"You could watch the gas needle sink down whenever he hit the go pedal." Maybe it was just that the gas was sloshing to the back of the tank. : ) Ken Quoting Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>: > A step down was the New Yorker. When I was in college one of my > friends had a '64 New Yorker (this was in '78 or so). It was in > grandads. His grandad had it for a few months and passed away. The car > had less than 20K on it and looked brand new. You could watch the gas > needle sink down whenever he hit the go pedal. That car was big, > comfortable, fast, assertive - and extremely thirsty for high test! > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > What was the one a step down from the Imperial? > > Newport? IIRC mine was a 72, bucket seats, column shift > > behemoth! Paid $125 for it! Man that thing hauled ass! > > 440, bbl 727. It was so quiet you weren't sure it was running. > > till you pushed the go pedal! > > Wasn't my cup of tea back then so I sold the seats out of it for $150 and > the rest of it for $250 > > Today, no way, but back in 1980 it was just another tank to a teenager! > > > > Mark Price > > Morgantown, WV 26508 > > 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!" > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com