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09-21-2006, 01:21 PM

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I'm not so sure you can call them "so JDM". "Power bulge" hoods have been around Detroit iron since the middle of last century.

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09-21-2006, 01:32 PM

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thats a weird thing to say viper when you think about it. Middle of the last century, haven't heard it put that way in awhile. Kinda makes us all feel old... good job

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09-21-2006, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SQS2000,Sep 21 2006, 03:32 PM

thats a weird thing to say viper when you think about it. Middle of the last century, haven't heard it put that way in awhile. Kinda makes us all feel old... good job

You know what Popeye says .....................
I yam what I yam and that's all the I yams. It's just a "feeling" anyway.

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09-21-2006, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by xviper,Sep 21 2006, 11:56 AM

If our engines sat straight up and down, they would have needed one of these:

By the way, is that a Saab Sonett?

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09-21-2006, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jimi,Sep 21 2006, 05:20 PM

By the way, is that a Saab Sonett?

Dunno. Never seen the car till today on the net.

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09-21-2006, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jimi,Sep 21 2006, 05:20 PM

By the way, is that a Saab Sonett?

Yes and mine was bright green!!

Everyone thought it was the new mini corvette

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09-21-2006, 03:58 PM

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Great car!

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09-21-2006, 04:46 PM

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The engine was tilted to lower the center of mass and improve handling. I read this in a technical aritcle presented at the 2000 ??? Society of Automotive Engineers conference.