Audis onTV (not....Shelby stuff)

[Lawrence C Leung]

My uncle wrapped his mint, metallic green '68 GT500 around a tree in the
early '70's. He was alright. The value of surviving GT500's went up.
Bummer, 'cuz I would've bought it in a heartbeat! But I would've had an
Audi for the daily drive (MAC).  

LL - NY

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 14:10:43 -0800 "Craig Lebakken"
<lebakken at cdicadwa.com> writes:
>The physics professor wrote:
>
>"Shelby GT500 and GT500 K.R. Same as Gen 2 GT350 but with 2
>engines....SNIP...
>
>Sorry for the waste of bandwidth. While I was building my house for 
>the last
>year, I was lucky enough to have rented a house next to a guy that has 
>one
>of the most original Shelby 500KR's in existence. 428CJ, 62K miles, 
>doctor
>owned until '91.Yes, I have been taken for a ride in it. If you LOOK 
>at the
>gas pedal, the tires are smoking. What an amazing example of 'murcan
>"straight line" technology, and yes, what an intoxicating thing it is. 
>You
>just have to appreciate the simplicity of an avenue drag race. That 
>what was
>what these cars were meant for, and that was what what they did very 
>well.
>The guy who won, in most cases, got the chick. I think I was born 
>about six
>years too late...........damn!
>
>The other thing - you just have to love the smell of an original 
>vintage
>vehicle. Some people do not like this, but for me that is the 
>"essence" of
>originality. This car sounded right, felt right (eyeballs rolling 
>back), and
>smelt right. Lucky me. Again, sorry for the BTW.
>
>Craig Lebakken
>1986 4KQ
>