A Horse With No Name

Although I am enjoying your posts on this forum...If I ever head out east I'd like to buy you lunch or a few beers...or a few beers over lunchy if you don't have to go back to work after lunch. Chris

+1 for the diesel Astra. Chris

Happy Birthday, guys! Chris

1. What was the first year the Corvette was officially exported by Chevrolet to Saudi Arabia? 2. What year was the first for an official trailer towing package for the Corvette? 3. Three times Chevrolet set up a paint color/code and only painted 1 Corvette that color all year. When were these three cars produced? 4. What unique feature would you experience if you actually drove the Corvette from the movie "Corvette Summer?" 5. Another feature from 1962 came back on the c-5 corvette rather than the C-6 Corvette. What is it? Chris

...and it sepends upon how you define regular production. In theory G.M. built only 1 68 Z28 Ragtop (I think for Pete Estes, but I could be wrong). IIRC, the car survives to this day. Chris

No regular convertibles were built in 39, so what I meant to communicate (my bad) is that 1940 restarted convertible production. I read (probably a bad number/source on my part) that Chevrolet built 77 83 Corvettes and that 3 or 4 survive, the one in the bowling green Museum and 2-3 in Michigan. Chris

The answer is 1962...key to the question is Bel Air 2 door hardtop, others were Biscayne or Impala line automobiles. The 62 was a "Bubble top" design similar to 1961. It was one of the lightest bodies out that year and set quite a few records at drag strips and on stock car tracks. A cool car, but kinda sad in a way...used to be an awesome (red) pro street 62 Bel Air buble top running around here that was a factory 409 car that the guy made into a pro street car. He did an awesome job but it seems a shame to "cut up" such a rare, rare car. The other car that was cool was a white on red car that the owner converted from a 327 powerglide car into a 409 clone. It used to run around (still runs around?) the Cleveland-Medina area. Teh guiy that owned that car raced one like it back in 62-he had lots of cool photos of the early days of drag racing. It was awesome meeting the guy and getting to know him. Chris

Why could G.M. not do this? Hell, the Miata is 1500 pounds lighter than the Camaro will wind up being and it has a power retractable hardtop that adds something like 100 pounds or so. If a much smaller company like Mazda can do it why not G.M.? Hell, the do it on the G-6.... Chris

Brian, I admire your intellect and taste in cars but I would have to disagree. Given the choice I think the 62 Grand Prix is sexier. However, I would gladly take either car...that 58 in two tone green looked fabulous. Chris

Last I heard some Japanese buisinessman was going to build Luxury Condo's on the Wilington site. Plant demolition starts next Tuesday. Chris

We really should not be suprised that something built by humans has issues. Hell, go to Miatanet.com and read about how "perfect" the Miata is (not.) Then go to WWW.Scionlife.com. and read about sunroof rattles and electrical issues and... (Enter sarcam mode) It is just sooo obvious that Mazda and Toyota are perfect while everthing G.M. touches is a total steaming pile. (exist Sarcasm mode) Chris

Probably an innapropriate question but do I get banned if I have an orgasm reading this..... This is EXACTLY what I want. Chris

Ironically I would pay $500 more for a car if I could have a good salesperson. I see new cars traded in all the time that shouldn't be traded. Went to the Ford dealer with a friend to get his SVT Focus Oil changed. Wandered over to new cars. Traded in with less than 5000 miles were a new Miata, a Cobalt SS, a c6 corvette, A toyota FJ cruiser, and several expensive domestics. Considering the cost of these cars their owners would have been much better off spending the extra $500 to have a sales associate like CARBIZ than loose $5000 when they don't like-can't use the car they just bought. Chris

Which indeed is a good point. Having worked as an SCCA flagger and race official I have spent many a weekend with these cars coming past me at full throttle on track. Most v-6's do not have a good exhaust note. I can handle a smooth, rev happy 4 or a thundering v-8 but listening to most V-6's feels like kissing ones sister...just does not sound right. I have heard good exhaust notes with Buick Grand Nationals however. Also really like the exhaust note of the modular Ford v-8...still a v-8 note but smoother than a lot of v-8's. Chris

I agree. Personnaly I was really embarassed by the G.M. dealership because we built (electrical) the building it sits in when I worked for a former employer. Really don't want them to be a reflection of my work. I wish I could find a well trained qualified salesperson to work with when I buy my next car. (which won't be for a little while.) Chris

What year was the Last Bel Air 2 door hardtop made by Chevrolet? Hint-they built 14 SS ragtops for every one of these they built this year. Chris

They also raced Fiat and Ford, although those are two F-words we cannot use here on these forums. Suprised people got the V-8 thing for 1917, always gets me when people say the first Chev v-8 was in 1955. Springfield Body company also made woody bodies in Mass. for Chevrolet in the 1920's. Last roadster for Chevrolet was in 1939 in Austrailia (3 years after Fords last roadster at the end of the 1936 model year.) 1939 was the year of the lowest regular productioin Chev. model. I have to check at home but the 1939 Master Deluxe (gotta check that designation) had fewer than 70 built IIRC. 40's question-no regular Chev. ragtops were built in the USA so 1940 and 1946 (after the war). Pillarless Hardtops, 50 for the 2 dr and 56 for the 4 dr. Having owned a 55 Chevy I thought it would be cool to own a 55 4 dr hardtop but it didn't come out until 56. Almost Almost bought a 50 2 dr. hardtop that was in sweet restored shape and kick myself to this day for not buying it. Tri-power, 58 Impala is indeed correct Sir. 65 is the year of the last 409 (409 dropped when 396 came out) first year of big block in Corvette, First year of 4wdisc brakes on the vette, last year of v-8 2 door wagon. Chevelle is indeed the correct body line but a new bodystyle came out in 66 and chevrolet did not invest in the tooling for a 2 dr wagon. Congrats to 76 for getting that one. Corvair is correct on the Yenko stinger, I've seen these thing s run down and pass Shelby Mustangs during vintage races at Mid Ohio, a way cool rare car. 1967 Camaro came out on either Sept 11 or Sept 12 1966 depending upon the source. 1973, Urethane/Chrome is correct again. 83 is Monte SS, Aerocoupe did not come out until 86- or 87 IIRC. I think they did build an Aerocoupe in 88 but I could be wrong. Also very rare is the Pontiac Grand Prix Aerocoupe. Grand Sport is correct for 1990's Corvette question. Fixed headlamps is also a correct answer. Thanks for playing guys, I love these forums and it is cool to find other car nuts. Chris

They also raced Fiat and Ford, although those are two F-words we cannot use here on these forums. Suprised people got the V-8 thing for 1917, always gets me when people say the first Chev v-8 was in 1955. Springfield Body company also made woody bodies in Mass. for Chevrolet in the 1920's. Last roadster for Chevrolet was in 1939 in Austrailia (3 years after Fords last roadster at the end of the 1936 model year.) 1939 was the year of the lowest regular productioin Chev. model. I have to check at home but the 1939 Master Deluxe (gotta check that designation) had fewer than 70 built IIRC. 40's question-no regular Chev. ragtops were built in the USA so 1940 and 1946 (after the war). Pillarless Hardtops, 50 for the 2 dr and 56 for the 4 dr. Having owned a 55 Chevy I thought it would be cool to own a 55 4 dr hardtop but it didn't come out until 56. Almost Almost bought a 50 2 dr. hardtop that was in sweet restored shape and kick myself to this day for not buying it. Tri-power, 58 Impala is indeed correct Sir. 65 is the year of the last 409 (409 dropped when 396 came out) first year of big block in Corvette, First year of 4wdisc brakes on the vette, last year of v-8 2 door wagon. Chevelle is indeed the correct body line but a new bodystyle came out in 66 and chevrolet did not invest in the tooling for a 2 dr wagon. Congrats to 76 for getting that one. Corvair is correct on the Yenko stinger, I've seen these thing s run down and pass Shelby Mustangs during vintage races at Mid Ohio, a way cool rare car. 1967 Camaro came out on either Sept 11 or Sept 12 1966 depending upon the source. 1973, Urethane/Chrome is correct again. 83 is Monte SS, Aerocoupe did not come out until 86- or 87 IIRC. I think they did build an Aerocoupe in 88 but I could be wrong. Also very rare is the Pontiac Grand Prix Aerocoupe. Grand Sport is correct for 1990's Corvette question. Fixed headlamps is also a correct answer. Thanks for playing guys, I love these forums and it is cool to find other car nuts. Chris

G.M. certainly has a lot of dealerships in our area that could use help. My daughter (16) wanted to go "look at" a few new cars. We were just looking but the salespeople at the G.M. dealership would not even greet us when we walked in. Chris

The real question is why are females so impressed with imports? Chris

Actually you make a good point. Not so much Honda but esp. Koran cars seem to realy fall apart with time. And as for my neighbor, Civics are built here in Ohio so buying one would be putting my neighbor to work. But then again so would buying a Cobalt as it is made right here also. Chris

DTS for sure. I like small cars but can't see the Kia optima etc as anything worth owning. HHR could also use a slight bump. Chris

Very Cool! Chris

Actually feature for feature there isn't a GM interior I wouldn't mind spending a hundred thousand miles in. They have come a loooong way. Chris

This is easily changed with an after market exhaust if you want the car to sound differently. Chris