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

[Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sure it was - but for college kids we thought it was pretty cool.

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "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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