Re: [AMC-list] 78 AMX (on trying to sell a car: ie good photos)

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

"You could watch the gas needle sink down whenever he hit the go pedal."

Maybe it was just that the gas was sloshing to the back of the tank. : )

Ken


Quoting Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>:

> A step down was the New Yorker. When I was in college one of my
> friends had a '64 New Yorker (this was in '78 or so). It was in
> grandads. His grandad had it for a few months and passed away. The car
> had less than 20K on it and looked brand new. You could watch the gas
> needle sink down whenever he hit the go pedal. That car was big,
> comfortable, fast, assertive - and extremely thirsty for high test!
> 
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What was the one a step down from the Imperial?
> > Newport? IIRC mine was a 72, bucket seats, column shift
> > behemoth! Paid $125 for it! Man that thing hauled ass!
> > 440, bbl 727. It was so quiet you weren't sure it was running.
> > till you pushed the go pedal!
> > Wasn't my cup of tea back then so I sold the seats out of it for $150 and
> the rest of it for $250
> > Today, no way, but back in 1980 it was just another tank to a teenager!
> >
> > Mark Price
> > Morgantown, WV 26508
> > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
> > "I realize that death is inevitable.
> > I just don't want to be around when it happens!"
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