Posted by CGID on May 30, 2015 at 12:47:46 from (174.19.121.236):
In Reply to: not a tractor but.... posted by larry@stinescorner on May 30, 2015 at 10:18:03:
The sheet-metal and interiors of those cars, and others of their type from that era, were cheaply made. The makers put their money into the drivetrain. This kept the cost low enough for a kid flipping burgers to be able to afford one. A teenager with a part-time job could get a loan, buy a 440 six-pack geared for racing, punch the pedal engaging all six carbs, go air- borne and kill himself and his buddies - all in the same day. As much as the engines, the racing stripes - simple stripes of paint - made these cars irresistible. There was no rationality to it, but like everyone else I knew, I lusted after those cars simply because of that stripe. Each maker had their variation: a stripe down the middle!, around the nose!!, a stripe around the tail!!!. Each one was enough to make us swoon. The insurance companies noticed all the dead teenagers pretty quick and set rates high enough to take most of those cars off the road. Any cars not wrecked which survived the insurance rate increase were taken off the road by gas prices after the oil embargo.
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