Re: Engines, and assorted nonsense.

[Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>]

I seem to recall that the last American vehicle built with a carburetor was a 
1985
Jeep.

Bullwinkle wrote:

> <<<snip>>>
> Chris Thompson wrote:
> I've never DRIVEN a carbureted car before, let alone owned
> > one. That's what happens when you get your license in 1985 in a family with
> > no older cars.
> <<<snip>>>
>
> Listers:
>
> Doesn't that make some of us feel old!
>
> I can remember back in 1977 when I first drove a fuel injected Datsun 810 
>Maxima
> and there were mostly full service gas stations.  Young kids would look at the
> engine and marvel at all of the plumbing and the port injection system.  Now
> they look at the MG's SU carbs and ask, "what's that?"
>
> Blake

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