[Phono-L] OT-vintage car

Andrew Baron andy at popyrus.com
Mon Jun 25 12:00:06 PDT 2007


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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