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To: chrispycsuf
Engines! From the flathead 'green diamond' 6 cylinder to the 454 V-8 (Hemis, too!). (Plenty of 'horses' in those engines!).

That took in the muscle car era, too, with those 'nasty' pedestrian-eating bumpers--which morphed at the safety folks' insistence into the ugly and characterless 5 MPH bumper--which, in turn, broke quite a few firemen's legs popping back out while they were cutting battery cables at accident scenes.

Oh, I almost forgot, the standard transmission (manual) was standard, too.

Jeeeeez, the list goes on, no cup holders, no CD player, (no CD's!), no lighted make-up mirror, no Onstar, no car alarm, no keyless locks, no remote starters....

the horror, the horror...

108 posted on 05/31/2006 10:28:57 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

how ever did you survive without onstar??? (sarcasm from a 20-something guy)


135 posted on 05/31/2006 10:39:45 AM PDT by chrispycsuf (our troops need our support now more than ever)
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