| 1959 Ford Fairlane, 312 CI cruise machine, morphed into a 390 Ci with beefed auto trans, metallic brakes, koni shocks, morphed into a twin four barrel carbed, high lift cammed, hi-comp piston monster,
1956 Chevy with straight six. USed to carry my Suzuki dirt bike in the back seat area and also a great little dirt tracker (very very pre WRC)
1957 Ford Fairlane Salesman sedan with original straight six bought from a stripper for 25 yankee dollars, used for commuting to college, then morphed into a 7 liter (406 CI) early Nascar engined street racer, heavy springs, koni shocks, metallic brakes, 4:11 rear limited slip, light as hell and uglier to boot.
1964 Chevy with 283 CI V8, that stood up to immense abuse during graduate school.
1975 Mazda pickup truck, 1300 CC for hauling gear and bikes around.
Sporty urges were handled by Kawasaki A-1 and A-7, and awesome 350 that champed through lots of long hard miles.
Gee, Europe sure is a different place! |