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Lannie

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Well, that didn't work, sorry. I found the old original commercial for it, and now I remember seeing it. If you're interested just do a search for Popeil Pocket Fisherman and you'll find it. What a hoot!
 

Jimi

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May be an image of 1 person, child and text that says 'NOT EVERYONE IS MEANT TO BE A DOCTOR ORA A LAWYER. tuak TEACH YOUR KIDS THAT IT'S OK TO WORK WITH YOUR HANDS AND BUILD COOL STUFF.'
 

Lannie

Silver Contributor
Member For 5 Years
I had a Tempest that had an Over head cam 6 and it was the same year 1966 mine was blue and had a 4 speed tranny

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I LOVED THAT CAR :bliss: :bliss: :bliss:

I must confess, I was such a MoPar snob back in the '70s, I never gave this one a second thought. First strike against it was it was a Pontiac, and second strike was a the 6 cylinder engine. I never looked any farther than that. I had no idea. Mea culpa.

I still prefer a nice muscly MoPar, but I'm not such a snob anymore. ;) Muscle cars are too rare.
 

Jimi

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Member For 5 Years
I must confess, I was such a MoPar snob back in the '70s, I never gave this one a second thought. First strike against it was it was a Pontiac, and second strike was a the 6 cylinder engine. I never looked any farther than that. I had no idea. Mea culpa.

I still prefer a nice muscly MoPar, but I'm not such a snob anymore. ;) Muscle cars are too rare.
Yes it was just a 6 cyl but it beat all the 318's/283's I ever ran it against
 

Lannie

Silver Contributor
Member For 5 Years
Wow, I missed yesterday... so many good memories! I never saw that ingenious spark plug gapper before, but I sure wish I'd had one back in the day, rather than that mess of little metal tabs on a spindle-thingie like a pocket knife. I'd have loved to have just carried that disk on my keyring.
 

Lannie

Silver Contributor
Member For 5 Years
I was fortunate enough to miss that whole choke issue, but I remember my dad "choking" the car when he started it, LOL! The things that went through my head. I didn't know why he hated the old Plymouth panel van so much that he had to choke it every day. It was YEARS more before I understood.
 

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