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Old 07-22-2009, 11:19 AM   #9 (permalink)
gone-ot
...beats walking...
 
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Originally Posted by JeremyinIndy View Post
I'm kinda surprised to find an original owner of one of these so quickly!
...you have to remember that was right in the middle of the 'first' OPEC Oil Embargo...everybody was getting FE-smart suddenly...even us "hot rodders" (I had a 340/6BBL which only got 12-14 mpg!)

...it was never OEM, just an "after-market" unit. I think I ordered mine from J.C.Whitney, but can't really recall.

...DST is still around in Romulus, MI. Apparently Mr. Spacek passed away in 2003--he was an inventor and worked (mostly) in microwave devices.

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