<VV> MoPar (was: Boss, Fender Skirts, Lord knows what else)

[W Halsey]

Interesting thread------------------

I have owned several Mopars, my favorite was a 70 Plymouth Satellite. That
was a fast, good looking car.

Fords?-- Owned many over the years. My high school car was a 53 German Ford;
my college car was a 47 Ford coupe; my all time favorite was a 66 390 LTD
and my play toys are a 31 Model A roadster and a 56 T-Bird with 3sp OD. It
is hard to believe only 25 years separated the Model A and the T-Bird!

GM vehicles? Three or four dozen Corvairs, a 67 El Camino and a 86 Buick
Limited Skylark. The Buick was the most unreliable car I have ever owned. I
have always (since 1960) owned at least one Corvair. They are my favorite
vehicles.

Currently I have a 2000 Grand Caravan. The Caravan is the most reliable and
versatile vehicle to date. 152K so far. You can camp in it, haul 7 people,
tow a decent size trailer etc. I have flat towed several Corvairs home with
it and also towed the Model A for 300 miles on a tow dolly. Did I mention
that it gets 25-27 mpg highway? It even gets 19-20 while towing.

Recently bought a 2003 Saturn Wagon with the GM Ecotec 2.2 engine for my
wife. It seems like a decent car with good handling and low 30's fuel
economy.

Still have the Model A and the 56 T-Bird plus two 69 Vairs and a 66 four
door parts car. Thinking of letting one of the 69 Vairs go to someone who
can spend a little more time with it.

Wade Halsey

On 6/30/09, Robert Marlow <Vairtec at optonline.net> wrote:
>
> Many years ago, I heard the phrase, There's no car like a MoPar.  A
> Corvair guy spoke it.  At the time, I was driving the first of
> Chrysler's minivans.  I moved through a few generations of the Chrysler
> minivans, plus a Plymouth Scamp pickup (a one-year model) and today, a
> PT Cruiser.
>
> Like Alan, I own a cross-section of makes.  Not quite as eclectic as his
> assortment, but like him not knee-jerk brand-loyal.
>
> Chevy (four Corvairs)
> Chrysler (the PT Cruiser)
> Ford (E-350 RV)
> GMC (pickup)
> VW (Jetta)
>
> While there are many of us on this list who are GM-loyal, I suspect that
> they are outnumbered by those of us who have an affinity for all sorts
> of vehicles.
>
> Oh -- people do sing about Volvos.  At least, this person does:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3HhrILf9dU
>
> --Bob
>
>
>
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