The new “what did you do to your Z today” (with off topic replies) XXXVIII

Zingston · 10-31-2020, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by johnxxx

I was 8 years old

Owned a 1968 Dodge Charger RT 440 Magnum... my first car when I was 17. Red with a white bumble bee stripe... one of my all time favorites.

Sweet ride! My first car was a Charger too... the Shelby 2.2 turbo version... not my all time favorite. I swore off front wheel drive anything after that. Still have yet to own another fwd since.

Rusty · 10-31-2020, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Zingston

Sweet ride! My first car was a Charger too... the Shelby 2.2 turbo version... not my all time favorite. I swore off front wheel drive anything after that. Still have yet to own another fwd since.

First car was a '70 Duster with a 340.

jchammond · 10-31-2020, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

First car was a '70 Duster with a 340.

First car was an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

Rocket 455, TH400, Limited Slip 2.73 diff, center console w/bucket seats, tick black steering wheel, all factory- a torque monster

Miss that car

Rusty · 10-31-2020, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jchammond

First car was an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

Rocket 455, TH400, Limited Slip 2.73 diff, center console w/bucket seats, tick black steering wheel, all factory- a torque monster

Miss that car

First wifey had a '88 Olds Delta 88, 2 door with the 455, TH400. That was a BIG car. The only car I drove that I had to pull off to the side of the road to wind up or down the pass side window.

The trunk was HUGE. I could see why drug smugglers liked that car.

Zingston · 10-31-2020, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

First wifey had a '88 Olds Delta 88, 2 door with the 455, TH400. That was a BIG car. The only car I drove that I had to pull off to the side of the road to wind up or down the pass side window.

The trunk was HUGE. I could see why drug smugglers liked that car.

The hoods on those and the 98s went for a mile!

Rusty · 10-31-2020, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Zingston

The hoods on those and the 98s went for a mile!

Friend in high school had a '69 Pontic Grand Prix 455 4 speed. That had the longest hood of any car.

jchammond · 10-31-2020, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Friend in high school had a '69 Pontic Grand Prix 455 4 speed. That had the longest hood of any car.

We had a 77’ Grand-Prix w/301 & dual-jet 2bbl carb, dad said it couldn’t pull a greasy string out an old Ho’s Azz

Had the long hood too

jchammond · 10-31-2020, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

First wifey had a '88 Olds Delta 88, 2 door with the 455, TH400. That was a BIG car. The only car I drove that I had to pull off to the side of the road to wind up or down the pass side window.

The trunk was HUGE. I could see why drug smugglers liked that car.

Mine eas a 73’ not a big car at all

johnxxx · 10-31-2020, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

First car was a '70 Duster with a 340.

2nd car was a 1969 Dodge Dart 340 6 pack w/ 4 on the floor Hurst shifter... letting off the clutch on that bad boy with some thick azz tires in the rear felt like the front was going to lift off the ground. The throw from first to second was so ridiculously far apart lol

Had both cars at the same time and often change the 6 pack Holley Carb to the Charger... just a manifold change, fuel hook up, and linkage ... took less than an hour. Fun times.

Rusty · 10-31-2020, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by johnxxx

2nd car was a 1969 Dodge Dart 340 6 pack w/ 4 on the floor Hurst shifter... letting off the clutch on that bad boy with some thick azz tires in the rear felt like the front was going to lift off the ground. The throw from first to second was so ridiculously far apart lol

Had both cars at the same time and often change the 6 pack Holley Carb to the Charger... just a manifold change, fuel hook up, and linkage ... took less than an hour. Fun times.

Had a '73 Dart Sport 340 4speed. Dropped a valve in it. Replaced the 340 with a 440. Grenaded that motor. Rebuilt it to a 572 ci monster.

It was ridiculous.

jchammond · 10-31-2020, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Had a '73 Dart Sport 340 4speed. Dropped a valve in it. Replaced the 340 with a 440. Grenaded that motor. Rebuilt it to a 572 ci monster.

It was ridiculous.

I remember dad having a Demon w/340 engine, when I was a kid

Zingston · 10-31-2020, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jchammond

I remember dad having a Demon w/340 engine, when I was a kid

Nice! My dad had a mercury cougar with a 429 when i was a kid... that car was ridiculous and awesome!!!

Rusty · 10-31-2020, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Zingston

Nice! My dad had a mercury cougar with a 429 when i was a kid... that car was ridiculous and awesome!!!

My dad had a '64 Plymouth Belvedere with a 413, dual 4 bbl cross ram intake. He just about died in that car. Some guy crossed the double yellow line and hit my dad head on. The guy died on the sot. My dad spent 3 weeks in ICU. when the insurance company settled up. They got him another '64 Belvedere with a 318. Boy, was my dad pissed.

Mom had a Plymouth Sport Fury III with a 440. Loved that car when I was a kid.

johnxxx · 10-31-2020, 10:27 PM

I went from having those 2 muscle cars to a 1980 Datsun B210 hatchback... talk about night and day

That's when I started my first real job and I needed something practical to get me to work which was 50 miles up the nj turnpike. I swore the gas gauge was broke on it as it never moved like my Dodges lmao

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