Posted by dorayme on 07/11/07 22:16

In article <Xns996A80A20EF83arbpenyahoocom@69.28.186.121>,
Adrienne Boswell <arbpen@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed dorayme
> <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> writing in news:doraymeRidThis-
> E7A3E1.11150309072007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au:
>
> > In article <m21wfis9lc.fsf@dot-app.org>,
> > Sherm Pendley <spamtrap@dot-app.org> wrote:
> >
> >> > Does a Ford XY mean anything to you?
> >>
> >> Nope - I've heard of Ford, of course, but never heard of an XY model.
> >
> > It is the most collected car in Australia. One went for about
> > $800,000 recently. Mostly owned by investors too scared to drive
> > them. Mine is worth $3.90 and is happily driven and left anywhere.
> >
>
> Pity you can't bring it to Glendale. We're having Cruise Night on the
> 21st of July - no cars younger than 1973. One year there was a steam car
> from 1905 and a muscle car (1969 or so) waiting to leave the show, and
> the muscle car was reving its engine in anticipation. When Glendale's
> finest gave the ok to leave, the muscle car died (and had to be towed)
> and the steam car just kept chugging along.

Hmmm... first time I have heard of the term "muscle car". It's
ok, I get it. Somehow, I think my car would be too much of a joke
in any show for me to bear. I can painfully anticipate the
inevitable _open_ derision at any show.

--
dorayme

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