Tags: dave letterman

Paul New­man calls up and he says, “Dave,” he says, “I’m think­ing about get­ting me a Volvo sta­tion wagon, and I’m gonna stuff a Ford 302 V-​​8 engine into it. (…) Do you want one?”

“All I Smell Is Raw Power And Speed” ~ Dave Let­ter­man recounts how Paul New­man offered to get him a Volvo sta­tion wagon with a 400 horse­power engine. Some other colour­ful bits of infor­ma­tion as well.