On 9/2/05, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:

 That's what Detroit thought back in '73, even after the first gas
> 'crisis'. It wasn't until they saw all those Honda's & Toyota's out
> there that they realized something might have changed.
> FWIW in '73 I was sitting in those gas lines (on an even or odd
> rationing day) in a '59 VW bus with the mighty 36hp engine.
> 
> Rob

 Rob,
 Tom said MACHO American Men (MAM). Are VW bus driver's MAM's?
 For what it's worth, I was in those gas lines complaining about how 
ridiculous prices were when they went from 47 cents to 54 cents overnight. 
My macho 1965 Bug with the massive 40hp flat-4 was supplied by the stock 10 
gallon tank with the supplemental 24 gallon tank where the backseat normally 
is. You should have seen the look of those behind me who could not believe 
the little bugger was taking in so much gas. 
 The 65 bug is gone. I still have the aluminum Long Ranger (brand) gas tank. 
Sound like it's time to break it out and try to fit it in to my diesel 
Vanagon Doublecab.
 BenT