RE: [BaadAssGremlins] JB 343

[harold losey <strlcuckoo_46@xxxx>]

What part of Northern Jersey ? I grew up in Morris county and go back every year.

John W Rosa <JohnRosa@xxxx> wrote:

> Now, you see, Doc, you're making sense...stop it. ;)
>
> As you properly put it, what 'was' is now different.
>
> Magazines today abuse the 'Muscle Car' term just as 
> JB does...which makes him think he's right. But
> the ORIGINAL definition stands for one segment of 
> the performance cars craze of the 60s and 70s, not
> all of them as many say today.
>
> The Gremlin was the FIRST US-built Sub-Compact, 
> beating Pinto by a few months. Hornet was a
> Compact. Today a Hornet-sized car is an 
> intermediate. What was intermediate is today
> full size. (Are they really calling a Taurus full-
> size? If so, the class is getting even smaller!)
>
> As for Tuners, I don't mind them. I don't WANT one,
> but I don't care who does. They're just a different 
> thing. I have no use for 1920s and 30s cars, but I 
> don't hate them.
>
> My preferences
> are.....heck, here's an updated list 
> of my current fleet.
>
> 1973 Hornet X 360/Auto (show baby from Kansas)
> 1973 Javelin-AMX Pierre Cardin 360/Auto/Go (project)
> 1974 Javelin-AMX 401/Auto/Go (parting)
> 1977 Gremlin 258/3spd (parting)
> 1979 Spirit DL (was 258/4spd, now none, from VA)(for sale)
> 1979 Spirit-AMX 258/4spd (from VA)(sold, awaiting pick-up)
> 1981 Spirit DL 258/Auto/Rally suspension (from VA)(for sale)
> 1982 Eagle SX/4 258/Auto/4WD (for sale)
> 1986 Eagle Sport wagon 258/Auto/4WD (for sale)
> (All in northern New Jersey)
>
> Good gosh, folks...BUY SOMETHING!!! :)
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMC74HORNET@xxxx [mailto:AMC74HORNET@xxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 7:11 AM
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [BaadAssGremlins] JB 343
>
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> I think Tuners is a bad word here. I never thought of a Gremlin as a sub
> compact but that term would apply in 2004. What would an SC360 Hornet
> be
> called. That was a purpose built factory performance car. What category
> would that fit into?  What was a compact in 74 is now a full size car. A
> car cover from a Ford Taurus fits my 74 Hornet like it was made for it
> and the Ford is considered a full size car and my Hornet is a compact.
> The bottom line it is all a play on words. If you like em drive em and
> save en don't argue which came first the chicken or the egg. My 2 cents.
> "Doc"
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