lime green

David Beard davidebeard at comcast.net
Wed Apr 9 19:29:18 PDT 2008


That's mufflers(plural). Nothing like a homemade dual exhaust.

Dave Daniels wrote:
> Dodge Charger...anywhere from 1968 to 1974 with either a 440 magnum or, and preferably, a 426 hemi, and a 4 on the floor Hurst.
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>   Ask Dave Beard about his rear view mirror on his 1970 Challenger ;-)
>   Also ask him about his rotating muffler.....sorry Dave....I had to.
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> Jerry Clair <darkclarity2k at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   Awesome imagine Steven. Mine one dream was a '67 cougar sleeper!
> But it always ended with a big block Dodge.
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> Anyone else?
>
> Steven Bixby wrote: Oh, man, that reminds me of a car fantasy back in the day. I....
> ... had a Pinto station wagon, the one with the moon window
> side panels, 1978 vintage, a faded/flat silver in color. It actually
> served me pretty well for a couple years at college for a whopping
> $800 purchase price. And I even sold it for $500 after a good 30k
> miles added.
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> Anyhow, this was in the days of college cruisin' with the various guys
> driving hotted-up musclecars out on the main drag in Grand Junction,
> Colorado. One factor stirring this fantasy was one guy's Datsun
> pickup with a hot V8 under the hood, drag racing any and all willing
> participants, at least on the street where we saw him.
>
> So, my fantasy then was to cram a radically cammed small block 327
> under the hood, well-hidden, with some fat rubber the rear wheel wells
> so they weren't quite so visible from elsewhere. The rear floor could
> be torn up and reshaped to hold the tires/wheels and a performance
> oriented driveline. Because it would be hidden behind the panels,
> the only outward evidence would be the somewhat larger and much wider
> rear tires appearing under the wheel wells. Everything else would be
> subdued - no flashy racing stripes or anything like that.
>
> Of course, it would make a decent V8 rumble waiting at the stoplight,
> that's absolutely required, "sleeper" or not.
>
> It was a serious sleeper street rod fantasy, for sure. Alas, I never
> had funds or knowhow to pull such a thing off - not then, and
> certainly not now either.
>
> Ah, well, 'twas a good memory.
>
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> On 4/9/08, Jerry Clair wrote:
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>> after drinking it looked like this:
>> http://www.chooseyouritem.com/classics/photos/107500/107687.1971.Ford.Other.jpg
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>> scapco at ecentral.com wrote: That's what it looks like "after" you've been drinking!
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>> Charles S.
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>>> That'd be enough to make me start drinking!
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>>> *shudder*
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>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Jerry Clair"
>>>> To: "Kawasaki GPZ1100 discussion"
>>>> Subject: lime green
>>>> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:14:33 -0700 (PDT)
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>>>> When I was still drinking, I drove a lime green pinto =O
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>> http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/1910839183_54c296efc1.jp
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