Go ahead,Paul, ruin a good joke with facts. However, I do dispute your facts. Iococa did run that ad for the Colt. And that V6 is not a Buick engine it is a GM engine. Gor, the indignity of it, a Buick with a generic V6, what ever happened to that wonderful Fireball Straight Eight?
Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Stenquist wrote: > Buick V6 engines are made at the GM engine plant in Warren Michigan. > Lee Iacoco's "buy-American" commercials were for the K-Cars, which > were American made. I was there. > Paul > On Jan 5, 2008, at 11:44 AM, graywolf wrote: > >> Naaa... They went to a new engine in '55, and nowadays their >> engine is made by a Japanese company in China. >> >> Which reminds me of those Lee Iococa (sp?) ads saying to buy >> American (referring to the Dodge Colt which was actually >> made in Korea vs. the Honda Accord which was actually made >> in Ohio). To me, that may have been the funniest ad of all time. >> >> >> Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) >> Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com >> Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> >> Stan Halpin wrote: >>> Did you try the local Buick dealer? They may still be using the same >>> engine... >>> >>> stan >>> >>> On Jan 4, 2008, at 8:06 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> >>>> My uncle Dave needs gaskets (a complete set, apparently) for a 1932 >>>> Buick F32 (6 cylinder) >>>> >>>> Any idea where I could find this kind of stuff? >>>> >>>> (He should have kept the '39 Chevy -- I was able to find parts for >>>> that...) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>> and follow the directions. >>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
