Everybody with enough free time on their hands to be discussing expanding
the scope of a perfectly acceptable List, please come to my house and mow
the lawn, finish the basement stairs, repaint the kitchen and add some
dormers!
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Whitman <rwhitman@GEAF.COM>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@lists.psu.edu <L-FORWARDLOOK@lists.psu.edu>
Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] "Finless Cousins"
>I started this thread not to infer that those great '62-'64 Mopars should
>become included in this list, but rather we need to understand the
>relationship these cars have to ours. Those '62-'64 Dodge Custom 880's are
>nearly identical to the '60-'61 Models. And the '62 Chrysler is a '61 with
>the fins shaved off. And what about the '62-'63 Imperials?
>
>It may not be important that these cars be a part of this list, but
>questions and car finds for these cars are important. We will all learn
>from those comments. I have already learned that the '63-'64 Chryslers are
>heavily related to the earlier cars from this thread. I understood them to
>be all new models. If parts come available off one of these cars that fits
>a finned older car, we all want to know. I was amazed when I saw this
great
>'64 Custom 880 2dr HT in a salvage yard (since crushed), and the windshield
>was identical to my '60 DeSoto. We need to know the connections and
history
>to keep this hobby going. Life is all about learning. Many of us can't
get
>enough and are members of the Imperial List and the '62-'65 List. I tried
>the Mopar Mailing List for a while, but that was just WAY too much (for
>me)!!!
>
>Dave, you have created THE best list on the web, and I thank you.
>
>Now, I own a DeSoto and a Datsun, so I am going to start the "Failed Makes
>That Start With 'D' Mailing List" I want suggestions on how to shoehorn a
>hemi into my Maxima! (j/k) By the way, Deloreans and Duesenbergs are
>welcome. -Robert
>
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