I just got done doing a great road trip myself, and
while unlike my trip last year this wasn't in a
Forward Look car (although close, this was a '64
300-K) it was once again a testimonial to Chrysler
engineering, even 35-40 years later. My only prob was
a flat tire about 20 miles south of Seattle, other
than that all was well. I drove in the green band of
the vacuum gauge as much as I could, and even with
that HP carb & camming I got gas mileage in the
mid-14s. Gotta love those 413s!
This is easily the fastest car I've ever owned (I got
in the Plymouth tonight and it felt like a 230 instead
of a 301 by comparison) and it was a kick to drive
thru downtown Seattle and check out the reaction of
some of the few people who could see past the rough
cosmetics to realize what it was...
I hope Mr. Sharpe got to hear the Killer do "Real Wild
Child", which was originally recorded by an Australian
artist and would've brought the trip full circle...
(Roger -- the parts car has complete factory A/C, the
seller knows you want it, it's yours free for the
taking. Write me personally for more details.)
Mike Sealey, San Francisco CA
'57 Plymouth Sport Suburban
'64 Chrysler 300-K "Silver Special"
--- N/B Nichols <3nichols@sprintmail.com> wrote:
> Some of you may remember me mentioning Andrew Sharpe
> at the National DeSoto Convention. He was the one
> from Australia that bought my '59 New Yorker in
> San Francisco and drove it to PA for the meet.
> Well, today he came back to San Francisco in the
'59.
> He figured he must have traveled around 8,000 miles.
> The reason the miles are so high is that he
> doubled-back around 1,000 miles to catch a Jerry Lee
> Lewis concert!
>
> I bought the car back from him, as he had a flight
> to go back to Australia today. He had me take a
> picture of him next to the car and then I gave him
> a ride to the airport in my '61 Newport conv. with
> the top down. He was thrilled.
>
> His whole trip was really pretty amazing. It was
> his first trip to the US and what a way to go.
> I am sure when he gets back home and settled
> in he will be talking about his trip on this list.
> His trip was a true testament to Mopar cars of
> that era.
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger
http://im.yahoo.com
|
|
Back to the Home of the Forward Look Network