jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> "\"Digger\"" <dodgedakotaquadcab@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> : Its 611 miles for us.Theye are expecting 40,000+ for a
> : 2 day event.Plus they'll jump a "General"
>
>
> I've never understood the fascination behind jumping a General
> Lee. Well, OK, I did when I was something like 10 years old,
> but now that I's all growed up, it just makes me cringe.
> Seems like a better "stunt" might be to take a trashed Charger
> and restify it into a General Lee to give away to one of the
> event patrons, rather than consigning yet another of these
> classic vehicles to the scrap heap. Sure, some day maybe there
> will be a big enough aftermarket to build a '68-70 style Charger
> from scratch, but even then, there are only a finite number of
> the original cars left, and smashing them into the ground only
> makes the remaining vehicles that much less obtainable for those
> of us who actually care about 'em... Oh well.
>
> Its not just jumping the General Lee, stuff like demolition
> derbies, draining an import's engine of oil and blowing it up, etc.
> I've never understood any of that sort of senseless destruction.
> Seems a shame to just destroy something that obviously has some
> life left in it. Maybe its because I'm cheap, maybe I'm a
> sentimental fool, or perhaps I was dropped as a child, I dunno.
> Whatever the case, it just doesn't seem right. It stings just
> a little bit more though when its a classic Mopar on the pointed
> end of the stick.
>
WELLS SAID JON!!!! *applause*
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