[Phono-L] OT-vintage car

Peter Fraser pjfraser at alamedanet.net
Tue Jun 26 04:49:32 PDT 2007


nope, but it does have the accelerator pedal starter switch and  
dynaflow tranny, plus the Guidematic Autronic Eye with Safety Salute...

On Jun 25, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Andrew Baron wrote:

> Does the '60 Buick Electra 225 have powered vent wings?  That  
> nailhead V8 has my enduring respect.  It was the best engine Buick  
> ever built, and I think that they lost something good when they  
> went to the 430 in 1967.
>
> Andy
>
>
> On Jun 25, 2007, at 12:49 PM, pjfraser at alamedanet.net wrote:
>
>> my daily drivers, from 1980 to 1989, when my new bride politely  
>> requested
>> that i get a "real" (i.e. reliable) car:
>>
>> '69 Alfa Spider (still have)
>> '60 Chrysler NYer 4dr HT
>> '60 Buick Electra 225 conv (still have)
>> '63 Rambler American 330 wagon
>> '58 Dodge (Suburban?) wagon
>> '60 Chrysler NYer 4dr HT wagon (still have)
>> '55 Packard 400 2dr HT (wish i still had)
>>
>> that last yacht of the land could have presented a CD-skip issue,  
>> in that
>> its Torsion-Level suspension had a little glitch in it, so as you  
>> floated
>> down the boulevard in it, it nosed up and nosed down, up, and...down.
>> thank goodness for the underdash kill switch.  gawd i miss that car.
>>
>> -- peter
>>
>> Andrew Baron wrote:
>>> Wonderful to think of this as your daily driver.
>>>
>>> Automotive CD player technology has improved over the years.  The
>>> older ones did have a tendency to skip more than what came later.
>>> You might want to try again if it's been a long time since the first
>>> attempt.  If the road is rough enough, the new ones can skip as  
>>> well.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 24, 2007, at 7:14 PM, TAEdisonJR at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> My daily driver is a 1928 Model A "Fordor" sedan. I tried putting
>>>> in a CD
>>>> player a few years ago but the vibration of the car caused it to
>>>> skip. If I can
>>>> ever find tiny speakers that have adequate volume and sound quality
>>>> I'd love
>>>> to  just stick an Ipod Shuffle behind the dash panel and load it up
>>>> with
>>>> period  music...
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Rene Rondeau
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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