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 >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************** See what's free at http:// >>> www.aol.com. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org