jaywish
12-24-2003, 11:57 AM
Did you folks ever ask yourselves why we may not walk like the rest of the ducks?
I mean why don't we just have 4cyl high efficiency wheels like most of the rest of the country.
Well at least I think I know why in my case.
I believe I was 11yrs old (+or-)and this was 1968. My family and I were on a multi day visit with relatives in Connecticut. We needed to go to some family occasion (a wedding?) that I no longer remember. My older cousin Steve got the job of driving us to the event.
He was in the car business and he grabbed a 66 or maybe 67 Coronet wagon off the lot for the job.
There were 6 adults and 2 kids. I was in the jump seat. I guess the sound deadening wasn't the best in those cars (thankfully)
He pulled out onto what I believe was I95 and we were late. He got on that baby.
It probably only a 318 2bbl, but what a sound. A V8 really working. I know he was flying due to my parents gentle comments about maybe slowing down. He didn't as we had to make time. The limit was 70 anyway so what was maybe another 20 or so when you were late.
I loved that sound. A V8 working under load at high speed. It came through the floor clear as a bell (or maybe a siren song) I still remember that ride 25years later... just for the sound.
I think that's why I love the sound of a V8 and maybe why I also have an 8 passenger wagon.
Jay
I mean why don't we just have 4cyl high efficiency wheels like most of the rest of the country.
Well at least I think I know why in my case.
I believe I was 11yrs old (+or-)and this was 1968. My family and I were on a multi day visit with relatives in Connecticut. We needed to go to some family occasion (a wedding?) that I no longer remember. My older cousin Steve got the job of driving us to the event.
He was in the car business and he grabbed a 66 or maybe 67 Coronet wagon off the lot for the job.
There were 6 adults and 2 kids. I was in the jump seat. I guess the sound deadening wasn't the best in those cars (thankfully)
He pulled out onto what I believe was I95 and we were late. He got on that baby.
It probably only a 318 2bbl, but what a sound. A V8 really working. I know he was flying due to my parents gentle comments about maybe slowing down. He didn't as we had to make time. The limit was 70 anyway so what was maybe another 20 or so when you were late.
I loved that sound. A V8 working under load at high speed. It came through the floor clear as a bell (or maybe a siren song) I still remember that ride 25years later... just for the sound.
I think that's why I love the sound of a V8 and maybe why I also have an 8 passenger wagon.
Jay