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*real* R/C car



I had a 67 Shelby Convertible with a GT-350 under that
hood.. Vroooom Vrooom.. not to mention a Duster, a
Maverick, a Cutlass, a OPP Interceptor Pack in a
Nova.. 

Look ma' I aint got but 4 cylinders now ..
saving the air she says
Saving my wallet I say....

Ahmen.

--- Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> That was back when Americans knew how to make a car.
> I had a '73 mustang. 
> 302 V8 with 3 spd manual.
> 
> 
> 
> Julie Macfarlane
> Menlo Park Research & Development
> Internet Application Developer
> www.menloparkrandd.com
> www.montgomeryweb.org
> Amsterdam NY
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Euroroc II <flaatr@yahoo.com>
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Re: *real* R/C car
> >Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 16:28:36 -0800
> >
> >The '69 Charger A.K.A. General Lee used in the
> series were powered by a 
> >318ci, 383ci, or 440ci engines with 4 barrel carbs,
> no six packs how sad... 
> >. Don't ask how I know... I just do.
> >
> >Never heard of a 426 Hemi General Lee but that
> doesn't mean there never was 
> >one.  Most replicas I've seen have either 440's or
> 426 Hemi motors...
> >
> >426 Hemi was best known in Barracuda, or as it was
> know Hemi 'Cuda. See and 
> >listen to  'Phantasm' for a nice Hemi 'Cuda
> >
> >-Raffi
> >
> >
> >At 04:55 PM 4/2/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >>In a message dated 04/02/2003 2:40:02 PM US
> Mountain Standard Time, 
> >>jtoomasson@yahoo.com writes:
> >>
> >>
> >> > The General blows KITT out of the water in
> truest aspect of a car's 
> >>measure:  _soul_
> >>
> >>You just gotta love the sound of a Hemi V8...and
> that big ol' steel whip 
> >>CB antenna  that twanged around whenever they'd
> powerslide around a 
> >>corner.  hehehe
> >>
> >>There were dozens of those cars made for the
> series.  Most of them 
> >>wrecked.  Most were just plain-Jane Chargers, but
> they made at least one 
> >>with the 426 in it.  If only for the soundtrack. 
> :)  I remember seeing 
> >>something about a guy who bought what he thought
> was a regular Charger.  
> >>Got it pretty cheap.  Then he started finding
> orange paint all over the 
> >>place.  When he went to restore the interior, he
> found some kind of Warner 
> >>Brothers purchase order or something underneath
> the back seat when he took 
> >>it out.  did some research on it and found that it
> was one of the many 
> >>used in the series.
> >>
> >>
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