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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: DiabloTX on July 09, 2007, 10:01:06 AM
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Yesterday whiteman and I, accompanied with Mrs. Diablo, went on an LS1 cruise from Houston down to Cherry Hill, Galveston, an historic place for hotrods and racing since the late '50's. Had fun, met some nice people, got redder than a commie, and saw some nice rides.
The starting point: the AMC 30 theater near my apartment.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/meet1.jpg)
Whiteman(left) and Diablo(right in hat and shades) discuss cars.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/meet4.jpg)
Whiteman's ride.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/Mike1.jpg)
Diablo's ride.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/Blue3.jpg)
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/2007-07-08-GalvezCruise0064.jpg)
'67 RS Camaro with a chevy small-block stroker 383 driven by who you see in the pic.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/67.jpg)
Cars lined up.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/meet12.jpg)
Very nice S.O.M. 'vette.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/tangerine.jpg)
A pic from my father in law from '59 at Cherry Hill, Galveston. A true hotrod.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/Kenny_Olson_1959__1024_x_768_.jpg)
There was a total of about 40 cars at the cruise. Some didn't make it due to fear of rain (it's rained everyday for the past 2 weeks). The turn out was strong enough that another cruise is going to be run on the rainout date next Sunday. Gonna make that one, too!
:aok
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Great looking hotrod :)
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Sweet.
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looked like it was fun diablo, dont look but i think somebody slipped a mustang in there...:cool:
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Yeah there were all types there. Even though it was considered an LS1 cruise anybody was welcome. Even had a Supra twin-turbo and a VW rabbit among others. Needless to say it was all about fun!
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sweet pics man, i just noticed that SOM vette has the rear quarters from a Z06. I new something about that car made the rear look wider.
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Yeah I was behind it when we left the AMC. I thought, "Damn those rear tires are wide!" When we got under the bridge for the u-turn it sounded sweeeet.
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Awesome Diablo! Glad to see yer enjoying the Camaro. BTW, did you get to finish the exhaust?
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I count 3 Ca Vehicle code violations on the Corvette, 2 on Whitemans and 1, maybe 2 on Diablos.
Any guesses?
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Originally posted by x0847Marine
I count 3 Ca Vehicle code violations on the Corvette, 2 on Whitemans and 1, maybe 2 on Diablos.
Any guesses?
HA, thats only the ones you can see. :D
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Originally posted by x0847Marine
I count 3 Ca Vehicle code violations on the Corvette, 2 on Whitemans and 1, maybe 2 on Diablos.
Any guesses?
****psst.....they're in Texas, who cares?****
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Originally posted by x0847Marine
I count 3 Ca Vehicle code violations on the Corvette, 2 on Whitemans and 1, maybe 2 on Diablos.
Any guesses?
I would guess that just because they are "real" cars makes them illegal in Kalifornia...
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
'67 RS Camaro with a chevy small-block stroker 383 driven by who you see in the pic.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/67.jpg)
I <3 Texas
The starting point: the AMC 30 theater near my apartment.
Southside one? 45 & 8? Few years back the Supra meet was around the one @ Westheimer & Dunvale. Good fun.
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Originally posted by indy007
I <3 Texas
Southside one? 45 & 8? Few years back the Supra meet was around the one @ Westheimer & Dunvale. Good fun.
thats the one. this one was small compared to some of the others the last couple months before the rain. Previous one had 200+ cars, rolling car show.
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Originally posted by Airscrew
I would guess that just because they are "real" cars makes them illegal in Kalifornia...
Uh, No.
Vette: 1) Unlawful tint 2) Front plate absent 3) object obstructing drivers view (hanging from mirror)
Whiteman: 1) Unlawful tint 2) Front plate absent
Diablo : 1) unlawful tint, maybe 2) Front plate absent
Unlawful tint can be unique to Ca, some states allow other than factory tint on the drivers / passengers front windows, even the windshield. In Ca no tint beyond "factory" is allowed unless there's a passenger mirror, even then only windows behind the driver can be tinted.
No front plate and objects obstructing drivers view (hanging from mirror) probably apply in Texas. No big deal, but good enough for Johnny Law to use as PC.
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Originally posted by x0847Marine
Uh, No.
Vette: 1) Unlawful tint 2) Front plate absent 3) object obstructing drivers view (hanging from mirror)
Whiteman: 1) Unlawful tint 2) Front plate absent
Diablo : 1) unlawful tint, maybe 2) Front plate absent
Unlawful tint can be unique to Ca, some states allow other than factory tint on the drivers / passengers front windows, even the windshield. In Ca no tint beyond "factory" is allowed unless there's a passenger mirror, even then only windows behind the driver can be tinted.
No front plate and objects obstructing drivers view (hanging from mirror) probably apply in Texas. No big deal, but good enough for Johnny Law to use as PC.
Objects hanging from a rear view would NOT be a "Primary Offense". Merely, added onto a "another violation", as they are clearly a "Secondary Offense".
I could careless if they are illegal in California, this thread never MENTIONED Cali. until YOU did.
I think this "Yankee" can speak for the "Texans" when I say: "Who cares about Cali. in this thread?"
Post some more pics after this next run Diablo. Some in here, just try and ruin threads.
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Texas allows tint to a certain level. Texas does require a front metal license plate. And the police will use it as an excuse when needed. Otherwise they let it go.
You can have anything hanging from your rear view mirror as long as the direct forward view is clear.
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Originally posted by x0847Marine
Uh, No.
Vette: 1) Unlawful tint 2) Front plate absent 3) object obstructing drivers view (hanging from mirror)
Whiteman: 1) Unlawful tint 2) Front plate absent
Diablo : 1) unlawful tint, maybe 2) Front plate absent
Unlawful tint can be unique to Ca, some states allow other than factory tint on the drivers / passengers front windows, even the windshield. In Ca no tint beyond "factory" is allowed unless there's a passenger mirror, even then only windows behind the driver can be tinted.
No front plate and objects obstructing drivers view (hanging from mirror) probably apply in Texas. No big deal, but good enough for Johnny Law to use as PC.
actually mine only has rear tint right now, sides bubbled so i pealed it. i think it's the rear tint thats making it look so dark. i can't rmember the tint% is here but i think it can be darker than stock.
front plate is a fine here but so many officers are into this stuff also and they don't care. every once in awhile you get one that does.
My violations are in the emissions dept., thank god for LS1 Edit.
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florida does not require the stupid front plate, many states do not require one.
florida also ended the mechanical and emission inspections, so far no blood bath on the highways has ensued.
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I could care less about the front license plate law. Write me up, I'll pay the fine. And my tint is 100% legal. And I've never heard of anyone getting pulled over, much less ticketed, from having something hanging off the rearview mirror. My apartment parking permit is hanging off mine.
What was funny was when whiteman and I showed up at the restaurant when the 2 kids were being ticketed by the Galveston cop, the cop saw all of these Camaro's pulling up to the restaurant, not a one with a front license plate, and did nothing. We even went to him to ask if parking where we did was alright. He said yes, but whiteman had to turn his car around 180 degrees, lol.
Yeah Karaya, there's always at least one post that tried to be negative. Nothing you can do about the 10 percenters.
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I could care less about the front license plate law. Write me up, I'll pay the fine. And my tint is 100% legal. And I've never heard of anyone getting pulled over, much less ticketed, from having something hanging off the rearview mirror. My apartment parking permit is hanging off mine.
What was funny was when whiteman and I showed up at the restaurant when the 2 kids were being ticketed by the Galveston cop, the cop saw all of these Camaro's pulling up to the restaurant, not a one with a front license plate, and did nothing. We even went to him to ask if parking where we did was alright. He said yes, but whiteman had to turn his car around 180 degrees, lol.
Yeah Karaya, there's always at least one post that tried to be negative. Nothing you can do about the 10 percenters.
appreantly on LS1tech i was busted for racing the integra on the Seawall by one eye witness :rofl, it would have clearly been child abuse if anything.
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Originally posted by whiteman
appreantly on LS1tech i was busted for racing the integra on the Seawall by one eye witness :rofl, it have clrealy been child abuse if anything.
LMAO, seeing as I followed you all the way to The Spot from Cherry Hill and the kids were being written up as we pulled into the parking area, I think someone was seeing things. Child abuse indeed.
Friends don't let friends drive ricers.
:noid
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Friends don't let friends drive ricers.
:noid
:furious
There is good, fast rice out there. The Si/Type-R crowd just gives it a bad imagine. :(
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Originally posted by indy007
:furious
There is good, fast rice out there. The Si/Type-R crowd just gives it a bad imagine. :(
LOL, no, I'm not saying there aren't fast rice out there, quite the contrary. I just don't dig on 'em. Although the Supra that was with us was pretty sweet.
As I saw somewhere else, 2.0 litres isn't an engine, it's a bottle of Coke.
:D
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
LOL, no, I'm not saying there aren't fast rice out there, quite the contrary. I just don't dig on 'em. Although the Supra that was with us was pretty sweet.
As I saw somewhere else, 2.0 litres isn't an engine, it's a bottle of Coke.
:D
Try an Evo X (2l) or WRX Sti (2.5l). Ignore the fact they look like cartoons on wheels. Just dog one out for 10 minutes. There's alot to be said for big turbos and AWD :)
Supras can be beasts as long as they came with turbos orginally or had an engine swap. 2JZGTE = twin turbo inline 6 of fury. A friend of mine over at a Toyota dealership has an 800hp single turbo. Good stuff.
I like anything that goes fast, foreign or domestic. The faster it goes, the less I care how it looks :)
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
LOL, no, I'm not saying there aren't fast rice out there, quite the contrary. I just don't dig on 'em. Although the Supra that was with us was pretty sweet.
As I saw somewhere else, 2.0 litres isn't an engine, it's a bottle of Coke.
:D
i promise the silver Supra was the fastest car there.
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Originally posted by whiteman
i promise the silver Supra was the fastest car there.
Hehe, go post that at LS1Tech...!!
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I was there the previous weekend..... was mostly rice burners.
Me and the wife was in our youngest Daughter's 04 Mustang. Rain has been a menace for over a month now.
Nice looking lineup.....
As I type this I am just down 8 at Pasadena Blvd from the AMC, they still wash cars there while you at the movie :cool:
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Hehe, go post that at LS1Tech...!!
i'll leave that to Duey "sc300". It's about time for that non driving mouth to start again.
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Originally posted by whiteman
i promise the silver Supra was the fastest car there.
I just went through the new pics posted and, son of a gun, I didn't see the silver one when we were there, only that green one. Damn I'm getting old...
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
Awesome Diablo! Glad to see yer enjoying the Camaro. BTW, did you get to finish the exhaust?
Sorry I missed this one. We got the exhaust as even as possible but whiteman told me he was never able to get his magnaflow exhaust tips perfectly even either. They're about an eighth of an inch difference, not to the point where I'm going to pursue it further.
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Originally posted by indy007
Try an Evo X (2l) or WRX Sti (2.5l). Ignore the fact they look like cartoons on wheels. Just dog one out for 10 minutes. There's alot to be said for big turbos and AWD :)
Supras can be beasts as long as they came with turbos orginally or had an engine swap. 2JZGTE = twin turbo inline 6 of fury. A friend of mine over at a Toyota dealership has an 800hp single turbo. Good stuff.
I like anything that goes fast, foreign or domestic. The faster it goes, the less I care how it looks :)
One other thing Indy, I'm 40 years old now. Since I was 10 all I've ever lusted over since then are f-body's, all of them, 1st through 4th generations, and the classic muscle cars. The japanese cars are nice but they seem a bit sterile to me. Fast is fast yes, I agree, but there is no replacement for displacement.
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Ever see Subaru WRX's with "Modded parts"? Subaru stopped repairing things on their "Bumper to Bumper Warranty". V8's don't have this issue. I also would never buy a Mitsu, because the quality sucks.
Same thing with the few few thousand Cadillac CTS-V's. The rear diff. would torpedo, due to ragging on the thing. Cadillac stopped replacing rear ends on em at Cadillac's expense.
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Sorry I missed this one. We got the exhaust as even as possible but whiteman told me he was never able to get his magnaflow exhaust tips perfectly even either. They're about an eighth of an inch difference, not to the point where I'm going to pursue it further.
Aw yeah, screw it, 1/8th of an in., glad you could get it that close. :aok
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Originally posted by whiteman
HA, thats only the ones you can see. :D
LOL:aok
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Looks like a blast :)
One of these days ima hafta make a run to join one o' dem cruises :)
-GE aka Frank (and I've seen a Supra run 8's ... I've also seen a Vette do the same .. which would I rather drive? .. ROFL ..no contest)
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I just went through the new pics posted and, son of a gun, I didn't see the silver one when we were there, only that green one. Damn I'm getting old...
ex-SS-ve, him and me were at the back for the longest time so i knew he was there. I think he left early so he could get a parking spot at the Spot
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e134/DaGrAm/img_0201.jpg)
Originally posted by Grayeagle
-GE aka Frank (and I've seen a Supra run 8's ... I've also seen a Vette do the same .. which would I rather drive? .. ROFL ..no contest)
That sounds like a good street race in Houston, if you don't have 550 to the wheels without the bottle it's best to keep it on the porch here.
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I thought he was in the red LT1 with the black hood and dead battery? Or am I thinking of someone else?
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Originally posted by Grayeagle
Looks like a blast :)
One of these days ima hafta make a run to join one o' dem cruises :)
-GE aka Frank (and I've seen a Supra run 8's ... I've also seen a Vette do the same .. which would I rather drive? .. ROFL ..no contest)
Would love to see ya out here GE! Plenty of 'vettes at our cruises.
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I thought he was in the red LT1 with the black hood and dead battery? Or am I thinking of someone else?
ex-SS-ve was in the red camaro, the guy in the Supra was at the back of the pack for most the drive. I can't remember his name.
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Originally posted by whiteman
ex-SS-ve was in the red camaro, the guy in the Supra was at the back of the pack for most the drive. I can't remember his name.
Crap, sorry, brain fart on the grammar usage from the orignal post.
You going to make it again this weekend?
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yeap sure will and i will not be wearing jeans again. that was miserable.
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Originally posted by whiteman
yeap sure will and i will not be wearing jeans again. that was miserable.
Curval's got a pair of shorts you can borrow... :)
just doin what I can to help out, Storch might be takin a nap..;)
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Originally posted by Airscrew
Curval's got a pair of shorts you can borrow... :)
just doin what I can to help out, Storch might be takin a nap..;)
sweet, i woke up late for the last one and had left them all in the washer. If it wasn't for the autobahn "tollroad" i had have missed it.
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(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/67.jpg)
My cod, it has a roll cage. It is a sub-11 second car. Unless of course people put roll cages in their cars for fun....
I love the pro-stars too. All around the nicest car from the group of pics you posted.
(edit: tell her to lose the garbage wiper blades)
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Without a doubt that '67 was the biggest hit there. Those poor women however sweated thier tulips off driving it down to Galveston. Ah, the price you pay for style!
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Those poor women however sweated thier tulips off ....
what!! no pics!! its not nice to tease... :cool:
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Originally posted by Airscrew
what!! no pics!! its not nice to tease... :cool:
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/67.jpg)
What are ya blind?
;)
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Originally posted by Airscrew
what!! no pics!! its not nice to tease... :cool:
Sorry i had my camera and then turned into a spectator.
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Yesterday whiteman and I, accompanied with Mrs. Diablo, went on an LS1 cruise from Houston down to Cherry Hill, Galveston...
Diablo's ride.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g308/txflood77598/Blue3.jpg)
Your car looks quite a bit different when there's not a girl on it.
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I know. Some midget jumped on it so I had to take the pic quick before I whipped his ass.
:D