on 8/29/02 5:54 PM, BlackTulip at BlackTulip@attbi.com wrote:
> Hi Max!!!
>
> <<I personally am astonished at how many people appended trucks to their
> lists. I mean, c'mon people, we're talking "driving" here! Trucks may be
> useful, or even necessary in some cases, but you are not going to be
> *driving* one preferentially, not even the newest, glitziest,
> most-cladding-bedecked 4x4 -- are you?
>>>
>
> Sorry but YOU BET YOUR A*S!!!!!!!!!!<VVVVBG
>
> My "daily driver" is a 370 HP 350 cid 1970 El Camino.
Well, OK, now you're talking!... not exactly your Nissan Frontier poser
wagon... My buddy has a 68 with a milder 350.
>
> Bone stock except for some very minor suspension upgrades. BLOWS the door
> of you "just from show room" 'std. 'Vettes<VVVVBFG>!!!!!!!
>
> Trailer hitch was Factory Installed!! So was a Driver's Exterior Spot Light
> and a Vinyl Roof. According to the paper work (window sticker included) she
> is a "Custom" and that moniker does NOT appear in any nor all of the El
> Camino/Cheville books I have (er, 1/2 ton worth<sigh>!!
>
> Blackie lets me go down triple "s" curve onramps under "mostly" full 'go
> pedal' when the is NO ONE in front of me<BG> !! A "tad" tail happy tho
> (which is just about as much fun at a WAY slower speed than Cindy's Black
> Tulip (with LARGE overbuilt motor) MGB!!
>
> Blackie is NOT as "quick" in the above sitution compared to Hortense (my '63
> Big Healey) tho.
>
> So I "have" a TRUCK, a FUN vehicle to drive, and more <smirks> than any one
> should be allow when it comes to "common" cars!!!
>
> 'Course, got say that Hortense is BONE stock internally and WIPES the
> aforementioned 'Vettes (and a LOT of other "alledged" HOT cars!!).
>
> And like Jack Benny, Hortense (er, unlike but similar?) IS only 39 years old
> (er, young???)
>
> Best..............
>
> Ed
>
> PS: Care to "relay" to List?????
>
Sure, why not?
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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