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My First Car
At age 69, Grandma Christie was, as she put it, getting “Too old to shift” (so she bought an automatic GTO!) She gave me her 1963 Ford Fairlane 500, “K” code, black exterior, Rangoon red interior, buckets, floor console, Borg Warner T-10 4 speed, and under the hood, a “Hi-PO” 289, 271 HP sold lifer engine with dual points (centrifugal distributor). I loved that car, but of course, I jacked it up, raced it, had a few accidents and sold it for $100 to some guy who couldn’t even drive a stick.
Ah, the ignorance of youth!
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The year is 2011 and it is the end of an era. Ford has finally shut down production of there last and only rear weel drive sedan. That car was the Crown Vic. It has served many law inforcement for many years. You can't go to any city without seeing a Black and White Crown Vic with police lights on top. But I belive that with the death of the Crown Vic the death of the rear weel drive sedan. I mean sure I know fuel econome is every thing now but how come we can't get a sedan that is as powerful as a mustang. But how is Ford suppose to compette with Mercades or BMW. I mean yeah we got the Taurse but with the SHO only pushing 335 how can you compette with a 550 some hores power BMW. I propose an idea. Lets bring back one of Fords best cars from the dead. My idea is to make a modern rendition of the Fairlane. Mustang power in a Taruse platform. Design it like the Mustang as a retore car. Add Fairlane stilling to it and plant the 5.8L V8 out of the GT500 but don't supercharge it. Make it rear weel drive and make it full efficent. The Thunderbolt is comming watch out BMW
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