Re: For Sale: 1968 Dodge Polara show winner, must see photos / rare classic

Steve added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

> erikdblair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> 
>> have to disagree with you.  This is a cruiser, not a drag
>> racer.  90 MPH on freeway uphill, no problem!  The fine
>> details of putting together a rare piece of machinery like
>> this takes a lot of time and effort.  That is worth
>> something.  This baby is alltogether hotrod! 
> 
> I agree with you 100%  on all of the above statements (I own a
> '66 Polara, 440 2.93 highway gears, would run triple digits
> for 8 hours without breaking a sweat and the AC blowing
> frost). And I'm sure its a great car.

Isn't it just a tad dangerous to run 8 hours over 100 mph, not to 
mention highly illegal? If you ever get busted by the State 
Police, you won't get a ticket, you'll be cuffed and arrested. 20 
or 25 over is considered reckless driving. That, possibly 
combined with weaving lanes to get around the people who think 
that 80 is fast will add to your problems, etc. Don't know where 
you live, but it ain't the Autobahn!

> But a 318 C-body still doesn't command that kind of $$ in the
> market. Sorry. Neither does my Polara, and its a 383 car
> originally. Now if it were a pre-66 300 Letter car, or a
> Monaco 500 convertible.... different story.
> 
This part I agree with. The only people who would want such a car 
is someone who just wants a "classic" car at a reasonable price 
that won't keep them repairing it all the time. I was cruising 
again last night on Woodward Avenue (pre-cruise on Saturday 
crusing) and saw a number of cars like the OP described. Nothing 
wrong with it at all, just not an especially exciting car to 
cruise in.

-- 
HP, aka Jerry