L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
> Those too, along with German cars, seen a Volkswagen Golf, lately?

I saw a Rabbit convertible, painted pink, this morning on the highway.
Had to be late 70s. Looked like a Earl Scheib job on the paint. Top was
ratty. Missouri tags.

Around my neighborhood we RARELY see old cars. I did see a custom 57
Chevy on the road followed by a kustomized 60s Stingray coupe (no door
handles on either) being driven by a fat old man and woman yesterday.
Both had Iowa tags. Those are the exception. When I see ANY car older
than ten or fifteen years out here it's most always a Benz, BMW or
Volvo. Or a VW Bug.

 

L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
> Those too, along with German cars, seen a Volkswagen Golf, lately?

I saw a Rabbit convertible, painted pink, this morning on the highway.
Had to be late 70s. Looked like a Earl Scheib job on the paint. Top was
ratty. Missouri tags.

Around my neighborhood we RARELY see old cars. I did see a custom 57
Chevy on the road followed by a kustomized 60s Stingray coupe (no door
handles on either) being driven by a fat old man and woman yesterday.
Both had Iowa tags. Those are the exception. When I see ANY car older
than ten or fifteen years out here it's most always a Benz, BMW or
Volvo. Or a VW Bug.

 

L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:
> Those too, along with German cars, seen a Volkswagen Golf, lately?

I saw a Rabbit convertible, painted pink, this morning on the highway.
Had to be late 70s. Looked like a Earl Scheib job on the paint. Top was
ratty. Missouri tags.

Around my neighborhood we RARELY see old cars. I did see a custom 57
Chevy on the road followed by a kustomized 60s Stingray coupe (no door
handles on either) being driven by a fat old man and woman yesterday.
Both had Iowa tags. Those are the exception. When I see ANY car older
than ten or fifteen years out here it's most always a Benz, BMW or
Volvo. Or a VW Bug.

 

Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
> I live in Southeast MI, I don't see nearly as many foreign cars as you do,
> or when I lived in the South for 22 years...LOTS of Nissans, Hondas and
> Toyotas. The way things are going for the Big Three that's changing fast,
> and I have seen a lot more Hondas and Toyotas lately around here.
>
> Remember the Honda Oddity (Odyssey) my wife lease a while back...we had to
> file a lemon law suit to make them buy it back because they couldn't fix the
> oil leak. Leaked a quart every 300 miles. Each morning there would be a
> puddle under the car. Had to park it over a catch pan. I prefer American
> nameplates but the Honda had the features we wanted. Of course by the time
> they finally took it back the Fords and Chryslers caught up.


The Hondas are built in the US now, as are most other Japanese
marques. The US cars have as much Mexican, Brazilian and Chinese as
they can get away with.

 

Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
> I live in Southeast MI, I don't see nearly as many foreign cars as you do,
> or when I lived in the South for 22 years...LOTS of Nissans, Hondas and
> Toyotas. The way things are going for the Big Three that's changing fast,
> and I have seen a lot more Hondas and Toyotas lately around here.
>
> Remember the Honda Oddity (Odyssey) my wife lease a while back...we had to
> file a lemon law suit to make them buy it back because they couldn't fix the
> oil leak. Leaked a quart every 300 miles. Each morning there would be a
> puddle under the car. Had to park it over a catch pan. I prefer American
> nameplates but the Honda had the features we wanted. Of course by the time
> they finally took it back the Fords and Chryslers caught up.


The Hondas are built in the US now, as are most other Japanese
marques. The US cars have as much Mexican, Brazilian and Chinese as
they can get away with.

 

Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
> I live in Southeast MI, I don't see nearly as many foreign cars as you do,
> or when I lived in the South for 22 years...LOTS of Nissans, Hondas and
> Toyotas. The way things are going for the Big Three that's changing fast,
> and I have seen a lot more Hondas and Toyotas lately around here.
>
> Remember the Honda Oddity (Odyssey) my wife lease a while back...we had to
> file a lemon law suit to make them buy it back because they couldn't fix the
> oil leak. Leaked a quart every 300 miles. Each morning there would be a
> puddle under the car. Had to park it over a catch pan. I prefer American
> nameplates but the Honda had the features we wanted. Of course by the time
> they finally took it back the Fords and Chryslers caught up.


The Hondas are built in the US now, as are most other Japanese
marques. The US cars have as much Mexican, Brazilian and Chinese as
they can get away with.

 

Wow...I had a Pinto and a Vega, both '76...my Explodomobile
was just shy of 20 years when I sold it...sure liked it tho.


"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:3a574$450e0136$422afc51$23569@FUSE.NET...
> When the local Oldsmobile dealer started selling Subarus
> in '72 they arrived on the lot with rust already bubbling
> through the paint.
>
> Those little engines ran a lot stronger than the Pinto and
> Vega engines....
>
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
> message news:450DF0AC.76CF8522@***.net...
>> I live in Southern California, there are no Japanese
>> cars older
>> than fifteen years, and few make it ten!
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>> Bret Ludwig wrote:
>>>
>>> *** talking some more are we Bill?? Yes. The last time
>>> I was in LA one
>>> thing that surprised me was the number of Brit and Jap
>>> cars from the
>>> 50s, 60s, 70s (the 240Z is 33+ years old now) on the
>>> road. The tin worm
>>> has kiled them all out here. The engines ran up to the
>>> end and then
>>> some.
>>>
>>> The OHC Nissan 4 and 6 were long running engines as
>>> were such Toyota
>>> engines as the 20R and 22R. Heavy though.
>
>

 

Wow...I had a Pinto and a Vega, both '76...my Explodomobile
was just shy of 20 years when I sold it...sure liked it tho.


"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:3a574$450e0136$422afc51$23569@FUSE.NET...
> When the local Oldsmobile dealer started selling Subarus
> in '72 they arrived on the lot with rust already bubbling
> through the paint.
>
> Those little engines ran a lot stronger than the Pinto and
> Vega engines....
>
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
> message news:450DF0AC.76CF8522@***.net...
>> I live in Southern California, there are no Japanese
>> cars older
>> than fifteen years, and few make it ten!
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>> Bret Ludwig wrote:
>>>
>>> *** talking some more are we Bill?? Yes. The last time
>>> I was in LA one
>>> thing that surprised me was the number of Brit and Jap
>>> cars from the
>>> 50s, 60s, 70s (the 240Z is 33+ years old now) on the
>>> road. The tin worm
>>> has kiled them all out here. The engines ran up to the
>>> end and then
>>> some.
>>>
>>> The OHC Nissan 4 and 6 were long running engines as
>>> were such Toyota
>>> engines as the 20R and 22R. Heavy though.
>
>

 

Wow...I had a Pinto and a Vega, both '76...my Explodomobile
was just shy of 20 years when I sold it...sure liked it tho.


"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:3a574$450e0136$422afc51$23569@FUSE.NET...
> When the local Oldsmobile dealer started selling Subarus
> in '72 they arrived on the lot with rust already bubbling
> through the paint.
>
> Those little engines ran a lot stronger than the Pinto and
> Vega engines....
>
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in
> message news:450DF0AC.76CF8522@***.net...
>> I live in Southern California, there are no Japanese
>> cars older
>> than fifteen years, and few make it ten!
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>> Bret Ludwig wrote:
>>>
>>> *** talking some more are we Bill?? Yes. The last time
>>> I was in LA one
>>> thing that surprised me was the number of Brit and Jap
>>> cars from the
>>> 50s, 60s, 70s (the 240Z is 33+ years old now) on the
>>> road. The tin worm
>>> has kiled them all out here. The engines ran up to the
>>> end and then
>>> some.
>>>
>>> The OHC Nissan 4 and 6 were long running engines as
>>> were such Toyota
>>> engines as the 20R and 22R. Heavy though.
>
>

 

I've had a couple of Studebakers with Strombergs, never had any trouble
with them.

Jeff DeWitt

Dave Milne wrote:
> I think we agree on Strombergs. Essentially the same design, though. Funny,
> that.
> Dave
>
> "Bret Ludwig" <bretldwig@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1158535552.291299.42130@m73g2000cwd.googlegro ups.com...
>
>>Dave Milne wrote:
>>
>>>Ouch !
>>>
>>>Actually, it ran very smoothly, but it was a regular Saturday morning
>
> job to
>
>>>put oil in the twin SU's dash pots :-)
>>
>>
>> Most of the six cylinder Triumphs were swapped out for Buick V6s,
>>Mazda rotaries, or fitted with Webers here in the States. I threw at
>>least twenty of the old Strombergs used on Jags and such over here in
>>the smog years in the aluminum smelt pile a few years ago. No one
>>misses 'em. The SU was another matter: a good easy carb to work on once
>>you learned how. The Harley guys used to be the big market for them
>>used.
>>
>
>
>