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Old 09-26-11 | 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by cudak888
"Piston engine goes bing-dada-bang-dada-bong, but Mazda go hmmmmmmmm."

Gremlins shared the same platform (and everything doors forward) as the Hornet; hence the room to stuff a V8 in 'em.

-Kurt
My first car was a 1970 AMC Hornet SST that I paid $130 for in the summer of 1985 just after graduating high school. We burned out reverse gear playing rally car in a field next to the elementary school where the motocross guys would ride. I vividly remember Bob Post going wide to avoid a bump and getting on the 2 wheels just barely avoiding a rollver (we took turns running laps). Drove it from Endicott, NY to Great Adventure in NJ with no reverse gear, whenever we needed to back up we had to get out and push!! On the way home it started to run on 4 cyclinders, I sold it back to the guy Ibought it from for $100.
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