Everything posted by Sixty8panther
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Is GM Looking Into Plug-In Hybrids?
IIRC that's still like 700% of the total amount of Acura NSXs sold in 2000.
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G5 IN SHOWROOMS SOON!!!!!!!
Take away those cool round tail lights and stick on a twin port grille and a great instant Pontiac you have NOT. The G5 is more of a rebadge than the 1994 Sunbird my mother owned in the mid 90s & I had for a first car.
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C&G survey
The secret to the original Z/28s success was a track ready motor in a street legal car. A lot of old School car guys hated the Z/28 for it's high RMP horsepower & lack of torque. It was oversquare and reved like a Ferrari. 327 block with a 283 crank = 4.9 liters. It was perfect for the 5.0 liter limitation by Trans Am officials. So that being said I want a modern Z/28. Make it a 5.3 block w/ a hyper-oversquare stroke and make it both rev to like 8000 but at the same time give it some low-rpm torque... to quote a cheesy car movie "this will decimate all!" Plus with DOD and the smaller disp. a true Z/28 would be a great daily driver with a 6-speed manual.
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looking forward to...
Yes indeed Camino, if the next gen. Holden Ute is not re-badged as an elCamino and brought over than GM is mentally retarded!
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Why the new Camaro will fail
No, not porn. Anyone ever hear of the Camaro Movie? I bought a copy on ebay a few years ago. It's a hokey marketing flick about an hour in length that talks about the youth oriented F-body and how it is the most advanced and unique product from GM ever. This is partially true since the 1st gen. F-body was the first vehicle in history to use computers to aid to its engineering, design & even to determine specification of it's semi-unibody construction as well as some suspension design. The video includes a few TV commercials for the 1967 Camaro and IIRC 4 out of the seven are specifically GEARED towards women. The Camaro will be a huge success for some of the same reasons why the 300C & Charger have done so well... traditional American nameplate from the golden era reworked with modern technology but using the "if it's not broke don;t fix it" approach. RWD, killer looks, V8 availability & a pedigree that would make a Porsche 911 envious = GREAT SELLER!
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Cursing and other NWS posts being tolerated
Would you consider this "work safe"? http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/fckshtpss.html
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Random & Miscelleaneous
Coon new flash animation off of Ebaumsworld. http://ebaumsworld.com/flash/animator-vs-animation.html ---
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In Retrospect
Last time I was in my room back at my parent's house I still had that "Visceral Reality" ad haning next to a poster of the GNX.
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2006 Strategic Vision Total Quality Awards
If I could magicaly erase one vehicle from existance it would be the Hon-duh Ridgeline. x 10,000,000
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Employee Discount
Zero for 72... hell I'd buy a Solstice if that was the case!
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first compact truck
The Ranger is one of the lamset products of the past 15 years and that's saying a lot. Shame on Ford for not redesigning that POS in like 1998.
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Cursing and other NWS posts being tolerated
now there's a couple of nufckig words that should be censored!
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Oldsmobile Photos
Harley's back from the dead!!! You seen my Sixty4 Olds yet? You of all people will enjoy it.
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found this
I had that one in "etched" style print on my passanger side window just below the mirror.
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first compact truck
Once again Balthy's right... this definately qualifies as a "compact" pickup.
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Cadillac Park Avenue
Buick LaSalle? Hmm... not sure if I love the idea or hate it.
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Perfect Fit!
Yeah... I miss JamesB, he is a fountain of knowledge.
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T!6HT WH1P$
If only it had been RWD... :AH-HA_wink:
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Random & Miscelleaneous
Yes... the car's been in storage since our coutry's 200th anniversary of existance (1976) so a "little" rust repair, complete engine rebuild and a lot of other miscelaneous restification is needed, but for a 1959 Buick it is in great shape compared to many others that go through ebay. I'm not a serious bidder, but now that I got my name on the auction I could very well get a second chance offer... and well, you guys know I'm crazy enough to drag it home if money wasn't somehow an obsticle.
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Fastback ////
Actually the hints give it away as the ONLY car of the era with those styling features... but if you're not a coniseur with a photographic memory like JamesB or Balthazar you'd never guess it in a million years because you probabyl don't even know the car existed. Here's some other hints: - It was a show car for a company that has been dead since before I was born. - It is so long that both in overall length & in wheelbase it is closer to a new Chevy Silverado 3500 crew cab long bed than any modern "car". - It has four mini tailfins but they are not placed like a '59 Pontiacs' and neither does it have "Skegs" like a '61 & '62 Cadillac. - The car was built outside the USA by a company that has ties to a classic VW car. - Red on the outside black on the inside, white walls & real wire wheels w/ knock-off hubs.
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Oldsmobile Photos
Poke around the Lounge and in the Olds forum... you'll find a few neat threads. I've got some interesting stuff I'll scan in sometime soon from my many books.
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Random & Miscelleaneous
I'm the highest bidder on a 1959 Buick right now... $685.00 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...mMakeTrack=true
- '07 Sebring UNVEILED
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"Whatever Happened To Hybrids?"
Sunbeam Tiger: 289 Ford V8 power in a MG-size British package. ------ Shelby Cobra Roadster (289s are for Pu$$ys, these are 427s) ------ And one of the ten greatest and most beautiful dream cars of all time: 1968 (Chevrolet 327 powered) Bizzarrini MANTA, with tandem seating like the later 1993-97 McLaren F1
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Perfect Fit!
http://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/index...wtopic=5327&hl= five months late & a dollar short.