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| RE: Stop, you're making me cry! |
| By BOB HOPKINS - 11/16/2000 4:44:02 PM; IP 208.246.225.194 |
I wish i still had some of the cars i toor up will i was in the air force 2 56 fairlane hardtop's, a 1957 fairlane convertable a 1954 customline glasstop a 1954 2/doorpost 312". They were cheep down in texas dont remember paying more than a $150. 00, the last 1956 farelane 2/dood sedan had a 361" edsel motor that i replaced with a over the counter 427" shortblock {$400. 00 t. D. Y. Money} put the edsel heads, pan, shafer aluminum flywheel & plate to the stock t-85 3/speed {father to borgwarner 4/speed}390" tri-power 65 ford station wagon front springs and 3 extra leaves in rear springs found lincoln shocks would fit and stiffer,in 1965 4/speed's were rare!! that son of a gon would spin 8. 50 goodyears {no wide ovals were around for us poor gi's $200. 00 amonth was pay then} all the way to 50 in low leave black streaks to 90 in second and 8' black marks in 3rd then go on with 3. 23 rear gears and touch the back side of the zero peg on the speedo, lots of sice stright roads in west texas 120 was at aboutthe 4 oclock pos on spedo and the zero was around 7 we was moving on down the road. Fell asleep on way home fron air force wrecked it bought the 57 to replace it, had to hear from wifes that i should git rid of that toy for years got rid of her instead!!!!
old man babbling on again. |
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