1) I was reading today's L.A. Times' weekly
inported-car infomercial, a.k.a: "Highway 1", and 'saw' that the
Australian (congratulations--they sorta-love it; it's NOT
euro-asian, after all!) Holden-brand "Monaro'
coupe is soon to arrive, in the You-ess, as the
General Motors' : (DON'T call me "Pontiac"; there's NO "Pontiac"
badging, on it) G.T.O. .
Here's my observation: the car WEIGHS
3,825 LBS.!!! Sound familiar? That's HEAVIER
than a 57-ish Coro/Plymmie!!!
It seems Bob Lutz (remember HIM??) thought that the Generic Motors'
generic "F" chassis, as used on the Firedogs/Cameras (remember them?)
was too flexible, and that "American"
(read: 'Ricers') buyers (for $33K!!!!; compare with the $20K-Neons)
would want a asian-
looking/euro-chassis'ing car, and NOT an
"American-muscle" looking/handling car.
That car may well be AMAZING-handling (altho the article mentions that
its 0-60 'time' of 5.3 secs is surpassed by that Amero-dog car:
Musty-wang Cobra SVT, but it SURE is plain-OOGLIE!!
MORAL of story: when next-guy mentions how
big' our cars are, just say that they're (NOT counting 300s!!) only
SLIGHTLY heavier than the (don't-call-me-Pontiac!) G.T.O.--dunno what
the 'Musties" weigh!
2) second: observation: Horace SEEMS to be fairly rattle-free, but has
anyone been able to compare the shake/rattle/roll of a chassis,
before-and-after installing the "chassis-donut-
bushings" (requires 'frame-off' operation, to install)
Neil Vedder
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