Re: [Amc-list] old cars suck, but new ones are worse
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Re: [Amc-list] old cars suck, but new ones are worse



Guy up the road from where I grew up had a very cool 32 Ford coupe.
It looked bone stock to me and I thought it was for years.
One day I got a close look at it sitting outside his house and started talking to him.
It had a hopped up four banger in it. Roll and tuck white interior with red piping, Juice brakes [IIRC he said from a 42?]
He'd had it for years, it was sprayed in black lacquer and hand rubbed. It was 12volt converted and sported a stereo etc;
   He said it was his favorite car and he had two Mustangs a Corvette and several other decent muscle car types.

Now I understand a lot better then I did at the time.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
> " From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> " 
> " Hemmings CLASSIC CAR came in the mail yesterday...
> " 
> " Man I think I want to own a Model T... one of the beater types, not 
> " painted and restored. Two speed axle and hop-ups so's I can go 50mph...!
> " 
> " Man, they're interchangable 'parts boxes' in a way that makes even AMC 
> " look like hand-made watches!
> " _______________________________________________
> 
> i'd lean more towards a model a - or rather, an a-bone hybridized with
> a lincoln zephyr, which is basically a stretched a/b/v8 chassis.
> zephyr v12 and c/r tranny in the a with a speedster body, a drivetrain
> and pickup cab in the zephyr chassis with an extra-long flatbed.  or
> maybe a '40s 226 in the truck, since i'm a straight-6 kind of guy.  '48
> juice brakes and disc wheels with radials on both.  for a start...
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