Car pics too cool not to share

Keeping with the 8/8 theme : These beauties were before my time but I think they're cool, 57 Olds Super 88 j2 factory 3 deuce carbs on 371 cid V-8.

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My buddy has a 4-door hardtop '57 98 with a J2 in it (he added the J2 from a wrecked car). Has had the car since he was 13. Even drove it to Florida and back, once. Nice ol' boat.
 
I saw these at a local cruise-in that got rained out over the weekend. Little man loved the "monster" truck. Hey @Squatch what are you doing on my side of the country, and why haven't you come to see me yet?

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What does "J2" indicate? The 3x2 intake or a specific engine package?

From Hemmings:

"The extra carburetion, plus thinner head gaskets bumping compression to 10.0:1, was rated at an even 300hp at 4,600 RPM, and 415-lbs.ft. at 3,000 RPM in 1957--not bad for your $83 outlay. (The same package was rated at 312 horsepower in 1958.) A hotter camshaft, not recommended for street use, was part of an over-the-counter J2 package that cost $395 at your local dealer."

I remember that with my buddy's '57, the 10.0:1 compression ratio made finding a high enough octane gas supply a challenge. While I cannot find a picture of an original sticker, I'm almost certain that the sticker on the cowl gave the compression ratio, as well as a required octane rating of 97! :oops:
 
I remember that with my buddy's '57, the 10.0:1 compression ratio made finding a high enough octane gas supply a challenge. While I cannot find a picture of an original sticker, I'm almost certain that the sticker on the cowl gave the compression ratio, as well as a required octane rating of 97! :oops:

That's how it is with my Chrysler. '65 413 all iron with a factory 10.1:1 compression, she really wants/needs high octane. I used to mix half 100LL, and half 93 non-ethanol and she ran fine. Now I can't get 100LL easily (damn the bureaucrats), so I have to run additives and probably should re(de)tune her a little.
 
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That's how it is with my Chrysler. '65 413 all iron with a factory 10.1:1 compression, she really wants/needs high octane. I used to mix half 100LL, and half 93 non-ethanol and she ran fine. Now I can't get 100LL easily (damn the bureaucrats), so I have to run additives and probably should retune her a little.

I remember in high school that one of the tricks we used was to run a thicker head gasket. It affectively dropped the compression ratio a bit. I can't remember what brand it was, but there was a company that marketed their thicker gaskets as a solution to the problems of lower octane fuel.
 
I like it but I also like the fat tire look on bikes....

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I hear ya, brother. I'm just the opposite, however. I have a set of 4.00" wide wheels, as well as a set of 4.500" wide wheels...early Rambler...that I would rather run on the front of a gasser. I just like the look of bicycle tires, I guess. ;)
 
I hear ya, brother. I'm just the opposite, however. I have a set of 4.00" wide wheels, as well as a set of 4.500" wide wheels...early Rambler...that I would rather run on the front of a gasser. I just like the look of bicycle tires, I guess. ;)

Which is what makes the car world go round and round.... We each have our own style. A fact that seems to be lost on some around here.
 
I like it but I also like the fat tire look on bikes....

There's a fine line there. My neighbor has a bike shop building and selling (90% crotch rockets) and I see some WIDE tires. I don't even know how some of those bikes lean into a turn. No need for a kickstand, just get off and walk away. :LOL:

Here's one they're selling. 360 mm (14.1 inch) back tire.
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There's a fine line there. My neighbor has a bike shop building and selling (90% crotch rockets) and I see some WIDE tires. I don't even know how some of those bikes lean into a turn. No need for a kickstand, just get off and walk away. :LOL:

Yep,
It's like the guys who run a car rear tire... How do you lean into a turn?

And yes one of the things that has kept be from doing the wide tire conversion on the front of my bike is that I LOVE to carve the corners and from what I've been told a fat front tire is harder to lean until you get it leaning. So it's made me hold off.
 
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