Re: [Amc-list] AMC Roadmaster/Buick Ambassador

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Mahoney, John wrote:

> Hood scoop, C-pillar vents, race decals, rally and fog lights: hot car.
>
> Non-lockable deck lid with bungee cord and spoiler: genuine muscle car.
>
> Three-spoke wheel, wheel-to-brake lock, plus two pine trees: priceless.
>
> Hand-folding mirrors, aftermarket SuperSpeakers, some sorta CB [?] radio, and a Gloucester fisherman: beloved, priceless, genuine muscle machine!

Yeah, I was hoping the owner would come out as I snapped
photos. No such luck! Or maybe I was spotted, and looked too
crazy. Not many Americans there.


> Another shaky American institution, shaken down by competition from the Japanese.  Americans used to take snaps with Brownies or Bell & Howells on Kodak film.  Now the world uses Canons, Fujis, Nikons, Panasonics, and whatevers to record its own history.  Will Americans -ever- wake up and face reality???

Well... methinks you recall slightly off in this one rare
instance... West German cameras were always most coveted... what
did U.S. astronuts haul to space?  Hasselblads. Swiss watches.
British... well nothing. I like their beer and cheese, and if
they hadn't colonized all those places with people who knew how
to cook, the British Empire would have starved to death by now
(beans on toast indeed).

>>> our 'designated poor' neighborhood visually in sight of downtown.)
>
> Don't blink, you may find yourself in the next "hip" section of LA.

Our worst fear! I like our neighbors with hood of old car up
playing music and drinking beer. I cringe at the thought of
double-wide crowd plows stuffed with spoiled blond children
complaining about said domestic car repair (and our barbed wire
fence hiding Rambler parts).

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