<VV> Falcon restoration, was: New slogan - "She's real fine, my four twenty eight" ?

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Why would anyone in their right mind restore a Falcon? Next thing you know,
somebody probably will have restored a Toyopet. LOL

In all seriousness, though, I could see preserving an original, just
because it has survived. Or maybe restoring a Falcon Sprint with buckets
and a 289 (the pre-Mustang competition to the Corvair Spyder). But short of
that, it still begs the question, WHY?

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: Charles Lee <Chaz at ProperProPer.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> New slogan - "She's real fine, my four twenty eight" ?
>
> So we need to be PC to Mustangs, so as not to hurt their little feelings, 
> now ?
>
> They probably think the Beach Boys should have sung "She's real fine, my 
> four twenty eight" ?
>
> We have "Tough Little Buggy" but no one ever wrote "Tough Little Bird of 
> Prey" did they ? No, they didn't.
>
> I saw a nicely restored 1965 Falcon yesterday, and thought it looked
nice, 
> but only because it was old, no other reason.
>
> A nice 1965 Corvair is just plain beautiful, and the engineering
underneath 
> is amazing.
>
> The Falcon has no such claim to fame, and its stepchild Mustang still has 
> little of the sophistication that went so under appreciated then as now.
>
> I see see people "appreciate" and nice old Corvair, not for its
engineering, 
> but simply because it's "old" which is the only thing the Falcon has in 
> common.
>
> Alas !  People still don't understand what made the Corvair unique and
few 
> ever will  ...
>
> Charlie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jvhroberts at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> New slogan - caution!
>
> >
> > Say 4 point 9 to the Mustnag guys, and they'll have a fit! LOL
> >
> > John Roberts
> >