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Going for walks, seeing some cool cars.
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My buddy (Jersey mob money kid) in the 80s had a 69 Camaro RS/SS, red with houndstooth interior. They paid a local shop to build a bleeding edge LS6 454 but all painted and stickered like the stock 396... it was a beast until he bounced it between both sides of an underpass new Willowbrook Mall (dumb Jersey Mob Money kid
).Wasn't that what the SuperBee was? Hemi small block? A guy at my high school had one, and it was a beast, in a straight line at least.
No, 440. It was actually a better motor than the Hemi until you started putting real work into the Hemi. It revved and made great power.
I'm not really up on Mopar offerings, but I believe the Road Runner and Super Bee were built on the same platform as the Satellite was and that was larger than the Dart.
Horrible pic from May 1985, but I still own the car and still have the wheels, although right now the car has Weld Wheels at all 4 corners.... 15x3.5 up front and 15x14 out back.
That is so rad, thanks for sharing. Weld has some tight rims too. Are you referring to the eight hole Draglite rims?
-Mike
They are Draglites. I'll try to find a pic to post so you can see them. Although I've owned the car for 41 years, I haven't had it out in at least 5 years thanks to $20 a gallon fuel for it.
I bought the car when I was a Senior in High School and tubbed it 2000 or so.
I have Weld's on the yellow Blazer as well.
Aluminum slots, Goodyear Polyglass tires, Flowmasters under your feet and old school slapper bars..... welcome to the 80's.
Aluminum slots were always my call... though a buddy had a Beemer 2002 with Minilite Mags and I've always wanted to put a set on something I've owned.
79 Z/28. Solid lifter 350 under the hood, TH350 trans and a 4.10 geared 12 Bolt rear. Look close and you'll see the old school slapper bars.
Pic from 1998 at the IHRA Empire Nationals. Ran mid 12 second ET's and was fully street legal, right down to the spare tire in the trunk. I made it to the semi finals of the ET class at that race.
Including purchase price, I had less than $2500 into this car and I still own it.
Definitely, it only costs money for prep and for rechroming... probably close to the price of a new set.
I've owned well over 100 cars/trucks over the last 43 years...... all but maybe 10 were registered and driven by me or my wife.You have quite the car collection
The blue Camaro I bought in 1985 as a one owner V8 car, the black Z/28 I bought as a roller in 1997. The Blazer I bought as a full size jigsaw puzzle in 1992 and the ElCamino was a complete non running car I also bought in 1992.
Beyond that I've owned a few other Z/28's, well over a dozen K5 Blazers, countless squarebody GM trucks, a few G body cars, numerous Cavaliers, a few full size Buicks, an Oldsmobile or 8...... It's a sickness just like buying Basses.
Today I still have the Camaro, the Z, the ElCamino and the Blazer. Also have a lifted 98 Silverado, lifted 05 Crew Cab Silverado, an HHR, a Buick LaCrosse and a handful of Subarus that we use as daily drivers.
And I have a 2500HD with the Duramax Diesel for my tow/plow truck.
I used to bicycle commute to downtown Seattle and belevue (I was an IT contractor and had contracts in both places) from my home in the eastern Renton Highlands. During nice weather as I rode home a LOT of the homes in my neighborhood had their garage doors open as I rode home. I was shocked at how many of them had classic cars at various levels of restoration. From pretty rusty to factory pristine, custom, and everything in between.
That's when I realized there are a LOT of classic cars in good condition in the US. Way more than in Cuba!
That's when I realized there are a LOT of classic cars in good condition in the US. Way more than in Cuba!
