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re: Pictures from days gone by....

Posted on 12/17/24 at 2:21 pm to
Posted by BuckyCheese
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Posted on 12/17/24 at 2:21 pm to
Interesting read. My dad had a '67 L71 Vette and since they weren't worth a mint like today, he took off the tri power and put a single 850 double pumper on and it went faster like mentioned in the article.

Oh how I wish he kept some of his cars...

Several C2s, a '65 442 4 speed, '68 Z/28

All of them were red.

Posted by MizunoDude
Member since May 2020
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Posted on 12/17/24 at 2:23 pm to
I know where a complete numbers matching engine sits in ready to run condition. Just ogled it Saturday. Owner is looking for a 1967 SS Impala to squeeze it into....
Posted by Traveler
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Posted on 12/17/24 at 2:37 pm to
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he took off the tri power and put a single 850 double pumper on

A lot of guys did that after getting tired of trying to keep them in sych. I always thought the L72 was the best motor at the time for that car. But that triangular air cleaner lid on the L71& L68 sure looked baddass.

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Oh how I wish he kept some of his cars.

Probably the most repeated line at any car show
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 12/17/24 at 2:49 pm to
His best friend had a '68 396/375 Camaro.

The old man did a "warranty replacement" 427/425 short block swap for him at the dealership.

Different times back then.

eta-The Z/28, with "Trans Am cam" aka #140, headers and 5.13's ran dead even with the 427 Camaro with headers and 4.88's at Byron. Depended on who cut the better light. Both well into the 12s.
This post was edited on 12/17/24 at 2:54 pm
Posted by Traveler
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Posted on 12/17/24 at 2:59 pm to
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The old man did a "warranty replacement" 427/425 short block swap for him at the dealership.

Was he Don Yenko?!
Different times for sure.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 12/18/24 at 12:15 pm to
A group of Havana schoolboys in 1937, the boy with the lolipop is Fidel Castro.
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Posted on 12/18/24 at 12:30 pm to
The last folk hero

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Posted on 12/19/24 at 12:46 pm to
1945 - Sable

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Before the King of Beers became Tranny Beer

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Posted on 12/19/24 at 4:13 pm to
1951

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Posted on 12/19/24 at 4:41 pm to
AH, a set of drums for Christmas------------the gift that keeps on giving-------mostly headaches and jangled nerves.....


My brother-in-law's mother gave one of his sons a set of drums for Christmas one year and it was not well received by him.........He laughs about it now, but not so much back then.
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 12/19/24 at 6:39 pm to


Trust the science
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Posted on 12/20/24 at 7:02 am to
Once upon a time in Oxford

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Posted on 12/20/24 at 7:06 am to
1969 pantihose ad

Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 12/20/24 at 7:39 am to
quote:

My brother-in-law's mother gave one of his sons a set of drums for Christmas one year and it was not well received by him.........He laughs about it now, but not so much back then


Noisy gifts is one of the calling cards of grandparents. They sweep in, give the gift (of course scoring major points with their grandchildren in the process), then go home to leave you the parent to live with the aftermath. They get bonus points if you also have to assemble said noisy toy.
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