[Amc-list] Trademarks

[Don Johnson <donjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,
You're probably a younger man than I am. My days of wanting that much HP are 
behind me. A friend of mine does very high end detailing. He finished off a 
69 Vette convertible with the 435 HP, 427 Tri power and we went for a drive. 
I had forgotten how brutal those cars were. Zero to 100 in the blink of an 
eye, BUT everything was noise, loud enough to verge on pain, with 
accompanying shake and vibration much like a Cobra I drove many years ago. 
That was all I wanted when I was 18-30 but not now. What do they say? If the 
music is too loud, you're too old. Well, that's me to a T.
My AMX came with 5.9 liters and 290 HP and with a 25 year olds heavy foot 
gave me about 15-18 MPG.
The Lexus is 4.3 liters with 290 HP and would get 26-28 MPG (these are 
Canadian Gallons).
The power seems effortless because of the lack of noise and vibration.
I remember my AMX at highway speeds when I first got it. The wind noise was 
terrible. The side windows were being forced open at the top by the wind 
entering the car. I finally figured out that the factory had forgotten to 
cut out the opening behind the armrest so the air could exit through the 
vent high in the door jamb. That was how I found out what the flap was for, 
on the armrest.
The AMX occupies a special place in my heart. It wasn't my first new car nor 
my last, but it is the one that I kept.
As the restoration progresses I find that same feeling for the car coming 
back. It will be a tamer car than it was new, but it will have evolved 
somewhat like its owner.
Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JOE FULTON" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Don Johnson" <donjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers 
and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Trademarks


>
> --- Don Johnson <donjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> I know it could be seen as heresy, but I would love
>> to build a Javelin with that Lexus V8 power train
>> and suspension and brakes.
>> What a performer, roughly 260 cu. in., about 300 HP,
>> the suspension and brakes to handle it, and roughly
>> 24 miles per gallon.
>> Do you think the big 3 would sell something like
>> that, if they built it?
>> Damn right !!
>> Don
>
> No try the Javelin with an LS1/T-56 combo.  Say 400 to
> 500 horsepower without trying too hard.  PHR is doing
> that swap into a Fox body Mustang right now.  I can
> imagine the Ford guys screaming and threatening to
> cancel subscriptions.
>
> Joe Fulton
> Salinas, CA
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