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Old 09-19-2022, 09:18 AM
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Don't you like the fact that you can get on a commercial jet and travel from the East Coast to San Jose, California in less than one day vs being on a Wagon Train that took 4 months to get to the same destination?

That is newer technology vs the old Prop Job stuff or the wagon train.
For most people they just want to get there quickly and in comfort.
Could care less if it is a 325 HP GTO vs a 348 HP GTO.

But if you like Wagon Trains or old Pontiacs go for it.

But don't complain when you are getting someplace in days vs hours.

Electric Vehicles have a place in the world, like P-51 Mustangs or GTOs/F-Birds.

But Wagon Trains are cool, except when you are picking up the Horse Chit to use to
have a fire on the tree-less plains. (Or later the bathroom vs the outhouse).

99.9999 % of the people would say get rid of the Outhouse. Same deal for the stinky, noisy, unsafe, 64 GTO
with seats that did not lock, brakes that barely worked, steering that was so slow you thought you were driving
a Lake Freighter, nothing to keep flying grandmothers from smashing your head in the dash.

Simple is not necessarily SAFE. But that is off topic, does everyone need Don's heads????????
Most would have them for Bragging rights as a decent boosted modern engine would kick their aze.

Tom V.

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