On (09 Jun 96) Elvis Hargrove wrote to Jim Parsons...
->       Close, but wasn't the solid-lifter FI listed at 283 hp?  It
->       was widely acclaimed as the first American production car to
->       make 1 horsepower per cubic inch.
 EH> Thought that was only in the 57 'Vette.
If you had a connected and interested dealer you could get most any
combination of body style, engine, tranny, and rear end ratio. One from 
olumn
A, one from column B chinese restaurant style menu. They did, however, turn 
e
down when I tried to order an El Camino with out an engine . Of course 
his
was in '58 which was not one of their better years.
-bc-
bclark@rochgte.fidonet.org
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