The American won't be ready. I won't be picking it up until the weekend of the 500 rally. Takes me out of the running for the rally too, I'm afraid. Sounds like fun though. Joe --- farna@xxxxxxx wrote: > Maybe talk to Joe Fulton about that $300 American. > There are a few things you can do to the old flat > head, but not much! It's rated at 90 hp, but has a > very restrictive exhaust. A 2" pipe and $20 turbo > muffler are good for 10 hp easy! It's a slow turner, > but LOTS of grunt at low speed. So you can't drive > it like a modern sports car. Can't do the in-line > six that way either -- shift shorter than you would > like and use the low end torque instead of revving > it high. Even racing I can shift my car at 3500 or > so rpms and get about the same times as reving it to > 4500-5000, where it starts losing power. > > > On June 8, 2005 Richard Truesdell wrote: > > > I'm still looking for a $500 car for the Double > 500 next Saturday (with the possibility of flying in > from Detroit on Friday) and saw this one on eBay > that hasn't sold two or three times: > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4552567603&category=5357 > > > > Did anyone on the list look at it. Seems complete, > maybe just needs a little TLC to get it running. > It's in Redwood City. I'm in SoCal, can anyone take > a look at it for me? If so, please contact me at > autotronic@xxxxxxxx > > > > If anyone sees any running, sub $1000 cars listed, > please give me a shout. Lots of times on cars under > $1000, especially if they'vve not sold for a while, > sellers will take almost anything to get rid of > them. I'd prefer an AMC (Hornets, Concords and > Eagles especially since I have three Americans and > an 88 Eagle) so that if necessary, I can part it out > afterwards if I can't flip it. > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Richard Truesdell > > Yorba Linda, CA > > > > > > > > > ============================================================= > > Posted by wixList Archiver -- > http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist > > > > > > .. > > > > > > > > . > > > ============================================================= > Posted by wixList Archiver -- > http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist > > > > > >