Re: [OT] Canada was Space Programs was: Columbia

I was going to let this very OT topic pass, but now I must step up.

For a street V-8 a Pontiac 400 is just about the best engine you could
pick.  More torque than a SB Chevy, more durable,  and not even
unreasonable gas mileage.

:-)

Bill
68 GTO owner

									
								 
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>--- Allan Goodall <agoodall@hyperbear.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:59:30 -0800 (PST), Brian
>> Bilderback
>> <greywanderer987@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> >Fastest car my father ever owned was a Chevelle
>> with a
>> >Canadian 350.
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>> I spent 3 summers working in the GM plants in
>> Oshawa, Ontario (one in the
>> truck plant, two in B-body car plant). My dad had a
>> station wagon (Chevy
>> Townsman) with a 350. The best engine GM ever built
>> was the 350 4-barrel (in
>> every way except fuel economy, *grin*). You couldn't
>> kill that thing....
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>I'm glad to see I'm not the only person who believes
>that.	My dad's Chevelle was a '68 shortbed station
>wagon.  That car would haul serious ass.
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