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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
At the same time, how many cars today have the SOUL of a Goat or a Judge or Camaro or old Corvette. Those old cars really had SOUL. Modern cars are almost antiseptic by comparison.

Can't disagree there. My cousin had a '68 Z-28 and I helped a friend build a '66 Goat. I had a '69 Firebird and had it turning 520 ponies - not really a classic in that year model, but still a car with soul.

I guess I consider the old classics like motorcycles - love to drive them on special occasions but got spoiled by modern technology/comfort in my old age.

33 posted on 10/05/2014 2:38:59 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb

Well, same here. I would not want to daily drive a classic. My old mustang had a cold steering wheel and vinyl seats that were cold in winter and sticky in summer. Fan barely worked. Weak stereo. No intermittent setting on the wipers. Batter water always ran low. Rebuilt the carburetor half a dozen times. Was always getting flats. No remote mirrors. No power windows or door locks. The trunk held next to nothing and worse when the spare was in it. The back seat was next to useless.

You know what... God I loved that car! And it made me feel like a million bucks. No, I wouldn’t want to daily drive one today but as a young man, this thing was my first girlfriend if you know what I mean.


34 posted on 10/07/2014 2:07:30 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Free goodies for all -- Freedom for none.)
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