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Re: [Roadsters] 1600 v 2000?

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Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 1600 v 2000?
From: ppeters914@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:31:17 +0000
Ditto.

Pete "Flat Dashes Forever"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "James Fogg" <James@jdfogg.com>
> > I've seen several ground up restorations of 1600s and 2000s. All
> things
> > being equal, the cost is very similar. So, other than "because it's
> been
> > in
> > my family for years", or "because I like 1600s better than 2000s", why
> are
> > some people pouring a ton of money into restoring a stock 1600? Why
> not go
> > with a 2000? Same car, but with more gears and more power.
> >
> > Just curious.
> 
> 
> I greatly prefer the pre-1968 models, and I'm not alone in that. If I
> want a 2000 I have a 6 month period in which they were made, and parts
> are incredibly rare for certain items (find a 67.5 headrest, if you
> can).
> 
> I find the low windshield lines far more attractive, and I love the flat
> metal dashboard. The "look" of the pre-1968's combined with the higher
> displacement engine is what makes the 67.5 so hotly coveted.
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