Re: [CR]Chrome Paramount; why so RARE and COLLECTABLE?

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Columbus:SLX)

Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:08:43 -0800 (PST)
From: "Joe Starck" <josephbstarck@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Chrome Paramount; why so RARE and COLLECTABLE?
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <20060223200622.94885.qmail@web33909.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
cc: Syke - Deranged Few M/C <sykerocker@yahoo.com>

--- Syke - Deranged Few M/C <sykerocker@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Of all the factors mentioned or alluded to, NEVER,
> ever, ever underestimate the
> 16-year-old-lust-factor. As in, what you really
> lusted after as a 16-year-old. Probably some easier
> to understand examples in parallel situations are:
>
> Plymouth Road Runner 426 Hemi
> Dodge Charger 440 Six-Pack
> Pontiac 455 GTO Judge
> Kawasaki H-2, Z-1 or KZ900
> Triton
>
> I think you get the point. From a point of
> mechanical and artist perfection, these vehicles
> fall far short of those wondrous European pieces of
> art (say, MV Augusta/Ducati and Ferrari/Maserati).
> However, prime examples of the above constantly
> out-price the snobbier Euro stuff.
>
> The Paramount's in the same boat. No matter how
> finely made, it's American, which means it either:
> a. Causes a sharp sniff out of the upturned snotty
> Euro nose, or b. brings back memories of when it was
> just as desirable as girls, thus insuring that
> sanity never holds back on the purse strings.
>
> George R. "Syke" Paczolt
> Montpelier, VA
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> What are the most popular cars?

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I'd paint it in the most masculine paisley, then put some custom cnc'd spinnin' rims on it "Get the Goodwin spin" -- and fly. Joe Starck Madison, Wisconsin

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