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To: epow
My folks had a 66 Dodge Monaco wagon with a 383 and a Carter AFB. That was one big, roomy, powerful car that floated over bumps--I think it was the smoothest riding car I ever rode in--and it had an underdash A/C that would grow icicles on you. I'd like to have a new one.

PS several of my brothers were in Oklahoma with my mother when they had a close encounter with a tornado. Those who say you can't outrun a twister are full of it. They were all telling me about how she was going the fastest she ever had in her life:} "Did you know that big wagon will go over a hundred!"

160 posted on 10/21/2002 11:26:38 PM PDT by Rockpile
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To: Rockpile
You're right Rockpile, the 66 Monaco was a great riding car, it felt like floating on air. Yet, it handled quite well for a big American car of that period. I had a 2 dr hardtop, and it had much more room than most 4 dr sedans today.

I paid $600 for mine to use for a 2nd car when it had about 40,000 miles on the clock. It had the 383 engine with a 4 barrel carburetor. Plenty of power, but it only got 14-15 mpg on the highway. I sold it to a guy who worked at the same office when it had a little over 100,000 miles on it. He drove it on a 700 mile round trip every weekend to visit his parents in GA. He said he cruised at 100 mph most of the way up and back. One Monday morning he came to work with the hood all bent up and tied down with a rope, and a smashed windshield. He had failed to get the hood latched down good, and it blew up and wrapped up and over the windshield when he was doing 110mph.

He later left the company still driving the old bomber, and I think it had about 140,000 miles on it at the time. As far as I know the engine and transmission had never been touched. I never had a moment's trouble with it as long as I had it. That was when Chrysler still made good cars.

208 posted on 10/22/2002 2:17:42 PM PDT by epow
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