Car pics too cool not to share
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Questionable wiring protocols , questionable chassis stiffness , very questionable under steer. But on the upside Chevy is still able to build
some sweet, strong engines that can over power the chassis.
That said Corvettes of every vintage have been a rolling compromise, however I still love most of them.
Back when I was 12 or 13 my uncle had 3 of them and I was supposed to get one for my 15th birthday. But he passed away when I was 14 and his wife sold all of them.
Only one more year ! , don't you wonder how many things in our lives are just like this?
It all is likely for the best , maybe young Wildman would have pushed things a little too hard one night in the Roadmaster and we wouldn't be enjoying
doing this today with Wildman. This is likely closer to the truth than we realize.
Only one more year ! , don't you wonder how many things in our lives are just like this?
It all is likely for the best , maybe young Wildman would have pushed things a little too hard one night in the Roadmaster and we wouldn't be enjoying
doing this today with Wildman. This is likely closer to the truth than we realize.
Yep but I SO wanted one of them. He let me drive one of them when I was staying with him for a week. What a blast.
57 Chevy Napco 4X4 the hard way to the top of Pikes Peak.
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As cool as that is, I can't stop laughing. The narrator sounds like he's in a Dr. Suess story!!!
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I would have disliked being a tech having to work on that thing, but they were/are KEWL as shit...
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From Wiki:
"The Skyliner's retractable top operated via a complex mechanism that folded the front of the roof and retracted it under the rear decklid. Instead of the typical hydraulic mechanisms, the Skyliner top used seven reversible electric motors (six for 1959 models), four lift jacks, a series of relays, ten limit switches, ten solenoids, four locking mechanisms for the roof and two locking mechanisms for the trunk lid, and 610 ft (185.9 m) of wiring."
From Hemmings:
"Operation of the folding hardtop assembly alone required four lock motors, three drive motors, 10 power relays, 10 limit switches, eight circuit breakers, one neutral switch, one activating switch, one cycle indicator light switch, and 610 feet of wiring. This was in addition to a reinforced, 118-wheelbase chassis tasked with supporting the more than 400 pounds of added weight (over the conventional soft-top Sunliner convertible)."
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Back in '71, My uncle Bruce bought a brand new '71 Demon 340. His looked just like this, sans the vinyl top. Also, his was a 4-speed car with buckets.
My first wife and I drove a '71 Demon for years. It was a little 318 car, console-shift automatic, white with a black vinyl top and black interior. Great little car. I wrecked it at Deception Pass, Whidbey Island. I was with my buddy, and a young lady in hotpants and a halter top went riding by on a bicycle. I said, "Hey, Rob...check it out!" We both turned to watch her ride by, and I rear-ended the little Dodge Colt wagon that had come to a stop in front of me. I never did tell the wife all the facts to the story...
When I was in college, there was a main road that travel across campus. In the spring time, small fender-benders on that road increased probably 10x. You could sit there, watch some girls run by and hear the metal and plastic crunch behind them.
There is a nice little bar and grill with patio seating in the middle of it all. Sometimes we'd have a burger and some beers and watch the festivities.