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Re: 1979 Road Test

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Subject: Re: 1979 Road Test
From: rickfisk <rickfisk@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 17:07:44 -0500
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You're thinking of the Pontiac Fiero.  I have one of those too <g>.

Rick
'59 Bugeye

Jeff Boatright wrote:

> The X1/9 -- isn't that the car that used to explode regularly? A fellow in
> my neighborhood has Three. Two of them have scorch marks all over their
> midsections. OTOH, any car that has such a following must be fun.
>
> At 3:42 PM -0500 11/3/98, Ron Soave wrote:
>
> > > While the minority of contemporary automotive journalists felt like Don,
> >
> > Maybe not just a minority.  In 1976 Road and Track said:
> >
> >  "Anyone who would buy a Midget when an X1/9 is available for only $1000
> > more would have to be a complete masochist."
> >
> > Ron
> > Masochist-at-Large
>
> Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
> http://www.molvis.org/molvis
> Mailto:jboatri@emory.edu
> 404-778-4113


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