On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:23:25 -0500, "Eisboch"
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"Lamont Cranston" wrote in message
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Back in the day, my Father had a '57 Chevy with an Olds engine in it.
Can't remember what size it was, but I know it was an Olds.

My maternal Grandfather was the Shop Foreman for the Oldsmobile engine
plant where they used to pour and mill the blocks.


In those days, and even later, each GM division had their own engine
designs. As we moved into the late 60's and 70's all the GM parts became
generic, including the basic car frames. Who can forget that lame excuse
for a Caddy that was basically a soft spring version of a Chevy Nova? A
shame, as it ended the Golden Era of US cars. Interestingly, there seems to
be a current swing back to being more independent and to differentiate
between the car lines. This is good!

Eisboch

Ford differentiated so well with the new Mustang that the name of the
car is nowhere on the outside!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"JohnH" wrote in message
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Ford differentiated so well with the new Mustang that the name of the
car is nowhere on the outside!

John H


I'll tell ya ... I am kinda in the mood for a new toy and the new 2005, 300
hp Mustang is high on my list.

Eisboch

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:20:14 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
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Ford differentiated so well with the new Mustang that the name of the
car is nowhere on the outside!

I'll tell ya ... I am kinda in the mood for a new toy and the new 2005, 300
hp Mustang is high on my list.

I don't like them all that much. Way to retro for my taste. I prefer
'em in their original state. Cars should evolve, not devolve.

Which is why I liked the Prowler - very modern look while at the same
time being a little retro in concept.

Now if we could only get GM to crank up the Oldsmobile line and
reintroduce a new 442 design... :)

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 03:13:51 GMT, Lamont Cranston
wrote:

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:20:14 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
. ..

Ford differentiated so well with the new Mustang that the name of the
car is nowhere on the outside!

I'll tell ya ... I am kinda in the mood for a new toy and the new 2005, 300
hp Mustang is high on my list.

I don't like them all that much. Way to retro for my taste. I prefer
'em in their original state. Cars should evolve, not devolve.

Which is why I liked the Prowler - very modern look while at the same
time being a little retro in concept.

Now if we could only get GM to crank up the Oldsmobile line and
reintroduce a new 442 design... :)

I had a '68 and now have an '05. Other than the color and the grill
style, they are totally different cars. Drive one, you'll see.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"Eisboch" wrote in message
.. .


I'll tell ya ... I am kinda in the mood for a new toy and the new 2005,
300
hp Mustang is high on my list.

Eisboch


Anybody excited about the Chinese cars Bricklin plans to import? I owned a
Russian 'Lada' in the early '80s & it was fun to drive (if you like the
retro thing).

"Don White" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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I'll tell ya ... I am kinda in the mood for a new toy and the new 2005,
300
hp Mustang is high on my list.

Eisboch


Anybody excited about the Chinese cars Bricklin plans to import? I owned
a
Russian 'Lada' in the early '80s & it was fun to drive (if you like the
retro thing).



Even the Russian's and East German's hated that POS Lada!

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 06:35:20 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Don White" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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I'll tell ya ... I am kinda in the mood for a new toy and the new 2005,
300
hp Mustang is high on my list.

Eisboch


Anybody excited about the Chinese cars Bricklin plans to import? I owned
a
Russian 'Lada' in the early '80s & it was fun to drive (if you like the
retro thing).

Even the Russian's and East German's hated that POS Lada!

A local collector has a '84 Chaika GAZ limosine - it's very impressive
in it's quality. One interesting fact that I didn't know is that the
metal is dyed black - I think around 20 coats, hand rubbed inbetween.

Interesting vehicle.

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 03:57:25 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message
. ..


I'll tell ya ... I am kinda in the mood for a new toy and the new 2005,
300
hp Mustang is high on my list.

Anybody excited about the Chinese cars Bricklin plans to import? I owned a
Russian 'Lada' in the early '80s & it was fun to drive (if you like the
retro thing).

My wife had a Yugo - that's about all I'll say about that.

It's interesting that the former Yugo factory now makes Century
tractors which is a great product.

As long as we are talking strange vehicles, there is a farmer here in
town who has a Beloruss tractor - one of the zillion four cylinder, 75
hp diesel tractors produced during the great era of single source
Communism in the former USSR. They were the great horse of
agricultural communism being, at once, the family go-to-town vehicle,
the plow horse, the hay horse, the manure spreader - everything that a
farm vehicle does, it did.

It was his everyday tractor for a long time, but recently the beast
has developed parts disease - they are getting harder and harder to
find. Eventually he will run out of his own set of spares and it will
go to tractor heaven, but it won't die because it was built shoddily.

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:20:14 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .

Ford differentiated so well with the new Mustang that the name of the
car is nowhere on the outside!

John H


I'll tell ya ... I am kinda in the mood for a new toy and the new 2005, 300
hp Mustang is high on my list.

Eisboch

They are nice!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes