Mopar 8-bolt truck cranks (somewhat off-EFI-topic)

[Greg Hermann]

>Charles wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 05:00:01 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>> > Flywheels/flexplates for the eight bolt units are tough to find.
>> >
>> >And just to reconfirm why Chrysler nearly went broke
>>
>>         I think it was the termination of the Dart/Valiant and
>> replacement with the awful Volare/Aspen...
>>
>>And what saved them from going bankrupt was the even worse K Car, and the
>>van they morphed out of it.

I think it was really all the tax credits Lee baby I'macacca got for
dumpstering all the really cool nos parts and refusing to service them any
more--the part of the subsidy which you never read about--that did the
trick!! The same nice dude who killed the Ford FE also did in the Mopar
RB!! (One can only wonder whether Joan Claybrook paid him off to do the
dirty work!!) Now there would be a good, entertaining political
debate--lock Lee inna room with Jesse the Body for fifteen minutes, and, ya
know, see what happens!

The most galling of Lee's stunts was when he insisted on suing those who
tried to reproduce the parts he had dumpstered for copyright infringement!!
And they talk about pro athletes having egos!! Sorta funny to see Mopar
bringing a lot of the good stuff back now!!

Regards, Greg