Thanks, Yvonne. It might surprise you to know that under the hood of that red car is a hemi! Yeah. A 4-cylinder, 1.8 liter, dual overhead cam, hemi. And I can tell you for sure there is no computer chip anywhere near this car. It comes by it's power naturally. High compression, modified cam, ported head, dual carburetors, tuned exhaust, all to produce 125 HP. Maybe a bit more. Maggie's IROC would finish a quarter-mile before I got out of second gear. I love to drive the powerful cars. Love the sound of a tuned V-8. When I drive this car I take a step back into the 60's. The steering is not powered, and neither is the brakes or the clutch. The suspension is great, but a little harsh by todays standards. It's just a great car for touring the Southern California beaches and mountains, and a few roads in between. Plus, it is so basic I can still work on the car myself.Nice, Joe.
Maggie and I come by our interest in cars naturally. Our dad bought and restored old Ford phaetons. During my teen age years, he had a '35 Ford phaeton in like-new condition, that we used as the family car. Being the precocious teenager that I was, I snuck the key, had a dupe made, and when parents were at work, I would take the car out and drive along the beach (San Francisco). It's really a wonder the cops never caught me. I had no license, was underage. But I pushed it a bit too far one day when we went with dad to his office. I snuck down and took the car, but he came looking for me and found the car gone. He took away my key, but I still had another one. You just can't keep a good car person down!!
My current method of transportation is a Dodge p/u with a hemi engine.