RE: 63 glovebox owners manual - the bagpipe player

Wow, that is random!

Maybe it's in reference to the section:

KEEP TIRE PRESSURE UP

Soft tires increase rolling friction which must be overcome by using more gas.

> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:06:46 -0400
> Subject: 63 glovebox owners manual - the bagpipe player
> From: jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> So I took a few friends out to lunch today in my 63. I still have the
> original owners manual in the console. Towards the end is a chapter
> on "How to improve gasoline economy". It includes what I always
> thought was an odd and fairly random image of a guy playing the bag
> pipes. I pointed it out to my friends who were thumbing through the
> manual. One of them suggested it's a Scotsman who are stereotyped for
> being 'frugal'. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is what Chrysler
> had in mind?
>
> Here's a link to a reasonable facsimile of the page:
> http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/alfa/45/om36.htm
>
> - Jim
> Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
> '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
> '63 Polara 500 (383)
> '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
> '71 Bronco
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