Re: [FWDLK] RED PLYMOUTH FURY

[Scott H <kneedrager@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have only driven my wife's 76 Corvette  about 5 times and 3 times I was
asked if it is a Hemi Corvette!!!  So I am sure it is somewhat common to all
cars.
I always say yes. I also admit it is a 4 speed even with the factory
automatic handle sticking up through the console.

Scott





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From: Garrett <TheBulkster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Garrett <TheBulkster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] RED PLYMOUTH FURY
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:26:07 -0500

I have experienced the same thing.  Although I've likely owned far less cars
than most everyone else on the list, its always the Mopars that people have
trouble with.  My 72 Impala is always recognized as a Chevy product, and
usually as an Impala (although Caprices and Bel-Airs were essentially the
same car, so a guess on any of those isn't too unusual).  When I had my 57
Dodge, it was anything BUT a 57 Dodge.  The closest guess I ever got was a
DeSoto...which considering the car was completely covered by snow at the
time and I was out front cleaning it off, that's not a bad guess.  One of my
favorites was I believe someone called it a 58 Chevy...I know 57s were so
popular, so that guess makes some sense, but I'm not sure about the 58
guess.  I think it was someone who thinks he knew cars...probably saw it
wasn't exactly a 57 so he just guessed a year he didn't know.  My 78 Dodge
Magnum had just about NO badging on the outside, so when most people
complemented it, it was "Hey, that's a sweet car."  I don't think anyone
ever screwed that one up on me...aside from the occasional Monte Carlo
remark.  Having worked in retail the past 6+ years, I have long since come
to realize that there are a LOT of 1D10Ts out there, so I usually just smile
and thank people for the complement rather than try explaining things.
Besides, I do enough explaining at work and the less time I spend talking
(or explaining things) to people I don't know when I'm off the clock, the
happier I usually am.

Garrett
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Johnl
  To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [FWDLK] RED PLYMOUTH FURY


  Tim & all,

  I also have experienced this type of person.  Usually I get the story
when I have one of our Letter Cars out at some event and it goes like this.
Wow, my Dad (insert who ever works for you) had one just like this except it
was a four door and had a different colored top and had a 440 Hemi in it.
Also there is usually something stated by them about driving the car 150+
MPH and smoking the tires at 100+ when it shifts into high gear.  Over the
years I usually try to end the conversation quickly as this type really
irritates me.

  A special story I like to tell is one that occurred several years ago.
Wayne Graefen and I had gone to Pierce College in the San Fernando Valley to
a Mopar Swap Meet.  That time we took my Tango Red C300.  After a while we
returned to the car to put some items in the trunk that we had purchased.

  I had my key inserted into the trunk to unlock it when I was approached
by a Chap who said "is this your car"?  Being the wise guy I am I wanted to
say NO I'M JUST IN THE PROCESS OF STEALING IT.  I did answer yes and his
immediate reply was "why did you ruin it"?  My reply was what do you mean?
He responded with "everyone knows all of them where WHITE".  I had
documentation in the trunk to show him he was wrong, but I simply closed the
trunk, looked at him with a glare and walked away.

  John Lazenby
  Southern California, just minutes from Disneyland
  1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe Town & Country
  1955 Imperial Newport
  1955 Chrysler C300
  1956 Chrysler 300B
  1957 Chrysler 300C Coupe
  1960 Chrysler 300F Coupe
  1963  Volkswagen Beetle
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: DupontTim@xxxxxxx
    To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:36 AM
    Subject: Re: [FWDLK] RED PLYMOUTH FURY


     Do only Mopar owners have to deal with this phenomenon? I meet person
after person who owned a Dodge D500 that had a dual quad Hemi engine only
theirs had the 392 or better yet the 361 (obviously the rarest of all
Hemis). Sadly there seems to be no way to defuse this perpetuation of total
fantasy. I personally believe it is far more pronounced in the Mopar lines.
I have owned a lot of other makes and do not recall being approached by so
many people that new more about my car than I did and set upon educating me
about what I "have". Seems pretty odd because more often than not these
people started out by asking what type of car it was. I always feel lucky
when I get to talk with someone who is not from that "other planet" where
not so long ago Furys lined the streets in every color and body style and
the 392 Hemi was more common than a 57 chevy. Tim in Golden

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