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From: miraje	4/7/2024 12:47:45 PM
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I've always been a car guy since I was a kid. Give me three pedals on the floor and an engine that likes to rev (and sounds sweet) like my Camaro SS in the header and I'm a happy camper. Also have a soft spot for oddballs and orphans, as parents had a Nash Rambler and a Packard Mayfair when I was little.

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To: miraje who wrote (1)	4/7/2024 2:13:55 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	1 Recommendation of 44

Nice place you have here, and a good idea for a thread. I love classic cars, the 60's were my favorite era with all those muscle car beasts. I had a 1966 Ford Mustang 2 + 2 with a 4-speed 289 V8 back in the 1980's. One summer I had the engine rebuilt after it blew out a piston, and the next summer I got a 4-speed transmission for it after the Chevy one in it (put in by previous owner) locked up and would only go in reverse. Bought the T10 trans at a local junkyard and had that rebuilt too. Luckily I had a good paying summer job both years earning about twice the minimum wage at the time, so I could afford it. My dream car from that time would have been a 1969 Boss 429 Mustang, but they were expensive back then, comparatively. Today they run over $300,000 for a restored one. In the future I hope to acquire a later model Shelby Mustang with all the modern amenities that today's cars can offer, either a GT350 or GT500. I'm so glad American auto manufacturers started building real muscle cars again after decades of going after fuel economy and tamping down on horsepower that started in the 1970's.

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To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (2)	4/7/2024 2:31:12 PM
From: miraje	1 Recommendation of 44

I had a 1966 Ford Mustang 2 + 2 with a 4-speed 289 V8 Worked at a Texaco station as a high school kid and a local guy (radio DJ) bought one of these new. Of course we had to check it out when he came in for gas and I mentioned that his tires looked low on air. He laughed and said, "No, these are those new Michelin radials and that's the way they're supposed to look".. Guy at my school had a yellow '65 K Code 289 Mustang and that was a hot revver..

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To: miraje who wrote (3)	4/8/2024 1:28:01 PM
From: miraje	1 Recommendation of 44

One of one concept car up for sale again. Too bad that this Pontiac Banshee wasn't put into production.. msn.com Rare 1964 Pontiac Banshee Concept Coupe Hits The Market Again, Priced At $1.2 Million The legendary 1964 Pontiac Banshee coupe concept, a one-of-a-kind automotive gem, has resurfaced for sale, now showcased in a listing on Hemmings with a hefty price tag of $1.2 million. Originally conceived as a response to the Ford Mustang, the Banshee, internally designated as the XP-833, emerged from the creative vision of Pontiac’s then-head, John Z. DeLorean. Unlike conventional pony cars, the Banshee boasted a sleek sports car design, featuring aerodynamic fiberglass bodywork reminiscent of the later C3 Chevrolet Corvette and Opel GT models.

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To: miraje who wrote (4)	4/16/2024 1:13:13 AM
From: miraje	2 Recommendations of 44

What a neat ride! El Chargero? MOPAR should have built it. Pics and article at the link below.. This 2009 Dodge Charger Ute Conversion Has A 392ci Hemi And A Proper Manual Transmission Meticulous attention to detail provides this Hemi-powered ute with OEM-like fit and finish hemmings.com

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From: miraje	4/17/2024 12:35:54 AM
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Love the color. Pics at the link.. hemmings.com Under Restoration: The One-Off 1964 Corvair Built for Former Chevrolet General Manager "Bunkie" Knudsen A number of factory customs were built for or at the behest of Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen during his tenure as Chevrolet’s general manager, from 1961-65. They included a couple of well-known Corvette styling cars, but also a unique, turbocharged 1964 Corvair Monza Spyder that was recently acquired by Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance founder Bill Warner. It’s undergoing restoration at Werner Meier’s facility Masterworks Automotive Services, just north of Detroit. The car was one of five special builds commissioned under Knudsen and was pulled off the Willow Run assembly line and sent to the Chevrolet Engineering Center to receive a number of custom touches, including a repaint in Firefrost Blue. The Firefrost and later Firemist colors were unique metallic blends with brighter flake pigments and were mostly available on Cadillac models...

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To: miraje who wrote (6)	4/17/2024 12:43:57 AM
From: Zen Dollar Round	3 Recommendations of 44

My father owned a couple of Corvairs and liked to work on them. He even had a small home mail order business for a while that sold Corvair O-Rings made of a special compound (Viton) that kept them from drying out and hardening when used in the engines. He paid my sister and I to count them and put them in bags for him when we were kids.

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To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (7)	4/17/2024 12:52:01 AM
From: miraje	1 Recommendation of 44

Got a couple of fun Corvair stories that I'll post here tomorrow, if I've got time. I will say that their 90 degree convoluted fan belt was pretty unique. And a 4 carb option? We're talking Ferrari here, LOL.. :-)

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To: miraje who wrote (8)	4/17/2024 10:22:45 PM
From: miraje	3 Recommendations of 44

Apologies for reminiscing but here are a couple of memories.. A good friend had one of these Corvair Greenbriers.. ..that we took on a camping trip when we were teenagers (not this example, but same color). Loaded up with sleeping bags, fishing gear, camp stove, food, coolers, etc. We were packed up and ready to hit the road. Unfortunately, the road involved climbing over some steep mountain passes during the hot summer and the "hot engine" idiot light kept flashing as we were climbing the grades, so we had to keep pulling over to let it cool down. Anyway, my buddy got tired of looking at that warning light, so he stuck a piece of black electrical tape over it. Out of sight, right. Ended up with an aborted trip as the engine got toasted and we limped home on 5 cylinders, trailing considerable smoke. Live and learn.. Another good high school buddy of mine had a.. ..'65 Corsa (like this example) with the 180 HP turbo motor and a 4 speed. It was a dog off the line, but really took off when the revs wound up. Another feature at full throttle was raw gasoline fumes in the car when the turbo was kicking in. I liked that little car, but his girlfriend made him sell it, for obvious reasons. The "perfume" got to be too much.. :-)

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To: miraje who wrote (9)	4/18/2024 4:53:09 PM
From: Broken_Clock	of 44

My good friend from HS began collecting classic cars(he never seemed to have the money to remodel anything, just buy it) right of HS in 67. he worked at a local factory and living was cheap and so were the cars and trucks he bought. he finally secured a rental on a farm outside of town that had a huge barn which would house his ever expanding collection. I expect he is easily the richest kid from by HS class.

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