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Re: (non lsr) 2005 Detroit Auto Show

To: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@yahoo.com>, Tom Shannon <saltfevr@mail.sisna.com>,
Subject: Re: (non lsr) 2005 Detroit Auto Show
From: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:16:37 -0700
Ed,

I've been meaning to ask you what your "crew chief" uses for a daily driver.
I don't suppose you could manage to get Linda to drive a Z06?

Wes

on 1/16/05 8:57 PM, Ed Van Scoy at edvs@yahoo.com wrote:

> Well Tom, you nailed me on this one! Went to LA for
> the SCTA Banquet, and naturally being that close to
> the Auto Show, I had to go. The Z06 is an
> awsome-looking beast, and if it is everything the GM
> rep told me it is, it is a winner!! I got in the 2
> Club in 1997 after a long struggle with not one but
> TWO Corvettes in C/GT...... Now I can buy a Corvette
> that will do over 2-bills off the show-room floor!!!!
> Now, I don't need the navigation system to find the
> 5... And I don't need OnStar to call the timing stand
> to find out my speed...but the A/C would sure be nice
> in August, and the heater handy in Oct. The only thing
> that makes me feel better is the new Z06 is a B/GT,
> and I've been a lot faster in my beat-up old '85
> Vette.... It ain't a "Babe Magnet" like the Z06, but I
> guess that's a good thing after nearly 33 years with
> my crew chief. 
> Ed
> 
> --- Tom Shannon <saltfevr@mail.sisna.com> wrote:
> 
>> OK, Its mid January and got a case of cabin fever I
>> spose. Guess one can dream about the 2006 Corvette
>> Z06. 500HP 427 LS7 Small Block. Yes ,Ed Vanscoy
>> droolin' yet? Anyway heres a few links:
>> First,is the normal Motortrend coverage,second is a
>> bit different.
>> http://www.motortrend.com   click on 2005 Detroit
>> Auto show
>> http://www.autoextremist.com/page2.shtml#Rant
>> 
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>> 
>> Tom Shannon
>> Magna, Utah 






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