And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
LOL - watched Vanishing Point 2 nights ago - try to explain that movie to someone under 65yrs old. It's like, "What was so appealing about Easy Rider, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry movies"? We understand, because we LIVED IT.
Got a well-used 1971 Challenger when I was in my very early twenties back in the late 70's. 340 4-bbl (Carter, not Holley) with a 4-speed & a 3.91 rear end. Last year for the high compression 340. Sunoco 260 was around 75 cents if I recall. The Carter was a "spread bore", which meant the secondaries were much, much larger than the primaries. When you opened it up it was somewhere close to 800 cfm, though it's been a long time so don't quote me. I can say with confidence that your chest would resonate with the roar. Manual steering. Didn't need to go to the gym, just parallel park it twice a day. Had a lot of fun doing (in retrospect) some incredibly stupid things in that car. Fond of saying now, "glad I survived owning it". Good times.
Not like Vanishing Point.
ReplyDeleteLOL - watched Vanishing Point 2 nights ago - try to explain that movie to someone under 65yrs old. It's like, "What was so appealing about Easy Rider, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry movies"? We understand, because we LIVED IT.
DeleteIt's a shame they kept the Charger instead of this one.
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"Da red onez go fastuh!" /CHP officer
DeleteThe street takeover baboons have ruined innocent fun.
ReplyDeleteGot a well-used 1971 Challenger when I was in my very early twenties back in the late 70's. 340 4-bbl (Carter, not Holley) with a 4-speed & a 3.91 rear end. Last year for the high compression 340. Sunoco 260 was around 75 cents if I recall. The Carter was a "spread bore", which meant the secondaries were much, much larger than the primaries. When you opened it up it was somewhere close to 800 cfm, though it's been a long time so don't quote me. I can say with confidence that your chest would resonate with the roar. Manual steering. Didn't need to go to the gym, just parallel park it twice a day. Had a lot of fun doing (in retrospect) some incredibly stupid things in that car. Fond of saying now, "glad I survived owning it". Good times.
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