What is your favorite Classic car?
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nooshinjohn wrote: »@Verb... promise me you will make the interior of the C8 rival that of a Jaguar.
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Daggum, I made a mistake on the mileage. I have 320,000....not 230,000. Thanks for helping with the truck Verb! Two thumbs up!!!
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'60 Buick Lesabre. Step dad has one on air ride with a 401 Nail head swapped from a' 59 Rivera. Loved that dang car.
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The Riviera was a trim package only until it became a model in it's own right in 1963. In 1959, it would have been part of the Electra family. The 401 would have been a standard engine in the LeSabre in 1960, as it entered production in 1959, and became the base motor for Buick's full size platforms.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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I've always been fond of the Chevy Super Sports. Impala, Nova, Camaro....I don't care :^ )2 channel - Willsenton R8 tube integrated, Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE DAC, audio optimized NUC7i5, Windows 10 Pro/JRiver MC29/Fidelizer Plus 8.7 w/LPS and external SSD drive, PS Audio PerfectWave P3 regenerator, KEF R3 speakers, Rythmik F12SE subwoofer, Audioquest Diamond USB cable, Gabriel Gold IC's, Morrow Audio SP5 speaker cables. Computer - Windows 10/JRiver, Schiit Magni 3+/Modi 3+, Fostex PMO.4n monitors, Sennheiser HD600 headphones
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Nice job bringing that one back to life! Very nice.
Your old Camaro was like my girlfriends when I was 18. Hers had the shark fins on the side, spoiler in the back and all of the rims and tires were wide, low profile. Done stylishly though, not like some of today's where the tires are an inch tall on the sidewall. Hers was a custom Gray metallic with the same engine....that was a fun car to drive!
Tom
Something like this? Bought it new in '79 at age 19. Not much HP by todays standards but was pretty badass and helped getting the ladies....
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Yes! Different rims, different paint job but pretty much like that! Only other thing different was that this was my womans ride. She was hot to begin with, place her in that car an my heart melted. Hers would chirp gears all the way to 3rd and would lay a 5' patch going into third if you went hard on the pedal.
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Yes! Different rims, different paint job but pretty much like that! Only other thing different was that this was my womans ride. She was hot to begin with, place her in that car an my heart melted. Hers would chirp gears all the way to 3rd and would lay a 5' patch going into third if you went hard on the pedal.
Tom
Yup....
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ken brydson wrote: »
Something like this? Bought it new in '79 at age 19. Not much HP by todays standards but was pretty badass and helped getting the ladies....
I bought a new Camaro in 79. Looked a lot like this one with a body color rear spoiler (Camel Metalic). Ordered it with 350, 4bbl, auto. It looked good, but performance wise it was a gas guzzling boat anchor of a motor (stock). My 69 Mustang with a 302 was a much better engine.
Got married...and had to get a "family" car...a Datsun 200sx.
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ken brydson wrote: »
Something like this? Bought it new in '79 at age 19. Not much HP by todays standards but was pretty badass and helped getting the ladies....
I bought a new Camaro in 79. Looked a lot like this one with a body color rear spoiler (Camel Metalic). Ordered it with 350, 4bbl, auto. It looked good, but performance wise it was a gas guzzling boat anchor of a motor (stock). My 69 Mustang with a 302 was a much better engine.
Got married...and had to get a "family" car...a Datsun 200sx.
Steve,
That's because your Camaro's 350 was chocking on all the smog regulations whereas the 302 in the '69 Mustang was free to breath unrestricted!Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
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I don't recall anyone mentioning this one....
No love for the Z?
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...or ZX?
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Or Fiat x19
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Had a good friend of mine have the 1988 version 300ZX. Loved how smooth that car would kick it. So much fun.
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My Dad's friend had a 240 back in the day and he took me up to the mountains in it. I wasn't old enough to drive yet (could barely see over the dash) but I could tell Bob had a lot of fun driving that car. I liked the power it had without being obnoxiously loud.
Only minor issue was that I saw the highway from the passenger seat the whole trip. The floorboard had rusted out! Apparently that was a common issue of datsun's back in that day and age. I kept thinking that I was one speed bump away from my seat falling out from the bottom. LOL
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Lot’s of love for the Z here. Nice article in R&T this month about a British firm that restores them. Just rub some money on on it, and then add some more.
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ken brydson wrote: »
Something like this? Bought it new in '79 at age 19. Not much HP by todays standards but was pretty badass and helped getting the ladies....
I bought a new Camaro in 79. Looked a lot like this one with a body color rear spoiler (Camel Metalic). Ordered it with 350, 4bbl, auto. It looked good, but performance wise it was a gas guzzling boat anchor of a motor (stock). My 69 Mustang with a 302 was a much better engine.
Got married...and had to get a "family" car...a Datsun 200sx.
Steve,
That's because your Camaro's 350 was chocking on all the smog regulations whereas the 302 in the '69 Mustang was free to breath unrestricted!
I know WHY it was..it doesn't change the fact of WHAT it was... "it was a gas guzzling boat anchor of a motor (stock)"
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My favorite of all of the Goats...
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My current dream car, 57 Desoto Adventure:
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I agree with you Tom, that was the best looking Goat. The 64 was lighter, but had less hp as it was 348hp and the 65 was 360hp with 3x2 barrel carbs.
The first fast car I rode in was a 63 Chevy SS 409 4 speed convertible, the second was a 65 yellow GTO 4 speed convertible. My father and uncle took it out and to see how fast it was on a nearby street from a standing start at one light pole and seeing how fast it was going when we passed the third one. It hit 80 mph or so if I remember correctly.Yamaha RX-A2070, Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amp, Benchmark Dac1, Bluesound NODE 2i, Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport, Parasound Zphono USB Phono Preamp, Fluance RT85, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Polk L600's, L400, L900's, RC80i's, SVS 3000 Micro, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, Nordost Silver Shadow Digital Cable, Cullen Gold and Crossover Series Power Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha Analog Interconnect Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 11 OCC Custom Power Cable, Signal Power Cable, Furman PL-8C 15 Power Conditioner, Sony 65" 900F, Sony UBP-X700, Fios, Apple TV 4K, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables. -
Loved the '67 Cougar
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Loved the '67 Cougar
The only one that topped that imo was the Couger Eliminator. They do not get nearly enough love. -
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westmassguy wrote: »My current dream car, 57 Desoto Adventure:
I don't understand the reason that this car has more or less been forgotten, and the '57 Chevy is an all-time winner!Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.
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They sure don't. Guy in college had one with a 351 Windsor. One of the fastest cars I've ever been in. -
On the hunt for one of these... Project car is ok too.
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