GAWD I just love stirring things up!!!!
I'm sorry Dan, I just couldn't resist! That sentence just cried out for
a "bowtie" rejoinder and before I know it, ZAP! it was done
I'll make a confession, here though. I was always the odd ball in the
Chevy/Ford wars. Just to keep everybody POed, I used to jump in on the
side of Chrysler (Hemi's. 440 wedges, Slant 6's who cares)
My son (as advid a Chevy man as exists), has come up with the discussion
stopper.
His question goes something like this.
" You are always hearing about the Chevy powered 19?? Ford rod, but
when was the last time you heard of a Ford powered Chevy?
And in this neck of the woods, Ford powered anything, but Fords is
about as scarce as bad Jack Daniels.
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Sat, 20 Dec 1997 15:42:03 -0600 DANIEL RAY <danray@bluegrass.net>
writes:
>C'mon, Rick!
>Although I am from a devout "Anti-Ford" family, we both know that the
>=
>351 Cleveland was a helluva motor, as is the 350 (same as in my '96 =
>Tahoe, just different induction is all) and the Chevy 327!
>My limited years and experience tell me that Ford made some wacky =
>engineering decisions, just look at a '76 Mustang "Ghia" (the little =
>one) with a 302 stuffed in it --you can't get to ANY of the spark
>plugs =
>due to the emissions and it prob'ly made about 100 hp! But the trucks
>=
>are as tough as the Chevys.=20
>For our off-continent friends, there is a strong GM vs. Ford, usually
>=
>friendly, antagonism between Autophile Americans...akin to North vs. =
>South and MG vs. Triumph. Not to mention the MOPAR devotees! hehe...
>Sorry, had to wade in on that comment about Ford, good iron is good
>iron =
>to me... If my brother heard that, I'd never hear the end of it,
>though! =
>;)
>Dan
> ----------
>From: Rick Morrison
>Sent: Saturday, December 20, 1997 11:09 AM
>To: spook01@mindspring.com
>Cc: hert@worldaccess.nl; bruset@monmouth.com;
>mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: The Encyclopedia of Classic Cars - Pantera?
>
>
>On Fri, 19 Dec 1997 21:49:31 -0600 Ray McCrary
><spook01@mindspring.com>
>writes:
>>The Pantera had a big, bad Ford 351 Cleveland in it. Pantera wanted
>>massive DEPENDABLE power.
>>Ray
>
>Uh, isn't that a contradictory statement - ie. Ford and dependable in
>=
>the
>same sentence?
>
>
>Rick Morrison
>72 MGBGT
>74 Midget
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