RE: Car Show

[Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's the way I feel every time I see a really bad-assed car on TV and 
the owner opens the hood to reveal a sbc. It's amazing to me the way 
these guys come up with the coolest custom ideas for a car then use the 
same old same old sbc motor...TOTAL lack of imagination in the engine 
bay!

george smith wrote:
> 
> 
> Tears ago at a local car show I was there when a beautiful 55 nomad 
> wagon r=
> olled in and sounded incredible. Chevy guys were whooping it up at the 
> Mopa=
> r and ford guys. The nomad owner opened his tilt hood and there sat a 
> 426 e=
> lephant! The look on the chevy guys was priceless!.
> When i see a old ford and it has a 289 or bb ford I go up to the owner 
> and =
> shake his hand. He stays true to his car. SBC's are the cheap way out.
> George
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 5/31/09, Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: RE: Car Show
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 3:10 PM
> >=20
> > Right on the nose Rich!=A0 The yellow Merc sled was
> > really cool.=A0 But it=20
> > just burns me up when I see SBC for the motor.=A0 How
> > about a nice 289 or=20
> > 302 Ford motor?=A0 And the Dart.......SBC.=A0 The 63
> > Sport Fury like mine=20
> > was for sale priced at $15,500.00.=A0 It was a 383
> > 4spd.
> > My friend that I went with to the car show is a Chevy guy
> > (62 Impala)=20
> > and we have a lot of fun kidding each other back and forth
> > about the=20
> > whole shoebox/sbc thing.=A0 Did you notice the Subaru
> > engine in the=20
> > Vanagon?=A0 I'll bet the VW guys are probably like me
> > and bemoaning the=20
> > off brand engine.
> >=20
> > Paul L.
> > '63 Sport Fury
> > 440/727
> > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html
> >=20
> > Rich Kinsley wrote:
> > >=20
> > > I couldn't really see it well enough but I suspect the
> > Dart with the=20
> > > flip front had a brand X motor and the old '48 Mopar
> > may also have a=20
> > > Chevy??? Did I guess right?
> > > Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> > >=20
> > >
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> > 
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> > > Paul Lennemann wrote:
> > > >=20
> > > > Here are some pictures from the O'Reillys/Hot Rod
> > Super Nationals Show=20
> > > > in Lincoln, NE.=A0 Lots of nice stuff.=A0
> > When I go to these shows I usually=20
> > > >=20
> > > >=20
> > > > end up complaining about the large number of
> > shoebox Chevies.=A0 I'd have=20
> > > > to say on the whole there were fewer there today
> > than usual.=A0 There were=20
> > > >=20
> > > >=20
> > > > still some travesties and I've included pictures
> > of a couple.=A0 I also=20
> > > > have included some shots of some unusual
> > cars.=A0 I don't remember ever=20
> > > > seeing a '57 Mercury like the one pictured with
> > the vents in the upper=20
> > > > corner of the windshield.=A0 And I had to take
> > some pictures of the VW=20
> > > > Vanagon conversion.=A0 I thought it was the
> > most original concept of any I=20
> > > >=20
> > > >=20
> > > > saw.=A0 The black Road Runner was just
> > awesome.=A0 I'll let the pictures=20
> > > > speak for themselves.=A0 Interestingly, the
> > owner only lives about 30=20
> > > > miles from me, but I've never seen the car before
> > at any show I've been=20
> > > > to.=A0 Extra points to anyone who can spot the
> > two cars I take issue with=20
> > > > and why.
> > > >=20
> > > > Paul L.
> > > > '63 Sport Fury
> > > > 440/727
> > > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> >=20
> >=20
> > ----
> > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one
> > person -- directly to that person.=A0 I.e., send
> > parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other
> > personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the
> > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your
> > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the
> > content signal to Mopar topic.=A0 Thanks!
> >=20
> > '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
> > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.=20
> >=20
> > =0A=0A=0A      



Jeff Adams
64 Polara


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