[s-cars] RE: Grand National

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Pauly exclaimed

> First:  JEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZUUUUUUSSSSS!!!  That thing is nutty (not to
> mention smoky).  I was giggling pretty darn loudly here in the orifice as
> soon as I spied them twin T's popping up through the hood.  Love it...
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> Second:  I'm relatively positive the Grand National could also be had in a
> dark-ish silver / gray.  My neighbor's bud had one, don't think it was a
> badge engineered T-Type.  Was when they were new, had the full interior,
> everything.  Including that wonderful 85mph speedo...
> 
> Third:  there was an old Pontiac station wagon, wood paneling, etc. @ NE
> Drags 2 years ago...  ran low 12s with a GN motor.  Quite funny to watch...
> 
> -Paul also dig the Darth Vader GN's K.
> Paul

Did your buddy's car look like the gray one on this page? 

http://members.tripod.com/~edchapman/cars.html

The smoke coming from that car was actually the rear tires slipping on the 
dyno. The interior is way worse than I remembered it being. I talked a friend 
into buying a GN (quickest american production car at the time) when we were 
both young and stupid. We had a lot of fun in that car. I remember one night a 
hopped up '68 Camaro drove by us and my friend reved up the 6 banger GN. The 
Camaro driver yelled "peice of shit" so we chased him down and asked him if he 
wanted to run. (We used to have a 1/4 mile marked off on some back roads) We 
beat him badly and when he asked the inevitable "what's in that thing?" we told 
him it was a stock 6cyl. He looked like he wanted to cry. :-) That car was a 
blast. 

Chad Many good memories of the GN T.
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