I like to look at the winning bidders and wonder HTF they came up with $70K for a car that retailed for $4200 40 years ago that was a POS within 3 months of leaving the dealer's lot.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > Donald Snook wrote: > > I don't think the 442 ever had a 425. They were either 400 or the bad boy >> 455. >> > > A little Wiki straightened me out. I think I was right about it being 1968, > which would have been a 400 with a 4.25" stroke. I know it was not a 455. > I want to say one of his friends 'borrowed' his engine after he quit > racing. > I do remember why it got crushed, somebody vandalized it. It was gone > before I helped him crush some rusting hulks about 15 years ago (one of > those was a 1963 Comet, white with red bucket seats, the frame broke when we > dragged it out of the weeds, I wanted to cry). > > My uncle had a white 327 Camaro RS, either '67 or '68, upgraded to a 350 > when the 327 threw a rod about 40 years ago. The only new car he ever owned. > Auto tranny, there's no way my uncle could drive a stick. > I loved those RS headlight covers and the white vinyl seats with checkered > cloth inserts when I was a kid. The white vinyl roof I could have done > without. My nephew was supposed to restore the body for shop class, but it > was stolen from the school parking lot before it was finished. He's retired > now, and sorely wishes he had his car back. I'm thinking if he has the title > we should visit some car shows and see if we can find it. > > Mitch. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
