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The Snake Wants To Put You In A '78 Plymouth Arrow!

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Murilee Martin
11/14/09

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Forgot to mention that I've got one of The Snake's Childs & Albert connecting rods, courtesy of a friend who drives the oil-recycling truck that hits all the NorCal race tracks. Pretty cool wall decoration. #celeste
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MOPAR-MAN
11/14/09

@Murilee Martin: It sure is! I have a Brooks rod and piston assembly that I got from my friend who was the bottom end guy for Dale Creasy Jr.'s funny car. I used to keep it on my mantle. #celeste
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FantozziUgo
11/14/09

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The Drake Wants To Put You In A '70 Fiat 128!

I know that this clip was already here a couple of years ago, but I think it's nice to show it again, at least for the sake of the newcomers. And I'd like as well to correct some wrong opinions: Eng. Enzo Ferrari was the most independent Italian who ever shifted a gear... he was so proud and self-asserting, that he never had troubles in kicking some moron's ass. That's the reason he was nicknamed "the Drake". He was not the man to "pay homage to his Fiat overlords", he was only sincerely willing to help the selling of an Italian product, in a moment of crisis. Until he was alive he had the total, full control of the Company he did create. It was stated well clear, in the joint venture agreements between Fiat and Ferrari. The Fiat management took over after his death, and every Italian is well aware of this.

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#Ferrari, #Fiat128 #celeste
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oldgraygeek
11/14/09

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One day in the mid-'80s, I saw an immaculate Fire Arrow stopped at a light in Atlantic City... and then I saw a trash truck hit it.
Sadness. #celeste
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JoeHardrock
11/14/09

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Thanks for posting the vid I sent you Murilee!

And I'll say right now that I'm one of those guys that keeps his Arrow on the street daily. Here's mine when I took it on a trip down to Florida. #celeste
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HoonThatFerrari
11/14/09

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The main thing I remember about these cars is that in one of their ad campaigns they used the insidious & thoroughly annoying Harry Nilsson song: "Me and My Arrow", which he composed for an animated show called "The Point". Now, just seeing this thread reminded me of that, and I know that stupid song is going to be in my head all morning until I get rolling to run a few errands & have the chance to blast some Dream Theater in the car at 127 db in order to clear my synapses.

I couldn't find one of the commercials containing that song, but here's a YouTube link to a version of it, if you would like to be annoyed along with me... #celeste
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tonyola
11/14/09

@HoonThatFerrari: I always thought of the song as charming, but then again I liked Nilsson and can listen to "Coconut" ("she put the lime in the coconut and drank 'em both up") without wincing. Now that I've planted that annoyingly catchy song into your head, maybe you'll forget "Arrow". Maybe I need help.

There were some people who wanted "Me and My Arrow" banned from the radio. Apparently, they misheard the lyric "Me and my arrow/straighter than narrow" as "straight up and narrow". Nasty little uptight imaginations set to work and interpreted the lines to mean someone talking about their erection.

The Mitsu-based Arrow was not the first time Chrysler inflicted the name upon us. From 1968 to 1970, a version of the boxy Hillman Hunter was imported as the Sunbeam Arrow. It was pretty dreadful.
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HoonThatFerrari
11/14/09

@tonyola: "Lime in the Coconut", huh? Great... thanks.... now that's going to require a lot more than blasting Dream Theater to clear my synapses - that's going to take plugging the Strat directly into the Marshall & wailing on Ritchie Blackmore compositions 'til 3am. #celeste
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tonyola
11/14/09

@HoonThatFerrari: Glad I could help. I can now rest knowing that I can take satisfaction in a job well done. #celeste
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Alfisted
11/14/09

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This is one of the most attractive Mitsubishis ever. That is not a compliment. #celeste
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tonyola
11/14/09

@Alfisted: I'd happily take a late flared-fender Starion on looks alone. #celeste
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Alfisted
11/14/09

@tonyola: That is one of two exceptions (at least of those brought to the US) I thought of. #celeste
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Novaload
11/14/09

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OMG the cutaway was to Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme!

Interesting how this Arrow actually looks like a little Javelin/AMC/Eagle mixed up with a Japanese Honey Bee--and they didn't even have PhotoShop back then! #celeste
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cgarison
11/14/09

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Is it me or is the EPA estimates either super exaggerated in the late 70's or do our current cars just really suck at fuel efficiency #celeste
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Murilee Martin
11/15/09

@cgarison: Current cars do indeed suck gas, because even the "small" ones weigh 3000 lbs, but the old EPA fuel-economy test didn't even come close to replicating real-world driving conditions. I believe the "highway" mileage test was done at 50 MPH. #celeste
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ProstWest
11/14/09

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I got an iron-on of Prudhomme's car from an army recruiter at the fair and my mom put it on a Hanes for me. Until it flaked off I was even cooler than the kid who wore the shirt from his dad's auto parts store all the time, the one with the Chevelle being shot out of a cannon.
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Maxichamp
11/14/09

@ProstWest: Power seats, power mirrors, power windows, climate control, 26 airbags all add up weight-wise. #celeste
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ss750ie
11/14/09

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This brings back fond memories of going to Sears Point with my dad when he was racing in the Showroom Stock class. I remember the Fire Arrow models doing alright. #celeste
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Maxichamp
11/14/09

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Either the guy in the video is 7' tall, or that Arrow has zero headroom. #celeste
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