I can also relate --- The teller at the drive-thru at my bank thought my '56 Imperial was a Studebaker!!! I managed to get clear of the bank before bursting out in laughter. Ross Klein 'Life's too short to drive 'ordinary' cars" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett" <TheBulkster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [FWDLK] gahhhhh!! > I can relate. > If one more person says to me "Hey, is that a 57 Chevy?" when referring to > my Dodge, I think I'll both shoot them, and then set out on a mission to > destroy every existing 57 Chevy in the world...who wants to help? > If they don't guess its a Chevy, they usually get the year wrong at the very > least (55 and 56 are very popular). > I'll need to find something more obscure. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Charles Gedraitis <dcg@xxxxxxx> > To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 2:48 PM > Subject: [FWDLK] gahhhhh!! > > > > The UPS man just delivered the new gas tank for my recently inherited > > toyota, and as he was looking at my '61 newport sitting in the garage, he > > told me "nice thunderbird" *sigh* I always thought the "Chrysler" > > spelt out across the grill was fairly obvious, especially since sometime > > ago I painted those letters black for the purpose of making them stand > > out. ah well-at least that doesn't happen with my kaiser-no one even > > ventures a guess.... > > > > ~dave > > '61 Newport (ford t-bird clone :-P ) > > '67 Kaiser M-715 > > '91 Toyota pickup > >
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