View single post by pacifichrono
 Posted: Thu May 3rd, 2007 10:13 am
PM Quote Reply Full Topic
pacifichrono



Joined: Thu Sep 8th, 2005
Location: USA
Posts: 1594
Status: 
Offline
KenC wrote: pacifichrono wrote: Bummer, Sean.  I had a '63 Ghia about 40 years ago.  I loved that car till the engine blew up in August 1967 while crossing the Arizona desert on my way back from leave to MCSC Barstow.  My parents spent $500 to have a rebuilt engine installed (I was just a "poor" 19 year-old Marine).

I hope you can salvage yours - - it looks like it was in really nice shape.

Hard to keep those air cooled engines running in the AZ desert in August!  $500 was a whole months pay for a 1LT back then.

Man, you were RICH!  I was earning about $150/month then.  Damned officers! :X