Magic '67 radio!
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Magic '67 radio!



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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