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I'm sure quite a bit is original, but after a bit more searching, I'm sure the plugs aren't. The AC Delco logo was changed in 1995. Also, I'm pretty sure those small tips are indicative of Platinums. I wonder if the Platinums are a problem in the 307s... perhaps after some mileage, they stop running so smooth.

I can see what your saying. Its funny, because according to some infographics, Halloween has grown immensely in the last 20 years... but I imagine this commercial success has come at the loss of good old fashioned home-made Halloween crafting. Personally, I feel that communities have made the Trick or Treating routine too lame. Scheduling it on the nearest Saturday... or having it during daylight. This year it was 5-7. It wasn't even close to being dark. Everything needs to be rubber or soft plastic... and everything needs to be reflective, it seems. Its DAYLIGHT! Oh, and you're only supposed to visit houses you know... well, that would get me precisely 4 pieces of candy. In my day, we trick or treated for 4 hours into the late night (but not uphill, both ways, in the snow). And people could opt out of candy giving by simply turning your light out. Visiting houses in daylight, you can't tell if you are wasting your time. Perhaps this is to help train children for disappointment. ;-) If someone told me we had to Trick or Treat on the 29th at 3pm?? Well, even as a 7 year old, I'd rather just go to the store and buy my own candy. On that note... How Different Age Groups Celebrate Halloween

They don't look original to me. I'd think they'd be a lot more corroded on the outside... and would have a blunt tip, not that modern-style small tip. But I'm just looking at photos, so I might not be seeing what your seeing. Also, I don't think that was AC Delco's logo in 1981... or even 1995, actually. Good to know the swap helped the engine run smoother. Where the old ones gapped properly? Edit: I always liked how Olds' have the flat bottom plugs and washers. Easier to locate were the plug hole is if you can't see it and I don't feel like I'm pushing a bunch of dirt into the head.

First thing I check on any graph... that Torque = HP at 5252.

Wow... this one is pretty cheap ($59) for a complete kit for a shade tree mechanic... at Harbor Freight.

Couldn't you make up a pressure tester with a old radiator cap and a garden hose fitting? Or you didn't want to water down your coolant, an air fitting from your air compressor (turned down to a low PSI)? Edit: actually, I guess both of those would be too much pressure... but this could be rigged quickly... Here.

I've always been surprised that a small BMW or Supra could hold a straight six longitudally.

Interesting that it had vintage NY plates. It was my understanding NY don't do that... I wonder if they come with the car?

IMHO, that one is too nice to use as a work truck... but a similar 20 footer without rust... maybe a Earl Schibe special would work nice. Swap in a modern transmission... with an adaptor, both bellhousing and electronic, and you likely would get a lot better mileage with it.

Thats just wrong. Have you ever actually used one of these? He'll get more heat from the non-functional HVAC through the floorboards.

Like this?

I didn't say she had to, I just thought the idea was interesting. Other forums talking about this have mentioned it. Of course, if more than one time traveler came back in time, why get separated from the group? What if, unknown to you, your cohort goes back to the future without you? It's debatable if having such a device would be of great value unless it can reach anyone... well... at any time. One thing I would mention, however, is that without infrastructure, its not really a "cell phone" anymore... it just a long distance two-way radio. I guess without an infrastructure to dial on, it would generally be a party line, unless one phone defaulted to being the master controller.

Ah. Yeah, area under that graph is sweet... still not sure its worth the cost of 91 octane.

One thing I find especially hilarious is the amount of coverage this is getting. Its seems to be everywhere on the Internet... millions of people are talking about it... and it was likely one of the least important 5 second moments of this woman's life. As a normal, non-celebrity, can you imagine that maybe 5% of the human population... say, 33% of the US population 82 years in the future would find something unimportant you did, caught on a low res security camera, captivating? In the case of this woman, who has likely been deceased for 70 years.

Agreed... at this power level, requiring 91 octane is not worth the 10~25hp increase.

In general, current theory is that you can't. Casualty is preserved by creating new universes for the time traveler to live in. The universe the time traveler leaves stays the same, except the the time traveler can never come back to it, and goes missing. Again, you can't really come back without being separated from this universe. So things are fine from your point of view... but the future you experience will have a different outcome because it actually happens in a different universe from the one your visited briefly. Well, that would be a dream for many of us. I always wanted a Tardis-like time machine... but one that looked like a two car garage... so I could go car shopping in 1967. And interestingly enough, current multiple universe theory suggests that a that future is playing out somewhere right now. There would be a universe for every possible outcome of events... as we sit reading this, we are creating one universe by siting in your chair still... and another where you scratched your nose. Unfortunately, we are living in one of the sets of universes where GM lost their mojo. Quantum entangled qubits? Of course, buying new packages of entangled qubits would tend to be very expensive. Of course, I find it interesting the idea of talking to someone on a cell phone from a different time... someone from 2028 calling someone visiting 1928... because the two ends of the communication are both moving through the 4th dimension. Knowing that time is not constant... and depends on the relativity of the observer... e.g.., the present day GPS units are in motion and age slower from our perspective, this becomes, to me, a much more complicated technical challenge than "simple" time travel. This is akin to driver communication by yelling to another driver while in motion... easy to do at 25mph... a bit improbable at 769mph. The carrier of the sound is not really quick enough. Makes me wonder if entangled qubits would work... but entanglement is a weird science... after all, it seems to violate special relativity by being faster than the speed of light, but it speed of communication is still limited to the speed of light. No, I'm not a physicist, but I did stay at a holiday Inn Express last night.

Another related Time Traveler... this time in 1940... can you spot him/her? The story explaining this is HERE.

Already covered HERE.

Of course, after this has come up, I think it would be a hilarious movie idea to have a butch, crotchety old lady go back in time and cause problems. Its a shame Anne Ramsey is no longer with us: (Loudly at Chaplin's movie premere) "He's trying to kill me! I asked for the salted nuts. He brought me the unsalted nuts. The unsalted nuts make me choke!"

LOL... I can't believe this turned up here. I think its just a odd person. Ill fitting dentures can cause mouth jawing effects that may look like talking... and it was quite obvious to the "Time Traveler" that they were on camera... the cameras were huge back then... the hand might have been up to hid something on her face, to blow the wind or to hold a collar up. Yeah, she appears to be gripping something hard... but that appearance might be caused by arthritis or other hand problems. Its just too hard to see clearly whats going on. And I see background people in vintage photos appearing to talk on a cell phone quite a bit... in fact, one was posted on CnG in the last 10 days... And someone commented that someone in the photo looked like they were on the cell phone, until they remembered the age of the photo... I forget what thread that was in. To dive further... why would a "time traveler" look like a wretched old lady? You would assume they came from a better time... and would have better health... and would at least look more 1928 "normal". Also, cell phone depend on networks... and there being another cellphone... unlikely to be found in 1928... though, for all you know, they are talking to another time traveler on a 2 way radio from the future. For people who "people watch", I don't find this persons behavior that strange... or demonstrating of anything beyond 1928.

LOL, no doubt... she hated the car, I'm sure was looking for any reason to knock it. the car was punishment for putting her '61 in a lake after mowing down a tree.

Its related to the fact that most CL postings are free... so the person selling (or whatever) has little vested in the ad (either money or interest). OTOH, some CL ads are paid... like employers or real estate in some markets... and these ALWAYS seem get a prompt reply. So, its free to them... it just costs your time to rake through the junk and idiocy. I guess it beats buying a "Trading Times" or a "Thrifty Nickel".

"Holden runs deep", eh? It looks very nice, too bad it should have been here 2 years ago. So whens this coming? 2084? What is it about the Aussies and these crappy hood scoops? Give it some character, and make it not look like I used a Sawzall to create it. Well, all cars fly eventually... at some speed. It may not have flown, but my mother swears her '59 Chevy has a serious lift issue at high speed.

I'd love to try Icons... but my windshield has so many tiny little craters, it tears wipers right up... its been like that since I got it at 45K, pretty much... I don't understand why... and I can't seem to figure out a way to fix it, except to replace the windshield.

Looks like the B-bods where selling about 130K in 1994 and 100K in 1995 (1996 was a truncated year)... about a 70/30 split between Caprice and Roadmaster. Based on that logic and Dec 2009 YTD car sales, GM should immediately cancel: LaCrosse, Lucerne, CTS, DTS, STS, Aveo, Camaro, Corvette... and should only keep the Cobalt, Impala, Malibu and bring back the G6. I didn't say they were. They are a fresh batch of sheet metal on a 14 year old chassis full of parts dating back to the '60s. However, once GM got their act together and put the LT1 in them, they were perhaps one of the best performing full size cars made in decades. I would argue that the B-bod wagons might be the best performing wagons EVER made (not counting extremely rare factory oddities).