no it was the Italian job, John's right Smokey Mt Frank In a message dated 7/24/2011 9:54:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, elcam84@xxxxxxxxx writes: Wasn't that supposed to be called the California Job? Robert Adams On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 1:19 PM, John Christensen <_johncgg@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:johncgg@xxxxxxxxx) > wrote: Were they loaded with gold bars (Italian Job)? JC On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 10:39 AM, <_STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxxx (mailto:STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx) > wrote: A Mini car club just went down my street, I counted 25. Smokey Mt Frank In a message dated 7/23/2011 11:00:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, _elcam84@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:elcam84@xxxxxxxxx) writes: If you like driving that mini try a Fiat 500( built on the Panda). Bigger inside more power and handles better too. Surprising considering it's a Fiat. They are starting to really advertise in DFW now too. Those chevettes were interesting cars. Decent size inside and gas mileage that is rarely matched today other than with eurpoean diesels but it had no power... You could look at the chevette as more of a london city car but on the big side. Oh on our way to Oklahoma a wile back we passed a pugeot... Who would buy one of those, especially here? Robert Adams On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 6:09 AM, John Christensen <_johncgg@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:johncgg@xxxxxxxxx) > wrote: I used to have a 1986 Chevette. It was a great little 5 speed 4 door with air. Cindy loved it. Part of the reason we went with the Mini Cooper this time around. They were gutless though. JC On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Ray Buck <_rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx) > wrote: My friend Wes from the Nova list is racing a Chevette in a series called Chumpcar: _http://www.chumpcar.com_ (http://www.chumpcar.com/) Absolutely crazy. Here he is after the last race: _http://the-wes.com/images/chumpcar-award.jpg_ (http://the-wes.com/images/chumpcar-award.jpg) Then there's a guy who wrote up a how-to on dropping a 2.8 V6 into a Chevette: _http://www.angelfire.com/extreme3/v6chevette/SWAPSTEP1.html_ (http://www.angelfire.com/extreme3/v6chevette/SWAPSTEP1.html) Interesting writeup. Makes me think about turning the Camaro into a race car and building a sleeper. r