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Good all-around ratio, IMO. That's what was in my '64 GP- and that car used to overpower the open rear and do side-2-side burnouts on the bias plys at WOT (389). You still might consider a wider, stickier tire for the rear (taller if it'll fit) if you are blowing them off. That, or pull a spark plug wire or 2.

Yeah- 26.1" < > 26.3" is an inconsequential difference, so it's not that. So what ARE the gears in yer Jensen ?

I have no idea what a stock Interceptor should wear tire-size-wise. What is correct & what fits aside... a 235/60-15 is a tiny tire- measures only 26.1" tall. Seems to me a 446-powered coupe needs more meat under the quarters. There is what's considered a 'base' tire height (WRT traction/gearing for performance cars), but I cannot say for certain what that height is. I believe it's 27.5" tall for the era's porky, V-8, RWD performance cars. When choosing/considering axle gear ratio, to be as 'scientifically correct' as possible WRT you car's 'formula', the gear ratio chosen is based on that 'base' tire height (OR needs to incorporate that height).... because anything markedly different changes the effective rear ratio. In other words, your rear gears + those 26" tall tires may be giving you an effective numerically-higher axle ratio, which just burns the tires off. Could be a factor. -- -- -- -- -- Hey- you've got forged A-arms- just like my '59 Buick! :cool:

I have little patience for in-house animals, so I'll button my lip. Hope you heal up quick, CR.

Depressingly typical of government-run programs : >>"...after a year, the stimulus program has retrofitted 30,250 homes -- about 5 percent of the overall goal..."<< Note, if you will, that at 5%, 30K homes puts the target total at 605K, or barely half of "1 million". Linkity

'10 Camaro, Synergy Green in the sunshine, WOW! what a color (and I hate greens). People were staring... '65 Impala SS convert- red w/ blk top, a bit musty & 'landlocked' behind a putrefying '70s Jag. '61 Cadillac SDV, black, musty, parked.

These are hard for me to see, what with all the water between them & I, so nothing is jumping out at me. 1. this one looks like an old audi to me (but it's not). 2. Horch? 3. reminds me of a Jensen Interceptor (but it's not). 4. Badge says renault to me (but it's not). That aside, this is likely a 1975 model by the styling lag. 5. No idea.

How are aware passer-bys going to be able to resist putting thumbnail marks in it tho ??

Hey- we love WAWA over here on the east side of the Delaware, too! I'm in there at least 4 days out of 7 and I don't drink coffee. Lately been groovin on their chicken strip shorti's- simple but tasty. I would think the digital, changing billboards will prove to be distracting to many drivers...

>>" Prolly best to put a used door on the Pontiac (likely cheaper than the labor to fix the existing door) and blend the fender and quarter. "<< Do dealer bodyshops still actually do metalwork, as opposed t just bolting on a new part?

Ooo, the '53/59 LeMans in the Caddy ad...

Apologies to Dodgefan, but I did not realize it was possible to 'blasphemize' an Intrepid.

When is Croc NOT offended ? -- -- -- -- - They just replaced a NAPA by me with a hookah lounge. More idle uselessness...

'64s are easy to work on. 389 is a rock-solid, only potential issue is the RHM375.

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll have to pick one up to add to my '61-64 issue. Dad had a '70 Cat- quite the unloved beast ever since about.... 1971. Hope there's the usual gallery of clay rejects in there; I can't wait to see what didn't make the cut for '70. There was a '68 2-dr sedan about 10 minutes from me, but it's 'been gone' about 3 years now. In my book, '68-69s pale compared to the funkadelic '67s. '60s Pontiacs should have stacked lights, and I think there was a way for Pontiac to have kept them with the uberbeak of '68...

Welcome !! Friend of mine once had an ex-fire chief LTD, think it was a 351 but what a killer suspension that thing had! One of the few that truly felt like 'it was on rails'. I annually knock around in Orange & Ulster- I like that area a lot for some reason.

I've had 3 '64s (still got 2), still love this year the best. I, too, have yet to see a '64 2311, tho I've seen every other year from the '60s (even owned a '65). I would LOVE to get one of these as a nice driver one day. This one even has the Y85 Decor moldings- really dresses it up.

...there's a subscription-paid satellite radio service... with no commercials, genre-specific channels... and it's pretty good.... ...but the subscription-paid, satellite TV service is still LOADED with commercials, LOADED with repetition... and it SUCKS ?!?!?

My son plays electric guitar in a band- recently I've been dealing with the graphics package for their debut EP. My printer suxs so I've been to Kinko's 4 times so far and I have another trip scheduled for this weekend. Hand-cut & fold- want it done right you have to do it yourself. Meh- it was primarily their direction. Have been slowly cleaning up my shop. I need to rewire my 2500HDs blower but I don't want to.

^ good, sparsely-trafficked, curvy roads out there the draw ?? There's a dealer about 30 minutes from me, so I see these all the time. '67 Eldorado, a nice (for yellow) buttery yellow, exc shape, parked '64-65 El Camino, white w/ Cragars, exc shape, parked.

Was it a mid-year addition? - because the 1000 is not in the '81 U.S. Pontiac full-line brochure. No diesel listed in the full-line '83 brochure. Unfortunately for this discussion- I don't have an '82 brochure.

T1000 was NOT here yet by 1980- did it appear after GM pulled the plug on diesels?? Not that I paid a microsecond of attention to it (I did follow Pontiac, tho), but I don't recall the T being available with a diesel.

Never did.

>>"In an effort starting in the late 1950's with the Chevrolet Impala and accelerating in the 1970's and 80's the American value brands started offering models that were priced into the same range as their big brother brands."<< Who wrote this piece, because this is the first time I've seen what I always believed to be true: that the '58 Impala was the first tangible sign the Sloan Ladder was no longer used. bobo ~ >>"Entry-level value brands aren't very entry-level anymore. In many cases they are better equipped than luxury vehicles of a few years ago. I think the middle brands just got squeezed out. The luxury makes have also become more accessible with cheap leases, and Lexus and Infiniti expanded that segment, and BMW and Mercedes had to go downmarket to compete. Also, most vehicles these days are pretty generic, with unremarkable styling. Take away the badge, and most family sedans are seemingly interchangeable. Is there a need for 15 different family sedans when they're all similar? Certainly the mainstreaming of Honda and Toyota and now Hyundai have attracted many of those buyers as well."<< Excellent points, all. Often I've mused that having NAAAAVVVVV, moonroofs, 18" alloys, hard drives, etc etc in the cheapest cars completely dilutes the price tier and has been instrumental in killing off the mid-priced segment. What's left; slightly different sized versions of the same car. That, and the downmarket/ full-line expansion of nearly all the foreign brands have flooded the market with generic homogenization. Left jab, right cross, TKO. And I believe it's irreversible, so more death is to come.

3-spd (on the column & floor), 4-spd, 5-spd, 4x2 spd. But I prefer an automatic in a daily.