View Full Version : My Grocery Getter!
mrwillysgasser 05-14-2007, 08:22 PM There was a guy around here that had a Starfire or Omega the same body style as that Monza. Last I knew it was running 12's in the 1/4 mile, but I haven't seen it in years. that was Shaun from C-PORT.It ran very well.:freak: he switched to a mid 80s white transam street sleeper. :thumbsup:
sethndaddy 05-15-2007, 01:36 AM Here is my "grocery getter/daily driver"(if I can get a thumbnails to attach)
Also, there is a picture of a Pontiac headlight that always has water in it so the owner(my youngest son) put plastic fish in it!!!
Bob Weichbrodt
"Rawafx"
W-S, NC
Nice Mustang, you better tell that old senior citizen to get his paws off it, lol.
Slott V 05-15-2007, 03:27 PM That '65 looks like its in great shape Rick. Time for a 502 and some big rims. :cool:
I may have posted this before- but this is my grocery getter/daily driver: 2005 GTO, 6 speed, 400 HP 6.0 liter LS2. 1 of only 239 with my options. It's a real mover and is lots of fun to drive!
http://www.planetofspeed.net/PhotoPost/data/3018/1PICT1695-med.JPG
http://planetofspeed.net/BBS/images/smiles/PEELOUT.GIF
Most guys around here have seen my '67 Camaro before. Here's the whole line up;
http://planetofspeed.net/images/driveway-shot.jpg
-Scott
tjd241 05-15-2007, 04:03 PM Is the Camaro a 4 cylinder Scott? ;)
roadrner 05-15-2007, 06:47 PM Is the Camaro a 4 cylinder Scott? ;)
Man, that's funny! Still LMAO ND! :lol:
Love the Camino! :thumbsup: FD
Hornet 05-15-2007, 07:20 PM How about a 74 AMC Hornet daily driver that runs high 11"s at a 5,000ft altitude,with no slapper bars,that's my version of a street sleeper.
Bill Hall 05-15-2007, 07:32 PM Is the Camaro a 4 cylinder Scott? ;)
Nuther Dave!????? You Wankel! Thats obviously a rotary! :p
Cool Scott! Wunderin when you were gonna post up. How's the mileage on that puffer? ;)
Rick, that Impala makes my sticker peck out! Had a roomie back in the Mezazoic age that had two nice runners and two parts donors, all sittin' in our front yard. Cut down on the mowing ya know!
Tell your wife, "Tough!" Tell the kids to work their way through college it'll be more rewarding.
Better fix that ole girl and drive her before the price of gas and good whiskey are the same! ;)
roadrner 05-16-2007, 11:22 AM Tell your wife, "Tough!" Tell the kids to work their way through college it'll be more rewarding.
Better fix that ole girl and drive her before the price of gas and good whiskey are the same! ;)
Rick,
Sorry, but I would have to agree with Bill. Get that thing on the road while you can afford to put a gallon of gas in her. :) Dave
mtyoder 05-16-2007, 07:36 PM How about a 74 AMC Hornet daily driver that runs high 11"s at a 5,000ft altitude,with no slapper bars,that's my version of a street sleeper.
NIIIIIIIIIICE!!!!!!!!! Bring on the AMC's! I need to find out what my Gremlin will run in the 1/4! I'm sure it won't run 11's, but maybe a high 12 with the pump gas 360.
Hornet 05-16-2007, 08:02 PM 401 with a big cam and lots of gear in a 9" Ford rearend,car factors down into the low 11's when i apply the NHRA factor numbers to it.
Lots of fun on the street :wave:
Bill Hall 05-16-2007, 08:52 PM Someone elses getter is how I put bread on the table.
The 'lil orange 911 belongs to my buddy Jack.(everybody is your buddy when you fix cars or bend metal, LOL) He got it back from the painter in boxes, piles, and wads! :rolleyes: Gee what a surprise, another resto gone awry.
What was assembled was wrong, let alone the neglected and "untouched for ten years" mechanicals. I had to back way up and start fresh. Took 2 or 3 months to turn a pile-o-junk into a nice car but this one was kinda fun. It finally went away in the first week or May.
The '68 rag 'Maro was ripped back to the firewall by it's owner 6 month after it was repainted. :freak: My close friend and moron since 5th grade sunday school and little league, Les.
I told him not to approach it that way. But he damned the torpedoes and proceeded ahead at full speed. Imagine my surprise. snicker.
Little by little I've been piecing it back together. It's finally got brakes and steering and arrived at my place last night. Got some incidentals to wrap up and I'll hang the core support/rad and light 'er up. Then the tedious massage and rehang of a freshly painted front clip. Nerve racking to say the least!
Like Gear Buster said to me once upon a time, "There's no rest for the wicked"....LOL ;)
gear buster 05-16-2007, 08:57 PM Bill,
You need a license plate that says "SUNKIST" on the front of that thing..lOL
The vert camaro looks great. I will trade ya $10 and a Yugo for it.. :freak:
Just jivin..$5 and....lol Can't wait to see it when it's done.. :thumbsup:
Bill Hall 05-17-2007, 01:36 PM Bill,
You need a license plate that says "SUNKIST" on the front of that thing..lOL
The vert camaro looks great. I will trade ya $10 and a Yugo for it.. :freak:
Just jivin..$5 and....lol Can't wait to see it when it's done.. :thumbsup:
Thanks Steve, Sunkist grows lemons too! LOL
Fortunatly this one didnt turn out that way. Even if you are as thorough as you can be, when you put a 35yr old rig, that sat for ten, and other jokers have cobbled on, back into service; ya just never know what's gonna fall off next. My crystal ball is often clouded from within.
Cant take too much credit for the Camaro, it was decent to start with. My part has been mostly the stuff no one sees - complete mechanicals, and all the subframe goodies and motor work soon to shrouded by the clip. Paint is a bit above average. It's shrunk back now revealing lazy blocking. Cripes sake! Does any one use guide coat anymore? :confused:
Slott V 05-17-2007, 02:19 PM Cool Scott! Wunderin when you were gonna post up. How's the mileage on that puffer? ;)
With 10 psi boost out of the 6-71 and the fuel volume doubled it's about as bad as you'd imagine. Never bothered trying to figure it out since it's anti-econo from inception. It fumigates the neighborhood quite well. :p But what's intersting is- it is getting more affordable to drive around if you put it into perspective with the rising gas prices. Cam2 100 octane hasn't changed price in a couple of years, while the price of "standard" gas keeps going up. Pretty soon $5.00/gallon won't be so unreasonable. :freak:
Hornet- I'd love to see your Hornet run. ;)
Bill Hall 05-18-2007, 01:29 PM LOL Scott! Lighting up the webber six pack on "Froggy" has a similar effect on the neighborhood. Bug fogger!
People say things like, "my China rattles in my cabinet"- "my windows shake"- "the door knocker buzzes on it's stop".
I try not to laugh outright and make some sort of tactful apology.
If your not chokin', crying , or coughing it's too lean!
If it doesnt register on a seizmograph your exhaust is too restrictive!
Still passes emissions? Better change that cam!
I'll bet all the little kids in your hood come-a-runnin' when you light up and then race you down the street on their bikes.
Sometimes I let them win!
Slott V 05-18-2007, 02:52 PM Ya its cool to see the little guys on bikes give you thumbs up. :thumbsup:
My car has a habit of setting off car alarms when I crack her open. And I always like the look from old ladies; It's usually a sour expression of; "what's wrong with you?" :eek: :p
I'd love to hear your Porsche scream. :)
Slott V 05-18-2007, 02:55 PM Recently Illinois repealed the emission test law so that only vehicles 1996 or newer have to take the sniff test. My Camaro is a 1967 so it never had to go before anyway, but the new law will be good news to many street car guys that suffer trying to pass and have had to toss cat con's on their muscle cars to pass. :thumbsup:
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