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To: DUMBGRUNT
Crap like this makes me yearn for the days of non-power assisted steering, non-power assisted brakes, 4 speed tranmission, manual roll-down windows, manual doorlocks, carbeurators, and being able to fix my own vehicle without having to plug a computer in, or take it to a mechanic to do it.

I want my '69 AMX back.

6 posted on 03/31/2022 4:38:17 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative

Correction: 4 speed MANUAL transmission ...


7 posted on 03/31/2022 4:38:44 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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Power Steering by Armstrong


8 posted on 03/31/2022 4:40:21 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: usconservative

“Crap like this makes me yearn for the days of non-power assisted steering, non-power assisted brakes,”

ROTFLMAO!


19 posted on 03/31/2022 4:52:02 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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25 posted on 03/31/2022 5:02:45 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Instead of Build Back Better, how about put it back the way you found it?)
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To: usconservative

—”manual roll-down windows”

At a toll gate on a sub-zero evening three hundred miles from home. The window went down, but would not go up.

Cardboard? hard to find and did not stay in place with a roll of duct tape.


34 posted on 03/31/2022 5:14:32 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: usconservative
4 speed tranmission

Whoa, big spender.

None of that middle class 3 speed junk for you.

39 posted on 03/31/2022 5:17:17 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: usconservative

Restoring a 1969 VW Beetle now. Bought one in wonderful condition from the original owner. Stored in his garage for the past 21 years.

Old school and I love it... 4-speed stick. Plugs, points and condenser.

Four-cylinder, air-cooled engine...no radiator...no coolant.

Not a single microchip in it.

Fifty-three roaring horsepower. 1493 CC.

The windshield washer fluid sprays using air pressure coming from the spare tire.

The German engineering in this iconic car is simple but highly impressive in its function.

These were GREAT cold and snow vehicles with rear engine sitting over the drive wheels. No coolant to freeze.


73 posted on 03/31/2022 5:42:20 PM PDT by Gnome1949
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That was a nice car. Brings me back to my old street racing days! My brother and 2 friends had one of those. I had a few other street cars myself. 67 Pontiac Beaumont, 69 Z28, 68 El Camino.


77 posted on 03/31/2022 5:52:37 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules
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