Three things I can think of quickly: OHV V8; solid rear axle; and rear leaf
springs.

Chris Williams
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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Denis Palmans [SMTP:[email protected]]
        Sent:   Friday, January 21, 2000 5:11 PM
        To:     W. Lee Hendrick; [email protected]
        Subject:        Re: FW: GTi vs. GTI, GLi vs. GLI

        How exactly is the Impalla Low-Tech?

        -Denis '90 GTI 8v

        >Err, I would hardly call the Impalla a 4dr sports car,
        >American or not. The Caprice made a great taxi cab and police
        >cruiser, but the addition of a Corvette motor, big rubber and
firmer
        >suspension does not a 'sports car' make. It's a unique vehicle
which
        >harkens back to the glory days of the American muscle car, if you
        >like that sort of thing. On the other hand it was a low-tech,
        >old-school, gas-guzzling, tire-burning, over-weight, road-hogging
        >monster of a car. But I guess that's the idea. . . Muscle car?
        >Definately. Performance car? Maybe. Sports car? Not in my book.

        >just my 2ยข,

        >Lee




        W. Lee Hendrick

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