I think they alway made good trucks. The cars were a different story.
R A Bennell wrote:
On the other hand, GM made some darned good vehicles in the mid to late 60's. I still have a 68 Chevy pickup and it rides as good as any truck I have ever driven. Everytime I drive it I am amazed by how good it is given how old it is and how little it has had by way of upkeep in the past 20 years. It is a 292 and a powerglide too so not exactly the cream of the crop in GM parts. It would likely be even better with a small block V8 and a turbohydro 350. I had a 74 Vega brand new. The sheetmetal was recycled and rusted and it was noisy but it was a cheap fuel efficient car and served me well for the roughly 3 years that I drove it. I'm in Canada so the prices may be out of whack for you but I paid $2850 for it brand new and got $1450 on a trade for a 77 Mercury 3 years later. Depreciation of less than $500 per year on a new car is not bad. Randy note original message partly deleted -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Donald Snook Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 7:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] OT GM bashing It has become fashionable to bash GM lately. I recognize that there are a lot of problems at GM right now and certainly GM made some really lousy cars in the 70's and 80's. GM also gave us some pretty fantastic ideas. GM was the first domestic company to build a front wheel drive car (1966 Olds Toronado), the first domestic company to try their hands at airbags, the first domestic company to build ABS cars and the first domestic company to attempt cylinder deactivation. I admit there have been some spectacular failures on the part of GM, for example: 1. The Chevy Vega Donald H. Snook _______________________________________ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
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