[Leica] IMG: Not buying a Hummer or a Prius - Ira's PESO 2008-2

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Chrysler had soaring fins, but Buick had the heaviest metal in 1958...

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On 3/14/08, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Ira,
>
> The first of the Dodge/Plymouth tail fins started with the 1956
> models.  My
> red and white 1956 Plymouth had a mild set of fins, along with another mod
> that didn't last long, a transmission controlled by push-buttons in the
> left
> end of the dash.  By the time I bought a 65 Dodge Coronet, the fins were
> gone.
>
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ISILVERMN@aol.com>
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 10:57 PM
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Not buying a Hummer or a Prius - Ira's PESO 2008-2
>
>
> > Enough with the Prius/Hummer thing!
> >
> > There's got to be a better choice...   like returning to a  simpler
> time,
> >
> > When we liked Ike.
> >
> > When a new Leica could be had for less than $500.
> >
> > And real men drove real cars with real tailfins:
> >
> > _http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Miscellany/Tailfins.jpg.html_
> > (
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Miscellany/Tailfins.jpg.html
> )
> >
> > But, darn, by then the Dodgers had already left Brooklyn.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Ira Silverman
> > Irvine, CA, where nobody knows what an Egg Cream is (sigh).
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA