Re: [FWDLK] Well, I'm officially not young, any more

[Richard Whelan <rwhelansr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gee Neil, I thought you were older than me! Happy belated birthday anyway. 
Dick
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> Turned 57, today, which hapened to be my favorite year, of the last
> century (or of this one)
>
> I was so upset when  1957 ended, that I held a grudge against 1958, all
> year, and was glad  when  IT ended.
>
> Enjoyed 1959 , though, and was shocked, shocked, to realize, in 1969,
> that 1959 had occurred TEN  years earlier!  It seemed to have been so
> recent, in my memory.
>
> One more thing, not really on-topic (hey, it's my Birthday, humor me):
>
> I'm (re-) reading the 9/61 Motor Life (the one with the review of the
> 1961 Dodge "Powerhouse Packages" in it) .
>
> In it, several times, the impending new Furd car model, the "Cardinal"
> (????) is mentioned, several times.
>
> One mention states that the car is being seen, on the Furd Dearborn test
> track, and another mentions that it might be front wheel drive.
>
> I do not ever recall hearing the name "Cardinal" associated with a
> Fart-product; was its name changed, to become the Mustywang?
>
> BTW, we-all should know that the trade name
> Falcon belonged to Chrysler (hence, the Falcon 2-seater Show car) but
> that CHRY sold (for a very nominal amount the name "Falcon" to Fart
> around 1959).
>
> I mention this, because the Mustwang was brought-out with its new body
> sitting on a mundane Falcon suspension (so, if the Musty-one was a
> re-named "Cardinal", I wonder what had become of the front-wheel drive
> platform, that the Cardinal was supposed  to have, under it.
>
> We now return you to our regularly scheduled
> conversation.........
>
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