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   Message 2,035 of 2,177   
   Mike Powell to Jim Haight   
   Car seats   
   28 Jan 17 18:00:00   
   
   > I had a friend in high school who had a Rambler with a GM 327 in it (towing   
   > package?), push button automatic etc. He had dual thrush mufflers on it and   
   > rejetted the 4bbl. We called it the scrambler. I think he got it used for   
   > $30.00 from someone and spent more on the exhaust etc. It was quite the   
   > sleeper. I remember someone trying to pass him on the right and he manually   
   > hit   
   > a lower gear on the dash and the car sounded like thunder. Scared the hell   
   out   
   > of people when they heard it.   
      
   Sounds like a beast.  Mine had the standard 199cid straight-6 with the auto   
   transmission on the column.  It was odd, though... where (D)rive would be on   
   most cars I have driven, I think it had an (S), which meant it started in   
   second and then went to third.  The middle setting was for all 3 gears, (D)   
   Drive, and then the last one was just like most other cars from back then,   
   (L) for low gear only.  That (S) setting had no real purpose, from what I   
   could tell.  Trying to take off from a light in it usually meant killing the   
   engine.  But she ran great in (D).  :)   
      
   Mike   
      
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