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*real* R/C car



I went from the mustang to a 40hp 1969 bug. One end of the power spectrum to 
the other!



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: Patrick Bureau <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
>To: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>, flaatr@yahoo.com,  
>scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: *real* R/C car
>Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 18:02:00 -0800 (PST)
>
>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.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Tom in Tucson
> > >>88 16 V Scirocco  80 Scirocco S  80 Scirocco  79
> > Scirocco  76 Scirocco FSP
> > >>Project
> > >>The Slowest, Rustiest, Crappiest and worst looking
> > scirocco(s) in all of
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> > >>www.area-53.com
> > >>Armor Door Plates - $42.95 shipped to the lower 48
> >
> >
> >
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