*real* R/C car

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

That was back when Americans knew how to make a car. I had a '73 mustang. 
302 V8 with 3 spd manual.



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: Euroroc II <flaatr@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: *real* R/C car
>Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 16:28:36 -0800
>
>The '69 Charger A.K.A. General Lee used in the series were powered by a 
>318ci, 383ci, or 440ci engines with 4 barrel carbs, no six packs how sad... 
>. Don't ask how I know... I just do.
>
>Never heard of a 426 Hemi General Lee but that doesn't mean there never was 
>one.  Most replicas I've seen have either 440's or 426 Hemi motors...
>
>426 Hemi was best known in Barracuda, or as it was know Hemi 'Cuda. See and 
>listen to  'Phantasm' for a nice Hemi 'Cuda
>
>-Raffi
>
>
>At 04:55 PM 4/2/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>In a message dated 04/02/2003 2:40:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
>>jtoomasson@yahoo.com writes:
>>
>>
>> > The General blows KITT out of the water in truest aspect of a car's 
>>measure:  _soul_
>>
>>You just gotta love the sound of a Hemi V8...and that big ol' steel whip 
>>CB antenna  that twanged around whenever they'd powerslide around a 
>>corner.  hehehe
>>
>>There were dozens of those cars made for the series.  Most of them 
>>wrecked.  Most were just plain-Jane Chargers, but they made at least one 
>>with the 426 in it.  If only for the soundtrack.  :)  I remember seeing 
>>something about a guy who bought what he thought was a regular Charger.  
>>Got it pretty cheap.  Then he started finding orange paint all over the 
>>place.  When he went to restore the interior, he found some kind of Warner 
>>Brothers purchase order or something underneath the back seat when he took 
>>it out.  did some research on it and found that it was one of the many 
>>used in the series.
>>
>>
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