My 1970 GTO

Townhall.com ^ | June 8, 2009 | Mike Adams

[ebshumidors]

In Jersey they were vent windows

[AussieJoe]

Yeah, point taken.... still, there’s something scary-fun about having to lift your elbow and knee over the inside kerb as you apex a corner that you just can’t get in a car. Especially when you’re within a few feet of 3 or 4 buddies all vying for the fastest line.

I should never have strayed into this thread, now my throttle wrist is twitching.... you guys are killin’ me!

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Hmmm. Your '69 Goat had a timing belt?

;-)

[McGruff]

Saw this on an older pickup.

[Eagle Eye]

and my 1970 Sports Satellite! Cragar SS wheels...oh yeah!

[karatemom]

We just got an ‘84 Mustang convertible. My husband and I love it; our 17 year old son doesn’t have the same appreciation.

[dirtboy]

This is the car I learn to drive. It was a 1970 Olds F85 with a 350 V8.

I had a 71 Cutlass with a Rocket 350. Fine highway car.

[OL Hickory]

Cars I have owned..I look back and realize how stupid I was in my younger days for letting some of these go.

Ford
62 Falcon
65 mustang
68 torino fast back
85 and 88 mustang fast backs

chevy
68 nova
71 camaro
75 camaro
85 Iroc Z

Pontiac
79 formula

Mopar-
73 duster
73 dart swinger **Slant 6 225 bulletproof motors**

**now have kids and drive a Jeep cherokee***

[OL Hickory]

My cousin drove an AMC gremlin with a 304 V8 with after market dual head scoops...what a sight

[OL Hickory]

Duster lives in the garage.....

If it came with the BULLETPROOF slant 6 225...I guarantee she will fire right back up.....

[AFreeBird]

I had one of these: Formula 400 RamAir III, Muncie M22 4spd, in highschool. Mine was gold.

The 400 in it was a GOAT motor.

[norraad]

I've heard the bulletproof slant was half of a Merlin V12, the engine in the Spitfires, is that true?

That would go along way towards explaining the reliability.

[AnAmericanMother]

We used to have a 2002tii.

"The Flying Brick". That little rascal could MOVE.

It was like the Deacon's One-Hoss Shay, it eventually fell apart all at once, all over. We gave the carcass to our mechanic, I don't know what happened to it.

[CharlieOK1]

Red Barchetta comes true...

[Nuc1]

That's Headman Headers. I guess I will forgive ya though...being a PoMoCo driver and all.

If you've a mind you can still make some very HiPo cars today. Think supercharging here. A bit expensive but you can pull 500hp out of just about anything decent these days. Cost about 5K. If you have never had 500+ Hp under your foot you simply cannot imagine how much fun it is. If costly.

[Ancesthntr]

Oops, chain.

[Ancesthntr]

I thought the requirement was to post photos of sexy chicks. But thanks anyways

It applies to the cars used to entice sexy chicks. You're welcome. :>)

[Nuc1]

Recently read an Engine Masters article on a 318 build. They pulled 425 hp @ 6300 rpm. Simple build. Standard block prep bored 40 over (.040 inches), set deck at 0, late model cast crank and connecting rods. Comp Cams hydraulic cam using 1.6 pedestal rockers. Engine Quest iron heads with 2.03 intakes. Have Dr. J's port em and set them up for you. There was a retainer to valve guide clearance problem that needed to be addressed. A minor problem. The heads flowed 270 SCFM intake and 203 SCFM exhaust. Good numbers. Use KB Flatops for pistons. Compression should come in at about 9.75 to 1. They used a 750 Holley and an Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap Intake. They used headers on the dyno but for a street engine I would use port matched exhaust manifolds. Do your best to smooth the interior of the manifolds. I would go with a torquer manifold instead of the Performer RPM. And I would open it up a bit also. There is free hp in intake manifolds. And I would use either an Edelbrock 800 SCFM Thunder Series carb or an 850 Speed Demon. OTOH an 830 SCFM Rochester Q-Jet would be perfect for this setup. I love em as a street carb. Check out HP Books on Rochester Carbs and study to understand them and they will give you VERY good results and good fuel economy if set up properly. Edelbrock used to sell new ones as Performer RPM Carburators. They came in 750 and 850 SCFM ranges. They may still have some left, ask them. This would be a sweet streeter in your Duster.

[NellieMae]

My Daddy had a really nice Olds 442. It was a mid to late 60’s model. I’m not sure which. It was very nice. I still miss my very first car. It was a ‘70 model Camaro. It was green with a green vinyl top. Very pretty. I wish that I had never sold it. Didn’t want to, had to. Still regret it.

[calex59]

1957, friends father had bought a 1957, 283, chevy coupe, we called them hardtop convertibles. It was fast and were cruising around Stockton, we lived in the country but drove down to Stockton and Sac to look for girls. We were bombing away from every stop light, laying rubber and thinking we were hot stuff. Stopped at a light, guy comes along side of us driving a '32 Ford, chopped top and something big for an engine, don't know what.

He was looking over at my friend reving the engine and wanting to race, my friend didn't really want to race his dad's car, but he goosed the throttle a few times, had an automatic transmission, he accidentally let up on the brake just briefly and the Chevy moved about an two inches.

The guy in the '32 Ford was watching us and not the light, he thought the light had changed and he stood on it, flew into the intersection, got hit from two directions at the same time, was thrown out of the drivers side window but his feet hooked onto the inside of the window and he didn't hit the ground. When the dust settled he was unhurt, Ford was ruined, which was a shame as it was a fine car.

Cop rolled up and gave my friend a ticket for "racing" even though we weren't, hauled the other guy off to jail. I bet his insurance wasn't too happy either. No one was hurt in the wreck, which was blind luck.

That Chevy with the little 283 was a real screamer in its day and my first "real" car was a '57 Chevy when I got out of the army a few years later.