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Tim & all,
I also have experienced this type of person.
Usually I get the story when I have one of our Letter Cars out at some event and
it goes like this. Wow, my Dad (insert who ever works for you) had one
just like this except it was a four door and had a different colored top and had
a 440 Hemi in it. Also there is usually something stated by them about
driving the car 150+ MPH and smoking the tires at 100+ when it shifts into high
gear. Over the years I usually try to end the conversation quickly as this
type really irritates me.
A special story I like to tell is one that occurred
several years ago. Wayne Graefen and I had gone to Pierce College in the
San Fernando Valley to a Mopar Swap Meet. That time we took my Tango Red
C300. After a while we returned to the car to put some items in the trunk
that we had purchased.
I had my key inserted into the trunk to unlock it when
I was approached by a Chap who said "is this your car"? Being the wise guy
I am I wanted to say NO I'M JUST IN THE PROCESS OF STEALING IT. I did
answer yes and his immediate reply was "why did you ruin it"? My reply was
what do you mean? He responded with "everyone knows all of them where
WHITE". I had documentation in the trunk to show him he was wrong, but I
simply closed the trunk, looked at him with a glare and walked
away.
John Lazenby
Southern California, just minutes from
Disneyland
1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe Town & Country
1955
Imperial Newport
1955 Chrysler C300
1956 Chrysler 300B
1957 Chrysler
300C Coupe
1960 Chrysler 300F Coupe
1963 Volkswagen
Beetle
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Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:36
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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] RED PLYMOUTH
FURY
Do only Mopar owners have to deal with this phenomenon? I
meet person after person who owned a Dodge D500 that had a dual quad Hemi
engine only theirs had the 392 or better yet the 361 (obviously the rarest of
all Hemis). Sadly there seems to be no way to defuse this perpetuation of
total fantasy. I personally believe it is far more pronounced in the
Mopar lines. I have owned a lot of other makes and do not recall being
approached by so many people that new more about my car than I did and set
upon educating me about what I "have". Seems pretty odd because more
often than not these people started out by asking what type of car it
was. I always feel lucky when I get to talk with someone who is not from
that "other planet" where not so long ago Furys lined the streets in
every color and body style and the 392 Hemi was more common than a 57
chevy. Tim in Golden
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