Author Topic: With Car Craft in Phoenix (lota pics) (Read 1093 times)

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #15 on:** March 21, 2005, 11:02:36 PM »

I just recall gas is 4 times more expensive in France, and I have no problem paying $2.60/galon.

Steve, I posted on this BBS last week about going there:( missed a good time.

lazs2 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 22, 2005, 08:21:30 AM »

aren't big blocks fun?

I allways crack up about all the old farts with muscle cars that are all automatics tho... they are younger than me in a lot of cases and their excuse is that they are too old to push in a clutch... I think they need to hire a kid to drive their cars for em when they aren't on the trailer.

lazs

boxboy28 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 22, 2005, 08:49:09 AM »

Man i had a 72 buick Electra 4 door with a 455 and possitrack. For a Big old boat of a car that thing could sh*t and get. i miss that car. I was only 17 when i had it, dang water pump went out, so i got a new one (used from the junk yard), put it on only to find out that i ended up cracking the block.

Beautiful car one of the good old cars where you could roll down the front and rear windows and there was no center post!

Goth · « **Reply #18 on:** March 22, 2005, 09:21:04 AM »

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Originally posted by boxboy28
Man i had a 72 buick Electra 4 door with a 455 and possitrack. For a Big old boat of a car that thing could sh*t and get. i miss that car. I was only 17 when i had it, dang water pump went out, so i got a new one (used from the junk yard), put it on only to find out that i ended up cracking the block.

Beautiful car one of the good old cars where you could roll down the front and rear windows and there was no center post!

Had a '69 Buick Skylark.....I miss those old cars.

Steve · « **Reply #19 on:** March 22, 2005, 06:52:10 PM »

Frenchy, sorry I missed you. Would have enjoyed watching you run and breaking bread with you. That track is 15 minutes from my house.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 22, 2005, 07:32:55 PM »

lazs2
I think that was the main thing I didnt like about mylast GTO.

What the hell was I thinking going with an auto?

mora · « **Reply #21 on:** March 23, 2005, 03:17:16 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
aren't big blocks fun?

I allways crack up about all the old farts with muscle cars that are all automatics tho... they are younger than me in a lot of cases and their excuse is that they are too old to push in a clutch... I think they need to hire a kid to drive their cars for em when they aren't on the trailer.

lazs

I'd take automatic anyday over stick shift exactly for that reason. Stick shifts are for rice cups. If you have plenty of punch why not go auto? Of course if you have 700 bhp it might be a bit difficult and expensive to build a tranny which would hold together.

lazs2 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 24, 2005, 09:04:55 AM »

mora... its all about options... an automatic takes away your options. They build lots of automatics here for cheap that will handle over 700 hp.

The reason for autos in hot rods here is because they are so easy to instal compared to sticks.

lazs

mora · « **Reply #23 on:** March 24, 2005, 11:06:45 AM »

Sure a manual is better performance wise....I just have this conviction that an American car has to be auto.

Yeah the parts are very much cheaper over there, especially the non-stock parts.

A few years ago we tried to find a place that would overhaul my friends '62 Caddie's tranny. The cheapest quote was around $2500. Then we found a fella who exchanged the tranny for a working one for $700 and even that leaked oil.

Why is it easier to install an auto? Because the cars have been originally auto?

Would you happen to know of a place over there which would sell new or used chrome strips for a Caddie? My buddy is missing a few small ones and they are impossible to get here.

indy007 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 24, 2005, 11:50:35 AM »

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Originally posted by mora
Sure a manual is better performance wise....I just have this conviction that an American car has to be auto.

I know more than a few people that swear by automatics for drag racing. Car types vary. Mustangs, Supras, etc. They claim the average driver loses up to a 1/4 second shifting in a manual on a 1/4 mile run. I can't back that claim up in anyway, I'm just repeating what I've been told.

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Would you happen to know of a place over there which would sell new or used chrome strips for a Caddie? My buddy is missing a few small ones and they are impossible to get here. [/B]

Year/Make/Model & where are the strips mounted? I'm bored. I can call around.

mora · « **Reply #25 on:** March 24, 2005, 12:04:08 PM »

It's a '62 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. I don't know the precise location of the strips.... Actually I should first get my friend motivated to get the car fixed up, it's going to need a paint job among other things. I'll get back to this later.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #26 on:** March 24, 2005, 03:09:04 PM »

Driving an automatic in Los Angeles is a blessing from God. I'm planing on building the trany with a kit that allows me to shift. So fra, I can still shift manually as the car came with a feature for that, I'm sure Laz knows the name.
When you start in 1st, deplace the shifter to the right and the shifter will move upward and LOCK in second. Move it sideway again, and it will lock in drive.

For road fun, Europe style I prefer a manual shift. For USA where the next turn is 200 miles ahead, or just plain drag racing, an automatic is right on.

RightF00T · « **Reply #27 on:** March 24, 2005, 05:22:25 PM »

Steve what is there to do out here? I'm staying at the Marriot near the airport.

lazs2 · « **Reply #28 on:** March 25, 2005, 09:04:45 AM »

frenchy... I got suckered into the "full manual valve body" thing once... It was still and auto.... just a very clunky stupid one. It ruined the driving experiance for me.

I have a Lincoln Town car for when I want to get somewhere and don't care about the experiance.

Sitting in traffic is no fun in any car no matter what the transmission. Having a stick tho I can at least have some fun when I'm not stuck in traffic.

lazs

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #29 on:** March 25, 2005, 01:31:55 PM »

A couple of guys told me not to cut the floor to accomodate the manual trany. I guess it's for the resale value, as the car is all original. I'm planing on saving the original engine unmod, the trany un-mod and the 3.08 rearend, and putting a street 455, Th700 and 3.73 rear end. Something like that. You never know, maybe the car will be worth money in 30years when I'll be about to die. Something to help buying a house for my kids.

I miss the pleasure of shifting, I ear you, but like I said, in L.A. or you in traffic, or it's a straight line for 100 miles.