At 12:08 PM 3/6/00 -0500, you wrote: >snip< >You could switch to a carburetor, which will make your van perform like >crap, become hard to start in the winter, pollute more, get worse mileage, >and fail inspection in most states. While you are at it, lower the van 4", Or you could tune the carb, get better gas mileage (F.I. 19mpg, carb 23mpg) better performance, but alas it still won't pass some inspections :-(
>add curb-feelers and a digital stick-on clock/thermometer/compass, tint >some of the windows (but not all of them) with some purple tint, bang up just tint your windows with Auto-Parts-Store-Grey tint and wait.. they'll turn purple by themselves. >the body then fix it with bondo, put a 'rebel' flag on the side of the van, >paint the name 'rebel' in small cursive above the driver's door handle, >airbrush some rhyming words on the back of the van, like "krystal myst", >drill into the side of the van and install an oil cooler, but don't >actually hook it up...install green shag carpet throughout. Nice... Kelly green I hope.
>Or > >You could sell your van, buy an OldsmoBuick, and start smoking cigars. so what do you have against cigars? Chris Smith '82 Westy with carb!!! '74 Thing stuff |
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