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Anyone here into old cars?
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When I see c30 written, I think of Chevy pickup trucks from the early 70s
I have this...
Which is powered by this...
Which makes it do this.
Which is powered by this...
Which makes it do this.
They're just your standard BF/G P295/50–15s. Not the best for quarter-mile times, or course, but they're great through the corners.
My pride and joy, my first car after I passed my driving test in 1970. Holds a ton of good memories for me.
Fully restored between 2001 and 2005.
1956 Morris Minor, came originally with an 803cc (47 cu in) engine. As the saying goes "couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding". Now fitted with the much improved and wildly powerful 1098cc (67 cu in) engine, transmission and very importantly brakes.
Fully restored between 2001 and 2005.
1956 Morris Minor, came originally with an 803cc (47 cu in) engine. As the saying goes "couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding". Now fitted with the much improved and wildly powerful 1098cc (67 cu in) engine, transmission and very importantly brakes.
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I have this...
Which is powered by this...
Which makes it do this.
'68 Charger with a 383? My buddy had a '69 RT/SE with a 440. It went like stink, but was a bit of a barge
I was running a '65 Dodge Dart GT back then with a mustang II front end, modified K member and a 440. If/when it hooked up right it would pull a 10.56 in the 1/4 (that was the best time. It would have been faster if I could have afforded an alston rear end and auburn gears. I was just a punk 19 year old working in a parts store at the time 
). Most times it would just crop dust the neighborhood with the lovely scent of cooking tires. I remember once launching during the local cruise and left the line like a fuel altered. Yeaaaaah my brother was cussing a lot. . .
'68 Charger with a 383? My buddy had a '69 RT/SE with a 440. It went like stink, but was a bit of a barge
It's a mild 440; low compression, with the MP 280/474 hemi-grind cam. Just a good, reliable, stump-pulling mill. Running mid-10s in that Dart, you must've felt like a NASA astronaut.
More like a greased pig jockey. It was fun in a "If I live through this" kinda way. I actually enjoyed my '92 12 second Cobra ( GT converted ) more. It was consistent, reliable and a blast to drive.
The Dart suffered from nearly all the early '80's hot rod woes. Heat was always the monster waiting to shut me down. As a d.a.k. ( dumb ass kid ) I was all about going as fast as possible. So, I had a mini spool ( not bright ) 4.56 gears ( not bright for a daily driver ) a remarkable 727 built by Ron Souza here in Sac at ADCO ( acceleration development company ) which was the most reliable bit of kit on the beast. I had the old school coffee can with copper tubing winding inside it for a fuel line ice bath for between run cooling. I ran a 750 double pumper with lighter springs and different jets, I don't recall which, it was 30 years ago! The engine was blue-printed at Roseville speed and marine. They did a good job on the block. I sent the heads out to a fella my uncle recommended. He was a mechanic for a top motorcycle team back then. The secret a lot of racers used back then was mutli angle valve jobs like the crotch rocket guys did. Of course later it became well known. In '82, not so much. The cam was a custom ground flat tappet ( OY! And yet I like that I learned to lap valves and could set it up myself. A kind of hot rod rite of passage ) from a custom shop called Racer Brown. The entire thing with my, then, narrow ass and a full fuel cell weighed in just under 1900 lbs. I never dyno'd that engine. I'm guessing it was about 400ish hp at the flywheel. Not much more or less than that. The torque was what made it so unmanageable. I really wish I could have dyno'd it just to see THAT number Compression was right at 11.75:1 Years later when I checked the engine before I sold it, they were still nearly the same across the board. The motor was bullet proof. Not bad for my first home built hot rod. That ugly white beast was pretty known around here along with 'Cuda Mike, Restless Pony ( a 351c powered pinto ), Dane and his INSANE '32 Ford Coupe and Rocky with his bullet nosed pick-up from hell.
) more. It was consistent, reliable and a blast to drive.The Dart suffered from nearly all the early '80's hot rod woes. Heat was always the monster waiting to shut me down. As a d.a.k. ( dumb ass kid ) I was all about going as fast as possible. So, I had a mini spool ( not bright ) 4.56 gears ( not bright for a daily driver ) a remarkable 727 built by Ron Souza here in Sac at ADCO ( acceleration development company ) which was the most reliable bit of kit on the beast. I had the old school coffee can with copper tubing winding inside it for a fuel line ice bath for between run cooling. I ran a 750 double pumper with lighter springs and different jets, I don't recall which, it was 30 years ago! The engine was blue-printed at Roseville speed and marine. They did a good job on the block. I sent the heads out to a fella my uncle recommended. He was a mechanic for a top motorcycle team back then. The secret a lot of racers used back then was mutli angle valve jobs like the crotch rocket guys did. Of course later it became well known. In '82, not so much. The cam was a custom ground flat tappet ( OY! And yet I like that I learned to lap valves and could set it up myself. A kind of hot rod rite of passage ) from a custom shop called Racer Brown. The entire thing with my, then, narrow ass and a full fuel cell weighed in just under 1900 lbs. I never dyno'd that engine. I'm guessing it was about 400ish hp at the flywheel. Not much more or less than that. The torque was what made it so unmanageable. I really wish I could have dyno'd it just to see THAT number
Compression was right at 11.75:1 Years later when I checked the engine before I sold it, they were still nearly the same across the board. The motor was bullet proof. Not bad for my first home built hot rod. That ugly white beast was pretty known around here along with 'Cuda Mike, Restless Pony ( a 351c powered pinto ), Dane and his INSANE '32 Ford Coupe and Rocky with his bullet nosed pick-up from hell.
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Growing up, I drove the following cars:
1940 Chevrolet 4-door
1950 Studebaker Champion convertible
1950 Ford F1 pickup (Flathead V8)
1951 Pontiac 2-door Chieftan (straight-8, sun visor, triangle on the dash)
1953 Ford Customline 4-door sedan
1953 Ford F-250 pickup (Flathead V8, later converted to 292 Y-block V8)
1958 Fiat 1200 TV Roadster (my high school graduation present)
1958 Fiat 1200 Sedan
1959 Mercedes 219 sedan (4-speed on column, white leather interior)
1959 Ford F-100 short box pickup (292 Y-block V8)
1959 Ford Fairlane 4-door sedan
1962 Chevrolet Impala 2-door
1963 Ford Galaxie station wagon
1963 Pontiac Grand Prix
1966 Pontiac GTO
1967 Olds Cutlass Wagon (4-speed manual tranny, floor shifter)
After I graduated college, I had the '63 Grand Prix and the '66 GTO. The Grand Prix sat behind the folks' barn until 1997 when I sold it to a gent who wanted to restore it. The GTO got totaled by an idiot driver running a stoplight in Denver in 1973.
1940 Chevrolet 4-door
1950 Studebaker Champion convertible
1950 Ford F1 pickup (Flathead V8)
1951 Pontiac 2-door Chieftan (straight-8, sun visor, triangle on the dash)
1953 Ford Customline 4-door sedan
1953 Ford F-250 pickup (Flathead V8, later converted to 292 Y-block V8)
1958 Fiat 1200 TV Roadster (my high school graduation present)
1958 Fiat 1200 Sedan
1959 Mercedes 219 sedan (4-speed on column, white leather interior)
1959 Ford F-100 short box pickup (292 Y-block V8)
1959 Ford Fairlane 4-door sedan
1962 Chevrolet Impala 2-door
1963 Ford Galaxie station wagon
1963 Pontiac Grand Prix
1966 Pontiac GTO
1967 Olds Cutlass Wagon (4-speed manual tranny, floor shifter)
After I graduated college, I had the '63 Grand Prix and the '66 GTO. The Grand Prix sat behind the folks' barn until 1997 when I sold it to a gent who wanted to restore it. The GTO got totaled by an idiot driver running a stoplight in Denver in 1973.
My list of cars I think fit this list:
My first car - 1967 Chrysler Newport with a "g" code 383. I made it a white guy low rider and enjoyed it a ton. As a teen it had more than enough room in the back seat . . .
The second was my Dart I spoke of. What I didn't elaborate on was the 225 slant six that had a host of Clifford Industries parts on it, including a 4 barrel manifold with a lil 450 double pumper a header and custom ground cam. It remains the best sounding engine I have ever built. It sounded just like a stock car and went pretty well for what it was. I think I pulled a high 13 in Bakersfield one weekend.
Briefly had a 1967 Bonneville. I wanted to turn that into a pro street car but it was a victim of my house fire along with my GSXR750. No fun at all.
1964 1/4 ( ostensibly a Falcon experimental ) It was all show no go. It had a bone stock 300 straight six that was forever having exhaust manifold leaks. It was a beautiful car to look at and terrible to drive.
1972 split bumper Camero ( my fav year and look ) It started with a 307, when that grenaded I put a 327 out of a '65 Vette. It had the 11.75:1 pistons, camel hump heads and was a great motor to pair with my slip n slide tranny I had 3.55 gears out back because it was a daily driver at the time. I never took it to the track, but it was decent enough stop light to stop light. It was a beast in the corners too. All around a good car.
1971 Olds Cutlass. It had the olds 350. I hated that car.
1976 Chrysler Cordoba with a small block 360. It was a hell of a sleeper, comfortable and I rather liked the looks too.
My first car - 1967 Chrysler Newport with a "g" code 383. I made it a white guy low rider and enjoyed it a ton. As a teen it had more than enough room in the back seat . . .
The second was my Dart I spoke of. What I didn't elaborate on was the 225 slant six that had a host of Clifford Industries parts on it, including a 4 barrel manifold with a lil 450 double pumper a header and custom ground cam. It remains the best sounding engine I have ever built. It sounded just like a stock car and went pretty well for what it was. I think I pulled a high 13 in Bakersfield one weekend.
Briefly had a 1967 Bonneville. I wanted to turn that into a pro street car but it was a victim of my house fire along with my GSXR750. No fun at all.
1964 1/4 ( ostensibly a Falcon experimental ) It was all show no go. It had a bone stock 300 straight six that was forever having exhaust manifold leaks. It was a beautiful car to look at and terrible to drive.
1972 split bumper Camero ( my fav year and look ) It started with a 307, when that grenaded I put a 327 out of a '65 Vette. It had the 11.75:1 pistons, camel hump heads and was a great motor to pair with my slip n slide tranny
I had 3.55 gears out back because it was a daily driver at the time. I never took it to the track, but it was decent enough stop light to stop light. It was a beast in the corners too. All around a good car.1971 Olds Cutlass. It had the olds 350. I hated that car.
1976 Chrysler Cordoba with a small block 360. It was a hell of a sleeper, comfortable and I rather liked the looks too.
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The Dart suffered from nearly all the early '80's hot rod woes. Heat was always the monster waiting to shut me down. As a d.a.k. ( dumb ass kid ) I was all about going as fast as possible. So, I had a mini spool ( not bright ) 4.56 gears ( not bright for a daily driver ) a remarkable 727 built by Ron Souza here in Sac at ADCO ( acceleration development company ) which was the most reliable bit of kit on the beast. I had the old school coffee can with copper tubing winding inside it for a fuel line ice bath for between run cooling. I ran a 750 double pumper with lighter springs and different jets, I don't recall which, it was 30 years ago! The engine was blue-printed at Roseville speed and marine. They did a good job on the block. I sent the heads out to a fella my uncle recommended. He was a mechanic for a top motorcycle team back then. The secret a lot of racers used back then was mutli angle valve jobs like the crotch rocket guys did. Of course later it became well known. In '82, not so much. The cam was a custom ground flat tappet ( OY! And yet I like that I learned to lap valves and could set it up myself. A kind of hot rod rite of passage ) from a custom shop called Racer Brown. The entire thing with my, then, narrow ass and a full fuel cell weighed in just under 1900 lbs. I never dyno'd that engine. I'm guessing it was about 400ish hp at the flywheel. Not much more or less than that. The torque was what made it so unmanageable. I really wish I could have dyno'd it just to see THAT number
You sure that Dart only weighed 1900 lbs with you in it? Holy heck, that must have been stripped down to nothing to get it that light with an iron headed 440 and a 727 in it. No wonder it ran 10's.
If I could get my Camaro that light it would likely go mid to high 8's with the engine that's in it. Right now the car goes 10.30's on street tires/thru mufflers and it weighs 3600 lbs with me in it.
