Mike,
I pulled the same gag on my sister (20 years my junior
@ 18) with my 76 NYB! It was hillarious!
Joe
76' NYB
--- Mike Pittinaro <mechimike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Today, since my daily driver had a flat and it was
> in
> general pretty decent weather-wise, i decided to
> take
> my '67 crown coupe to work. Despite using nearly 15
> gallons of 93 octane in the 150 miles worth of
> driving
> I did today, it was great to drive the old cruiser,
> and fun to show her off to my co-workers.
>
> I played a trick on a co-worker, too. I was taking
> him out to show him the car, and told him it had a
> voice activated seek radio. He was like "no, you're
> pulling my leg, right?" Then I turned on the radio,
> pointed at it, and said "SEEK!" in an authoritarian
> tone. He literally jumped back a foot when the
> orange
> needle began moving and settled on a new station.
> "Whoa man, that's amazing...they had that in
> '67????"
> The best part was, after a few times, I came clean
> and
> showed him I was actually tapping the foot switch
> with
> my left toe. And he was still amazed! He thought I
> had installed that myself, but I reassured him (not
> easy, because he wasn't trusting me very much at
> this
> point!) it was a factory setup.
>
> Ah, the glorious '67!
>
> =====
> --Mike Pittinaro
>
> One point eight litres
> Stromberg carburators sing
> Loose nut at the wheel
>
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