[Amc-list] Back in the day, Was Fire up the Way Back Sherman!

["John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>]

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* Coffee can exhaust tip to give it the O so cool gas powered weed eater
sound (I bet this option would have been called Sounds-O-Noying had AMC
offered back in the day).
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They were called echo cans and the emphasized the sound of the Smitty
glass packs. 
 
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* Big wing off the back (maybe spend an afternoon with a SawzAll, a
reproduction Daytona/Superbird wing, and a fiberglass repair kit?).
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The were referred to as TransAm spoilers and were equally effective for
your street machine. However "Fins" could be a good parallel.
 
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* Lambo style ground effects (probably need the fiberglass kit here
too).
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I am surprised you don't remember the CanAM craze. Just as silly!
 
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* 18 inch wheels wrapped in rubber band sized tires.
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Standard equipment on the '32 Ford, however commonly replaced by
"Balloon" Tires.
 
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* Neon lights.
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Blue Dot tail lights and multi-color reflectors for license plate
fasteners. 
 
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* Paint the car chrome yellow except the hood which should look like
carbon fiber.
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It hasn't changed except the hood was flat black!
 
* Turbo charged, fuel injected flat head six.
Well, not turbocharged but the Shark Nose Graham and the '54 Kaiser were
supercharged and were flat head I-6's. 
 
It was interesting listening to the upcoming generation looking at a
Stovebolt powered Rat Rod trying to figure out what the 3 chrome things
on the engine were. They had never seen a carburetor before. 
 
And the world turns!
And we all have fun. 
But no matter how you hack it, I am still impressed by a 12 second Honda
that is driven to the drag strip, is street and smog legal and can get
35mpg while doing it. Now if I can only get my fuel injected Spirit to
go that fast with out spending the obligatory $15,000 required to get it
done. 
John
 
 
 
 
 
 
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