Camino LS6

Slanted much?

... and all was right with the world.

Thanks for that story - gave me a good grin and a chuckle.

If I finish the Mothertruck...

The only nonsense in this thread is your post.

No chance. It will be V8 and manual or nothing for me. No compromise, no surrender. Still, this should be a good thing for the G8 lineup - just not for me.

I'm fine with that tangent. :AH-HA_wink:

Good spotting around here today. I followed a new Challenger with dealer plates as it carved its way through the traffic of lesser cars. I then saw a pristine '74 El Camino Classic cruising around, followed soon after by a Lincoln MarkIII. Saw them all in one trip. Oh yeah, and another crappy little Smart - I'm seeing way to many of these things weaving down the road like so much windblown litter.

The car was a battlewagon, you could stuff about 7 people into it. Such a weird dash - it had big toggle switches and a chrome wheel for the AC temp control.

No contest, coupes always look better. Completely agree with Supersport.

Found a pic: By CaminoLS6

Yes please to the Pontiac pics/story! Your New Yorker is pretty close to what I was picturing. A friend of mine had a '71 Chrysler 300 coupe with a 440 - the car was freakin' huge! The trunk could have held at least 8 bodies easy. Someone managed to jab a tire iron through the hood - it left a hole, but no dent. That car was made from some thick steel. It was so menacing coming toward you with its huge "full surround" bumper. That old Chrysler is the first car I think of when I want to scare commuters.

Read it. Now I'm sorry I asked.

...as an allergy to aluminum? I've been working on the LT1 valve covers for the wagon ( sanding,scotchbrite,polishing) and I can't stop sneezing.

Ah, the secret weapon!

Vanishing Point

Understood and agreed.

Oh, I know, but the vision of some nasty dirty old rust barge lends itself to the vision of terrifying some eco-weenie in a Smart. I actually once owned a '71 Impala Sport Coupe (but with a 350 rather than a 454). The grille was broken out and the front bumper pushed up a bit from eating a Honda at a stoplight (previous owner did it, not me). Come to think of it, that car might be suitable for the job! :AH-HA_wink:

Can I borrow it? Actually your Pontiac is way too clean, I was thinking of something like a Chrysler 300 with chalky faded paint and rusty quarters flapping in the breeze generated by it's running rich 440. ...with the windows down and the AC blasting.

... I just feel like driving nothing but some gigantic coupe from about 1970 with the biggest big block I can find just to spit in the face of current convention. This feeling tends to attack upon encountering a Smart on the street. The thought of some growling, monster engined, coupe that is longer than a new Silverado bearing down on one of these little jokemobiles while spewing raw hydrocarbons through dual exhaust leaving twin black deposits on the front bumper of the Camry hybrid behind me just makes me smile.

Clearly, that has been a serious mistake.

Amen!

There is something fundamentally wrong with GM's desire to do boring cars as a means to survive. GM doesn't do boring well, that is the province of the asian brands, they need to do interesting well instead. GM's better days have always been marked by offering the distinctive rather than the mundane. Volume and distinction need not be mutually exclusive, it just takes a great product. GM will never outbland the blandmobiles, so it really ought to just be itself.

I am looking forward to my first test drive.

Corvette ZR-1 : King of the Hill... again. Best bang-for-the-buck on the planet.