While tripping merrily through the mail, Joel Heckman was overheard
 -> what do you mean by sleeper???
 JH> A street sleeper is the full term.  A sleeper is a car that looks like
 JH> it just came off the showroom floor, or out of the junkyard, but is
 JH> still very fast.  It is more a deceiver, I guess, as it deceives other
 JH> drivers into thinking that it is a piece of junk, but then beats them
 JH> in a drag race.
Like my college room-mates '63 Impala 2 door sedan, strictly stock
tires, chrome, hubcaps, suspension, a little old lady's sunday driver
coupe.  (even had "6" cyl. medallions on the fenders).  No fancy paint,
no pinstriping, nothing........
Under the hood, what started life as a 409 bored and stroked to 456 and
fuel injected.  Need I say more?
Don
... He then left in a Huff (A small German sportscar).
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