"Art" wrote in message
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remember when 105,000 miles was considered the end of a car?

Now it still has another 100,000 left

I used to buy cars with 100K in the 70s for $100- and they'd be loose in the
front end, brakes pulling, parking brake shot, exhaust system leaking (lead
catalyses rust), rings shot and misting blue smoke, etc.

Of course I wish I saved somewhere the '63 Chevy Impala ragtop and '62
hardtop I sold for a total of $100- And the '61 Karman Ghia and '63 Buick
Special ragtops too, though I got a little more for those . As I recall
the Buick (with oddball V-6 made from a Chopped V-8) has the WORST cornering
in the world- but of course a smooth ride. LOVED the 2 speed automatic with
PNDLR shift pattern too- put it in R instead of L once at 30 mph and needed
a new timing gear suddenly. The new steel gear (OEM was fiber) sounded like
a handful of tiny washers in a blender.

John H.