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From: jeepcj2a@fluke.UUCP (Dale Chaudiere)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Any old car lovers out there?
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Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 10:55:38 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 28 10:55:38 1984
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Yes, there are old car lovers out here.  The RX-7 is a sharp car, but they are
just to common to draw the conversations you get driving your Shelby.  I have
always been more impressed with a well maintained, restored or customized older
car, than a new one that anyone with a fat wallet could obtain.

My wife's first car was a 1964.5 Mustang Coupe.  We repainted it and rebuilt
the 289.  During the gas crunch we sold it and bought a 1971 Opel GT.  Last
summer I dropped a factory rebuilt engine in it.

My car is a 1946 Jeep CJ2A.  I have owned it now for 10 years.  Last summer I
installed a 1964 225 V6 and installed a new suspension.  I payed $1000. dollars
for the jeep orginally and dumped maybe $5000 into it over 10 years (not
counting gas and oil).  Not only do I enjoy the conversation that the older
cars bring, but I can not justify the cost of a new car for what you get.
Here in Wa. State the yearly licensing fees for a new car kill you.  A new jeep
equipped like mine would cost ~$10000 and the licensing fees would be over $200
a year.  By the way Wa. State is an old car buffs dream.  They do not salt the
roads here, when and if it snows.  I have seen more older cars still on the
road here than anywhere else in the country.

 
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