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[Will Kooiman]

Wait.  I'm good at word problems like this.

UmmmmmŠ..    The station wagon?

On 3/21/14 7:01 PM, "John Taphorn" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com> wrote:

>   I grew up in upstate NY.  While I was only about 11 or 12, my
>   recollection was that everyone wanted a Pantera.  I don't recall the
>   mixed reviews dampening the ambitions of many people to own one.  It
>   was a hot car.
>   Rather, it was the outrageous price of 11K which was almost twice the
>   price of a big block Vette or a fully loaded Colony Park station wagon
>   with a 429, that limited the buyers.
>   Guess which car was in our driveway.  :^(
>   JT
>
>   On 3/21/2014 10:51 AM, Jeff Detrich wrote:
>
>   On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Julian Kift
>   [1]<[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>   but by their
>      nature they are regarded as somewhat anti-establishment
>
>   In the early days, a lot of people bought new Panteras because they
>   were a step up from the sports cars they were already driving. Others
>   bought because it was stylish. You had to be somewhat
>   anti-establishment because the car mags hade trashed the car so you
>   bought it because it was good performance and good value compared to
>   the other cars out there - 911s, Ferraris, E-types, Corvettes, etc. By
>   the late 70s, it was going downhill, the stylish, gold chain crowd, but
>   there were still owners who valued the performance. Unfortunately this
>   is when most of the cars started to be poorly maintained. The 90s
>   started to bring back the buyer who was looking for performance and
>   style but the car was still an outlier. The 2000s started to see the
>   car making a comeback for what it was. People started to do better
>   restos and maintenance. And that continues today. But you still have to
>   be somewhat of an anti-establishment type, ie, you buy the car for what
>   it is, not for what it's perceived to be. And unlike a lot of more
>   traditional car folks, most of us have modified the car in some way or
>   another to make it a better, safer, more dependable driver.
>   So call us "Rednecks." It may not be the word I'd use but we value the
>   car for what it is, perceptions be damned.
>   Just my opinion.
>   Jeff
>   6559
>
>References
>
>   1. [2]mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
>
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