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To: yesca; All

Well, it wasn’t 3 million miles like on a Volvo, but my father got 350,000 on a Falcon 30 years ago. He had two Falcons and 3 engines. He would tinker with one engine, cleaning valves and cylinders, then after 50,000 miles put it in one of the cars. Kept rotating them. The running board and other lower parts finally rusted off thanks to road salt (New Jersey). The Cubans don’t have a problem with road salt. ;-)


15 posted on 09/27/2010 12:30:02 PM PDT by gleeaikin (question authority)
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To: gleeaikin

“Well, it wasn’t 3 million miles like on a Volvo, but my father got 350,000 on a Falcon 30 years ago”

My Great Aunt learned to drive in the early 60s’ (she’d only driven teams of Mules before that) and what did my cousin buy her? A V-8 Falcon, she tore up the roads in Hickman County, Tennessee because my cousin, who taught her to drive, was a stock car racer (former bootlegger) who didn’t know what slow meant. A great car.


24 posted on 09/27/2010 2:25:14 PM PDT by dljordan ("His father's sword he hath girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him")
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