Atlas Flushed

[Bob23]

  I g uess it comes down to what appeals to you. I've always been sort of a non-conformist. Didn't try to be; it's just the way I see things. The gas guzzling American cars never appealled to me but rather I was just a natural VW freak. And of course, being a proper VW freak meant that I learn who invented 'em non other than Ferdinand Porsche. Yeah, that Porsche. Of course, Hitler financed them through the stolen money of the German worker, but let's not gete into that here.
  The foreign car offering at the time was mostly British, German and the Japanese were just getting a stronghold here. I remember the first Honda coming into our shop with a blown engine. If my memory serves me ok, it had an aircooled engine, front wheel drive and 10" wheels. It might have been the early CVCC. I remember looking at the car and thinking:"This car  company is going nowhere." Yeah, I don't pick stocks any better, either.
  The first Toys were troublesome and the parts availability from the dealer was poor. But the Pick-up and especially the LandCruider were built rock-solid. I worked on an early 70's Landcruiser and couldn't beleive the build- like a real trucl. It probably weighed more than my 2001 Tundra.
   Man, have I drifted here. Anyway, the general thinking of the foeign car companies just seemed to appeal to me more than the American car philosophy which was to redisign the model every year to increase sales.
Bob23

[rsahlender]

Wow... CVCC... my first two cars were used. The first was a 66 Chevelle SS 396. I should never have sold that car. The second was a 67 RS/SS 350 Camaro. And then came the gas "crisis" in the mid 70's. The lines at the gas stations often wrapped around the block and took what seemed like hours to finally get to the pumps... and when finally at the pumps the attendant says no fills allowed and the limit is 5 gallons... AARRGGHH! In the Camaro 5 gallons was barely enough to get to work and back one day and then back to the waiting line for my next 5 gallons... So... I finally sold the Camaro and bought my first new car... a 1976 Honda Civic CVCC 5 speed! What a great little car! 47 freaking miles per gallon in 1976! And after 35 years people now get all excited about a car that gets 30 something per gallon... but that's a discussion for some other forum! The CVCC only came in two bright collors... yellow or orange. Mine was yellow and for a new car cost a whopping $3500! I should have never sold that car either. Thanks for the memories Bob!