Dean Mericas writes:
>[...] but I also remember what it was like when our cars were new. *Nothing*
>was sacred, and anything was subject to modification by the owner.
Ah, yes --- I bought my first GT6, a '68, in 1975 (probably at the low
point in its value) for $650. It had a fairly new respray on it, and
already had a glasspack; sounded great. The rear deck also sported a
*beautiful* wood veneer --- was this an option? I later bought a '69 GT6+
which didn't have it, so I moved it from the '68 to the '69 when the '68
got flattened by a truck.
At that time these cars were just aging little foreign cars, you could buy
a new one at the dealer, who ever worried about making "non-original"
modifications? I had slapped in an ammeter and a better AM/FM, but the one
thing I probably _shouldn't_ have done is cut two big holes in that
beautiful wood deck for the crappy speakers. Maybe the car went to the
crusher long ago so that I don't have to worry that some LBC lover is not
now cursing me.
Lee M. Daniels Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding Texas A&M
daniels@tamu.edu (409) 845-3726 Fax (409) 845-9351
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