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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: SFRT - Frenchy on July 17, 2003, 02:48:18 AM
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Hey the whole 56th is getting new wheels!
Anyway, today I became the overjoyed owner of a 1973 Pontiac Formula 455:D ... and re:D
Payed $3000 for this bucket ... power everything, interior ok despite the usual tired off driver seat ... paint ... uh ... engine ... looks uggly but runs chery. Power everything, even the AC work.
A great base for restauration, and man this thing got pOWWWer! I drove my Tow Car too long, forgot about fish-tailing at each corner :D
Oh well ... 6 years of saving, and "she's here" ... this brout brout stink brout brout stink brout brout bucket :cool:
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Kinda like this one? :)
(http://home.att.net/~ra-carbines/455-5.jpg)
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close enought :) The one u showed is the $25K to be sold by the gun lover guy no? $25K ... muahahahaha
Here you go:
(http://home.cfl.rr.com/rauns/Black71.jpg):)
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I predict a ticket or two in your future.. :)
sweet car btw !
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Very Nice! I have always loved those old Pontiacs.
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Frency nice car man! Nice!!!
I hope the drool on my keyboard isn't going to mess it up.
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Congrats Frenchy, Outstanding!
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Nice ride Frenchy. You do know that owning a big block qualifies you for U.S. citizenship don't you?
MiniD
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That rumbling noise you hear is the engine.
WTG
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Wanna race me Frenchy?
Let's race over 3km and see who does the best average speed. Video film and/or some kind of digital device that does the measurements.
You and your puny piece of metal shall eat burble.
Seriously, am jealous. I need to go to Amerikka. Hook me up with work permissions and a job will ya, preferrably near Perris?
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Originally posted by StSanta
Wanna race me Frenchy?
Let's race over 3km and see who does the best average speed. Video film and/or some kind of digital device that does the measurements.
You and your puny piece of metal shall eat burble.
Seriously, am jealous. I need to go to Amerikka. Hook me up with work permissions and a job will ya, preferrably near Perris?
I'll race you over 3km wet or dry and to make it a little more sporting, only use 3 gears. :D
...-Gixer
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Originally posted by StSanta
preferrably near Perris?
I am 5 miles N of Perris.
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Seriously midnight?!?
Soooo...how's the IT industry in that area?'
Perris got the best DZ on earth. It's paradise for skydivers.
Maybe you need someone to wash your clothes, take out the dog, give the missus a good shag? I'm low maintenance - bread and water and jump tickets will do :D
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Gixer, you're on :D.
You take your car and I'll climb to 14000 feet and then do a head down. I'll let my ProTrack measure max and average speed :D.
3 gears huh? Ya shouldda checked on my vehicle of transportation first :D
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Originally posted by StSanta
Seriously midnight?!?
Soooo...how's the IT industry in that area?'
Perris got the best DZ on earth. It's paradise for skydivers.
Maybe you need someone to wash your clothes, take out the dog, give the missus a good shag? I'm low maintenance - bread and water and jump tickets will do :D
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_94_1058483555.jpg)
from the hill at the end of my street... looking South towards Perris.
Do you mow lawns?
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Hey Frenchy, that's better than MCO!!!
:D
Nice car bud...
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That one's a keeper Frenchy. Very nice!!! I have heard some of the Trans Ams of that time were powered by Olds .455 Rockets. Do you know whether yours has the Pontiac or Olds engine? Maybe Lazs could offer a bit of history on this.
Les
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Originally posted by StSanta
Gixer, you're on :D.
You take your car and I'll climb to 14000 feet and then do a head down. I'll let my ProTrack measure max and average speed :D.
3 gears huh? Ya shouldda checked on my vehicle of transportation first :D
Climb to 14000feet? Your everyday transportation is a Cesna?
I thought we were talking cars and bikes.
...-Gixer
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Frenchy's Formula, being a 73 model, was pure Pontiac. The "Olds engine in a Firebird" deal didn't start until later, like in 1978 or 1979, when you could end up with an Olds 403 under that "6.6 Liter" shaker scoop rather than a Pontiac.
IIRC, and I looked at a LOT of T/A's and Formulas..........the Pontiac engined cars had "T/A 6.6" decals on the shaker scoop, while the more common Olds powered cars had "6.6 Liter" decals on the scoop.
I'm still waiting on this old farmer I've known for years to part with his 78 Trans Am. He bought it new off the showroom floor.
It's the Gold Edition, with Pontiac 400, 4 speed, power everything, and 44,000 original miles. He's had it stored in his bar since 1986, and I still have dibs on the car if and when he decides to sell.
Only car I ever had that was really worth keeping (like Frenchy's Formula) was about 5 years ago.
1979 Trans Am, Pontiac 400 (rare for that year), 4 speed (again, rare for that year), 4 wheel discs (rare), all power, T-tops; out of 150,000 Trans Am's made that year, it was one of 1500 built with the listed options. I tracked down the original owner through the paperwork in the glovebox, called him, and got the car's history. I paid $1200 for it, drove it home, called him two days later, turned down an offer from him for $3000 sight unseen to buy the car back (stupid, stupid, STUPID of me), kept it stored in a shop til I graduated nursing school, then went to work on it.
When I got started on it, I remembered the downside to T-tops: The seals were bad, and had been bad a long time. They had leaked and allowed moisture into the car long enough that the floorpans were rusted. Um........rusted THROUGH is a better phrase. Between that, and an electrical problem that had me pulling my hair out (everytime I turned on the headlights, the tach went haywire, the dashlights went out, and the left turn signal came on and stayed on..........ground problem I was told), I finally called it quits and traded her to a guy for his 1986 Monte Carlo SS.
He wrapped it around a telephone pole about 3 months later ( I didn't mention the engine in the Trans Am had just been rebuilt, and the thing was scary fast, with loads of bottom end torque), while I still have the MCSS.
Congrats, Frenchy! Helluva car you got!
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Only $3,000?
Jaysus... what a deal. Sweet car, Frenchy!
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Thanks for the info EddieK.:)
Man, if I was Frenchy, I'd baby that car, so it lasted a long, long time.;) Don't rag it out Frenchy!!! And keep it under a carport so it's protected. That's a beautiful, classic car.
Les
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Santa after the skydiver murder we just had in the UK where some unknown skunk cut the guys ripcord on main and safety chute, i hope you have a real good check on yours every drop.
Whoever did it is still out there somewhere.
Oh btw nice car frenchy.
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Santa, is this race for pink slips?
I can see it now, you jump as frenchy pushes car out of jump plane.
Frenchy's car smashed but on the ground first you loose and Frenchy has you body for life. hehe may be a fun race.
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214thCavalier did it. He must have, since he knows so much about it.
Cav, we're not going to tolerate this behavior any longer. No more cutting of chute cords. I hope you get caught.
Les
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They considered later that the 455 was to heavy for the chassis,
One thing I noticed was every year I had to go around the car and tighten every nut and bolt on it. Was irritating but great car to drive. Forget about passing a gas station!!!
And when it rains I would bounce off curbs at every stop light the first several months until I got used to the HP's
On the interstate one day Buried the needle figured I was around 135 and still had plenty of room to the floor..
Beautiful car!! Enjoy!
0J0T
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all 455 pontiacs are pure pontiac. Nothing like an Olds... Olds and Pontiac motors were lighter than Chevy big blocks.
lazs
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The SD 455's were actually pretty quick. Most of those mid-70's detroit lumps are dogs but you might have a gem there Freddomy. :)
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Originally posted by midnight Target
I am 5 miles N of Perris.
Isn't that the Capital of Frence?
-Sik (used to live down the street from MT)
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Originally posted by funkedup
The SD 455's were actually pretty quick. Most of those mid-70's detroit lumps are dogs but you might have a gem there Freddomy. :)
I think the 70's is when muscle cars went down hill. But thats a sweet looking car.
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not as fast as yours, but it still gives me a kick and i love it :)
(http://www.alpinsiden.com/images/min%20stolthet.jpg)
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Originally posted by Nilsen10
not as fast as yours, but it still gives me a kick and i love it :)
Isn't that what matters most?
(http://www.geocities.com/cap-triumph/alexandercesarzlarge.jpg)
I do really like Frenchy's wheels though. Someday damnit... I'll have that extensive car collection :mad: someday.
-Sik
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except for the left panel above the wheels , new bosch fuel pump, bosch dampers and a fender its 100% original to. (ooo, and i had to replace the leather on the seats and re paint it)
:)
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The 73 455 was rated at 290 hp (but 395lbs of torque), down about 2 points in compression and 100 hp from a couple of years before.... still.... the '73 would tick off sub 14 sec quarter mile at ove 100 mph. Not too shabby even for today.
lazs
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and here is my other ride :D
(http://www.alpinsiden.com/images/test.jpg)
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Santa after the skydiver murder we just had in the UK where some unknown skunk cut the guys ripcord on main and safety chute, i hope you have a real good check on yours every drop.
Yeah, read about it at dropzone.com.
Apparently someone had cut the cord that deploys the main chute (?). Either he's using a student rig (not BOC) or they're saying that the bridle connecting the pilot chute with the pin and bag was severed - resulting in a no opening.
And then the same person had cut the strappings to the reserve chute. Once the reserve handle is pulled a spring loaded pilot chute will get the reserve out but it won't be attached to the rig.
It can be a whuffo who did this but it is highly unlikely. Out there in the UK is a man or woman with at least some (probably a lot) of experience with rigs who has killed someone. I wonder if it was a targeted assassination or more just the murderer wanting to kill someone.
Pre-jump checks and pin checks would have been insufficient to find the sabotage. You'd have to open the container to visually check the bridle and the strappings to the reserve are sort of hidden away. Depending on rig this can be ahrd to impossible to check without opening up the reserve.
This is scary stuff. Usually my sis and I just let our gear be in a corner somewhere. Am definitely going to be much more careful
Scooter wrote:
Santa, is this race for pink slips?
I can see it now, you jump as frenchy pushes car out of jump plane.
Frenchy's car smashed but on the ground first you loose and Frenchy has you body for life. hehe may be a fun race.
LOL, definitely not for pink slips. I am thinking, oh, one month worth of Aces High.
If he wins, his car will still be smashed. Unless he coughs out serious dollars for a big parachute system :D.
Works for me either way.
Gixer wrote:
Climb to 14000feet? Your everyday transportation is a Cesna?
I thought we were talking cars and bikes.
Well, I've spent more time in a Cessna than on a bike or in a car the last three months. But I guess that since my bike was stolen my primary means of transportation has been my legs or busses.
And I deliberately didn't mention that we weren't just talking cars and bikes. How else could I possibly have a chance of winning the bet? :D