-----Original Message----- From: Zito, James A (GE Infra, Energy) Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 11:33 AM To: olds list (E-mail) Subject: FW: RE: 71 442 segment
And this is what they sent back to me....... Nice to get a reply too bad they didn't read all of my initial missive.... -----Original Message----- From: James Zito [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 11:36 PM To: Charley Buehner; Cliff Simpson; Frank Fellman; Ian Dixon; Inc. Infinite Space Systems; Joe Vitek; Kevin Wright; Mark Mullins; Stephen Hoover (Stephen Hoover); Steve Reed; Tom Schnerk; wagons; Willy Pyle Subject: FW: RE: 71 442 segment "We don't inherit the world from our ancestors, we borrow it from our kids." Al "Grandpa" Lewis > [Original Message] > From: Muscle Car Television <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 8/14/2006 10:33:07 AM > Subject: RE: 71 442 segment > > Thanks for watching! We mentioned the 400-ci engine just to show where > the 442 name came from & specified a sentence or two later that this one > had a 455. good to see that someone's paying such close attention, > though.<G> > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Zito [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 11:33 AM > To: Muscle Car Television > Subject: 71 442 segment > > While I do TRULY appreciate the use of a 71 Four Four Two, not four > forty two, in the show, I would also like to point out a couple of > issues I had with the presentation. > > First as I believe the first sentence makes clear the name is the > individual digits, not four forty two. Most owners of Oldsmobile muscle > cringe when they these cars referred to that way. > > Second when you were first describing the car and with the graphics you > indicated that it had a 400 cu in engine. In fact that was true up > through the 1969 model. With cars from '64 through 67 having the short > stroke 400 engine and the 68 and 69 having the long stroke 400 which > shared cranks with the 455. In 1970 GM removed the no more than 400 > cubic inches in a midsize car, and they started putting the 455 in them. > Noteable exceptions to this rule were the 69 and 69 Husrst Olds, which > both had 455 engines; however, they were assembeled out side of the GM > regulations. > > Third you implied that '71 was the only year for the "Tic Toc Tac," this > is also untrue as all Ralley or Trak Pacs came with the combo clock and > tachometer. > > Thanks for taking the time to listen. > > Jim Zito > 69 442 conv owner > which was purchased new by my father 37 years ago. > > > "We don't inherit the world from our ancestors, we borrow it from our > kids." > Al "Grandpa" Lewis >
