesses could benefit from the same big four level of service when it came to their accounting practices. It was in that spirit that he created 1-800 Accountants. The business model was a clear focus on eliminating complicated bookkeeping and tax preparation stress for small business owners. In doing so, 1-800 Accountant stands today as one of the largest, small business accounting firms in the nation with over 200,000 businesses as clients. Now, he’s turning his attention to philanthropy. For years New Canaan’s Michael Savage and his wife Sandra have been helping Honduran children and families suffering in poverty by donating clothes, bedding, books and other necessities to families in need of help and a kind heart. To that end, Savage has formed a foundation to raise awareness about the need to feed and clothe children in Honduras. His non-profit organization is called the Savage Rivera Foundation.
Mike Savage, a New Canaan, CT resident, has enjoyed great business success in life. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar virtual accounting firm, Savage knows how to get the best out of a team. Savage recognized early on in his career that small businesses could benefit from the same big four level of service when it came to their accounting practices. It was in that spirit that he created 1-800 Accountants. The business model was a clear focus on eliminating complicated bookkeeping and tax preparation stress for small business owners. In doing so, 1-800 Accountant stands today as one of the largest, small business accounting firms in the nation with over 200,000 businesses as clients. Now, he’s turning his attention to philanthropy. For years New Canaan’s Michael Savage and his wife Sandra have been helping Honduran children and families suffering in poverty by donating clothes, bedding, books and other necessities to families in need of help and a kind heart. To that end, Savage has formed a foundation to raise awareness about the need to feed and clothe children in Honduras. His non-profit organization is called the Savage Rivera Foundation.
Mike Savage, a New Canaan, CT resident, has enjoyed great business success in life. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar virtual accounting firm, Savage knows how to get the best out of a team. Savage recognized early on in his career that small businesses could benefit from the same big four level of service when it came to their accounting practices. It was in that spirit that he created 1-800 Accountants. The business model was a clear focus on eliminating complicated bookkeeping and tax preparation stress for small business owners. In doing so, 1-800 Accountant stands today as one of the largest, small business accounting firms in the nation with over 200,000 businesses as clients. Now, he’s turning his attention to philanthropy. For years New Canaan’s Michael Savage and his wife Sandra have been helping Honduran children and families suffering in poverty by donating clothes, bedding, books and other necessities to families in need of help and a kind heart. To that end, Savage has formed a foundation to raise awareness about the need to feed and clothe children in Honduras. His non-profit organization is called the Savage Rivera Foundation.
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The document provides a history of motoring and highlights some popular classic and modern car models:
1) Motoring originated in the early 1800s with basic carriages but cars evolved in the early 1900s to have engines in the front, making them more elegant.
2) The Ford Model T, produced from 1908-1927, was the first affordable car for the masses and was produced using assembly line processes.
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The document provides a history of motoring and describes several iconic car models from different eras:
- It traces the origin of motoring to the early 1800s, when the first cars resembled carriages. Cars began incorporating front-mounted engines in the 1910s, making them more elegant.
- Iconic early 20th century cars included the Ford Model T, the first affordable car mass produced on assembly lines, and the 1934 Ford Model B with improved engines from the Model A.
- Cars from 1946-1979 saw advances in design and new technologies, including the introduction of V8 engines. Popular brands and muscle cars like the Ford Mustang emerged.
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1) Motoring originated in the early 1800s with basic carriages but cars evolved in the early 1900s to have engines in the front, making them more elegant.
2) The Ford Model T, produced from 1908-1927, was the first affordable car for the masses and was produced using assembly line processes.
3) In the post-war era from 1946-1979, cars advanced with new technologies, and brands like Cadillac, Ferrari emerged, leading to the popular Ford Mustang muscle car.
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- Well-known 1950
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6. Today the term muscle car refers for all sorts of cars with large engines and great
performance. However, "back in the day" it described mid-sized automobiles that had
big engines stuffed between the fender wells. Corvettes, Camaros, and Mustangs were
not considered muscle cars by the purists. Even today many gear heads only consider
the mid sized cars from the 1960's as true muscle cars. Everything else is a sports car,
pony car or just a plain old car.
7. So what was the most important of these original muscle cars?We have chosen five of
the most popular cars for a retro comparison to determine the king of the hill.The
selectees are the 1961 Chevy Impala SS, the 1964 Pontiac GTO, the 1964 Ford Fairlane,
the 1966 Dodge Charger and the 1968 Plymouth Road Runner. Let the showdown
begin.
8. 1961 Chevy Impala SS
Many consider this the first true muscle car.A 409 cubic inch motor was dropped into
the Chevy Impala and a legend was made.With the help of the Beach Boys and their
song about the car ('She's so fine, my four-oh-nine') it became an icon for the baby
boomers. Chevy's marketing for the car described it as designed "for young men on
the move...(who) won't settle for less than REAL driving excitement.“
Performance was very good for the era with MotorTrend driving one from zero to
sixty on seven seconds and completing the quarter mile in 14 seconds at 98 mph.The
car became a legend.
9. 1964 Pontiac GTO
The GTO was another marketing success for General Motors.Although the car was
not the fastest car on the market it quickly became successful as an all a round muscle
car. It was relatively affordable, relatively fast and relatively handsome. Many consider it
the first modern muscle car.Although that is debatable, it is definitely the first
successful muscle car in terms of sales.
Performance was very good with Car Life and MotorTrend both measuring zero to
sixty times of less than seven seconds and quarter mile times of around 14 seconds.
10. 1964 Ford Fairlane
In 1964 the Fairlane was redesigned and the tail fins were removed. Other
improvements included upgrades to the suspension in order to improve ride-quality.
Interior enhancements included full carpeting for the floors and turn signals that
turned themselves off after the steering wheel was turned. However, the big news for
1964 was theThunderbolt.TheThunderbolt was one of fastest dragsters ever
produced by a manufacturer. Ford stuffed a heavily modified 427 cubic inch engine with
two four-barrel carburetors mounted on a high-riser manifold into the relatively light
weight Fairlane.The car had a ram-air induction system with air vents mounted in
openings in the grill left by deleting the inboard headlights.
11. Other modifications included: equal-length headers, a trunk-mounted battery, fiberglass
hood, doors, fenders and front bumper, Plexiglass windows, and other lightweight
options included deleting the rear door window winders, carpeting, radio, sealant, sun
visors, armrests, jack, lug wrench, heater, soundproofing,and passenger side windshield
wiper. Performance was amazing. Gas Ronda dominated NHRA's 1964World
Championship by running hisThunderbolt through the quarter mile in 11.6 seconds at
124 mph. Later, the NHRA changed the rules to require 500 models of a car to be
manufactured for Super Stock competition, and Ford, which had been losing $1500 to
$2000 on eachThunderbolt sold at the sticker price of $3900, gave up. In the end, it
was the NHRA and its ability to change the rules that stopped the Ford from
dominating the drag strips for many years.
Although the Fairlane faded form Ford's performance spotlight as the Mustang took off.
It came back in 1966 and 67 as a very nice looking car. Large engines 'encouraged' great
performance numbers also.
12. 1966 Dodge Charger
Although it resembled a Coronet with a fastback, the production Charger carried
design cues from the Charger II concept car. Both maintained the swoopy fastback that
was very popular during the mid-sixties.The electric shaver grill used fully rotating
headlights that when opened or closed made the grill look like one-piece. Inside, the
Charger used four individual bucket seats with a full length console from front to rear.
The rear seats and console pad also folded down which allowed for more cargo room
inside. In the rear the full length taillights carried the Charger name.
The car was radically different than anything else on the road and when fitted with a
street Hemi it was one of the fastest cars on the road.A Hemi equipped car could do
zero to sixty in less than seven seconds and the quarter mile in about 14 seconds. It
was a big and radically designed car.And best of al, it was fast.
13. 1968 Plymouth Road Runner
By 1968, muscle cars had become fast, luxurious and expensive.The young people that
consisted of the primary market for these types of transportation had been priced out
of the market. Plymouth recognized this and exploited to its fullest potential. First, the
stripped down a Belvedere to its most basic form and then gave it a large motor.Then
the marketing department found a simple way to change the image of the car from that
of a bare bones racer to a unique automobile.A popular cartoon character and a
unique horn was all that was need to bring this car to the masses.
The Road runner was an instant success.The combination of affordability plus
outstanding performance had won the day again. Performance was remarkable with 13
second times for the Hemi and 15 second times for the base engine in the quarter
mile.
14. TheWinner
All five of these muscle cars were trend setters in their day. But the one that appeals to
this author as the greatest of the early muscle cars is the 1966 Dodge Charger. It was a
radical departure from the past with its fast back design and the four passenger bucket
seats. It just looked like a muscle car. Performance was strong and the price was
reasonable.The 1961 Chevy Impala Super Sport is a close second and if more had been
made it may have actually won this little compression.