Dear "Uncle Phil" --
I recall McCahill's test of the AC Cobra that said the trunk only had room
for a "six-pack and a clean shirt." And one comment on a Jeep CJ he tested
said something about the seats being so bad and the doors so non-existant
that you could "toss Grandpa right out of his seat and into the corner
saloon in one bounce." Vinyl seats in a Dodge (?) were best cleaned by
scrubbing them with "the back of a wet poodle."
AX content, quickly inserted... Did he ever autocross any of the cars
tested?
JDK
"Phil Ethier"
<pethier@isd.net To: <JD_Kemp@URSCorp.com>
> cc: <autox@autox.team.net>,
<lorenzoscribe@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Sexy Cars, WAS: DS
vs ES
05/13/02 11:27
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>Mechanix Illustrated. I was immediately
>enchanted by Tom McCahill's writings.
Some sample fragments from Tom, strained through my boyhood memories:
"The makers say say this car does not heal in corners. Look at this
picture. If that mouse ain't healing, there's a helluvan earthquake in
Florida."
"The Triumph was a red as the eyes of a bloodshot bishop."
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.vtr2002.org
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