VLVL(4)(aa) Never Underestimate A Pynchon

[pynchonoid]

--- "Vincent A. Maeder" <vmaeder at cycn-phx.com> wrote:
> 	"observing a rare, legendary (some believed only
> folkloric)
> Edsel Escondido, sort of a beefier Ford Ranchero
> with a complexity of
> Chrome accents, including around that well-known
> problem grille..."

> (VL, Ch. 4, p. 44)  
[...]	HOWEVER, there is this gentleman in California
who
> built a
> custom Edsel Ranchero (sounds pretty similar so far)
> which looks like a
> beefed up Ranchero (check out the picks, it does) in
> the 1980's (!)
> which he eventually "sold to a fellow in Napa"! 
> Perhaps, Mr. Pynchon
> still owns this car?  Yet, it exists... It LIVES!
> http://home.pacbell.net/drakcap/EdRan.htm

Excellent.  But it might be too puny (unless he's
swapped in a big diesel engine) for that Airstream
trailer Mr. P may still be towing around, if this
story is to be believed:

<http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/bio/adventures.html>


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