<VV> 3 tree

[Tony Underwood]

At 01:35 hours 06/07/2005, NicolCS at aol.com wrote:
>
>I must be really sick!  I feel compelled to want this car for my  very own!
>What's up with that? This car just sounds too cool!  (Does  it have A/C? 
>Rust?)
>Craig Nicol
>
><snip>For the few 3 on the tree fans out  there:
>
>I am the second owner of  a factory built on special order (  have the
>build sheet from under the seat) 1970 Buick Estate Wagon, 455 cu in  with
>column shift going to a three speed tranny. If this isn't odd enough,
>the factory supplied tranny is a Ford top loader!
>This large beast is  without power brakes, because the factory said there
>wasn't room for both  the power brake booster and the clutch cross shaft.
>Kind of a plain jane  luxury ride. Frank DuVal <unsnip>



It wasn't just Buicks.  Pontiacs also wound up  with Ford gearboxes.   So 
did Ramblers.


tony..