Re: [Amc-list] old cars suck, but new ones are worse
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Re: [Amc-list] old cars suck, but new ones are worse



Model year 1942 cars were built until December '41.

Ken A


Quoting "(Sandwich Maker)" <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> " From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx
> " 
> " Guy up the road from where I grew up had a very cool 32 Ford coupe.
> " []
> " It had a hopped up four banger in it. Roll and tuck white interior with red
> piping, Juice brakes [IIRC he said from a 42?]
> 
> he may have said '42, but that was a war-production-controlled year
> and not likely.  i always heard that '48 was the first year for juice
> brakes and the last for the old chassis.
> 
> there's a fellow in hemmings that has a high compression [8:1] ricardo
> turbulent chamber iron head for the a that he says is good for 80hp
> with little else.  probably best used on a 'model c' [5-main pressure
> lube] block.
> --
> i'll never get to any of the cool car ideas i've had - heck, i'm
> trimming my 'fleet' even further now!  anyone want my '68 american?
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