<VV> I had one,too / Sugar in Gas

[UltraMonzaWest@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/10/2004 5:07:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
s10birdman1966@yahoo.com writes:

> Geoff,Matt--i bought a ' 65 Monza in' 72 for $50..110/4 maroon coupe,black 
> int, nice body for this area..ran like the wind,so much so i spent a weeks 
> pay to purchase all the steering parts and worked till near dawn (after 
> b-shift) putting it together,so my buddy at Goodyear could do the alignment...which 
> i never made.People liked to mess with others cars in that neighborhood,and 
> my spirited Monza just couldn't digest all that sugar..Point is,i really miss 
> that-and the'65 500/95,' 61 greenbrier,etc,cause they ran great with little 
> or no help from me..fire or flood,i'll enjoy one again (with a grin bigger 
> than Texas !) Tom
> 
> 
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See......if you'd just put new rings in that engine..it would be yours 
today!....And you'd had $$$  left over to buy a locking gas cap!!!  Honest!

Speaking of "running like the wind".......tonight during dinner with friends 
in a town about 40 miles away......CHP  asked about my 
Corvair.....conversation led to my running it up on a 5 mile flat stretch....107 mph / 
radar.....110/4/3.27  with 185/80/13's....Speedo said 114........but it has my custom 
distributor curve, and opened air filter housing with risers on the carb tops...

PS.....seems his -61 Valiant with 140ci  slant six will only do 87 
mph!........now he believes that Tom K.  really did go 170 at Bonnevile!  LOL!

Matt