From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
Subject: Re: Dumbest automotive concepts of all time
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In <1993Apr15.040118.29272@slcs.slb.com> dcd@se.houston.geoquest.slb.com (Dan Day) writes:

>In article <C5HHGM.1rM@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison) writes:
>>In article <1993Apr13.215605.26252@slcs.slb.com> dcd@se.houston.geoquest.slb.com (Dan Day) writes:
>>>
>>>How about those really ugly fake wheel compartments stuck onto the
>>>trunk or side (or both sides!) of some tacky luxury cars?
>>
>>Some of 'em aren't fake (if you're talking about the Continental kit,
>>named after the Lincoln Continental, the first car to sport one). I
>>personally would _love_ to have a '56 T-Bird with a Continental kit
>>(and the supercharged V-8 :-); that is one of the most beautiful
>>cars ever built, IMHO.

I'd go for a '39 Lincoln Continental if I could find one. Sad part is
that Edsel Ford designed it, and look at the abortion they named after
him. Ain't no justice.


>Okay, I'll admit it looks nice on the T-Bird (as a previous owner
>of 1967 and 1968 Thunderbirds, I'm biased anyway).
