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Topic: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)

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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #3458 on: July 30, 2025, 01:45:02 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on July 30, 2025, 12:54:07 PM
Lee Iacocca was the man with the plan.

I loved my 1986 Chrysler Laser XT Turbo.  Slow and clunky by today's standards, but pretty quick at the time.
Lee's plan with turbos might have been ahead of his time.  His turbos of the time were awful, especially for maintenance.  today's turbos are awesome but, I've been scarred by their distant past and will probably never own one.
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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #3459 on: July 30, 2025, 01:46:25 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 30, 2025, 01:45:02 PM
Lee's plan with turbos might have been ahead of his time.  His turbos of the time were awful, especially for maintenance.  today's turbos are awesome but, I've been scarred by their distant past and will probably never own one.
My engine block on the Sundance cracked after about 2 years. It was toast.
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« Reply #3460 on: July 30, 2025, 01:52:38 PM »
My issue was the transmission. I've heard this was common at the time that the transmissions really weren't up to the task of dealing with the power, and so K-car transmissions in those were notoriously bad. 

Eventually mine just wouldn't go into drive at all. Engine could rev, but you ain't movin'. 
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« Reply #3461 on: July 30, 2025, 01:55:57 PM »
I had my '86 for 4 years, from '89 to '93.  So I don't think it had time for the turbocharger or transmission to crap out.

That car was totaled when I was hit from behind by a drunk driver.  I was stopped at a stoplight, late at night around 1 AM I think, and I saw headlights in my rearview mirror and the next thing I know I'd been blasted out into the middle of the intersection.  He never hit the brakes, never even saw me, going probably 35 or 40 miles per hour.


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« Reply #3462 on: July 30, 2025, 02:45:33 PM »
I know the minivans with automatics really suffered, friends had them, they all went bad.  Mine had the 5 speed and it ran forever.

Well, it sorta ran, it was SLOW.
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« Reply #3463 on: July 30, 2025, 02:53:06 PM »
In other news, this beauty is back up and running (brake repair complete):


1950 3/4 ton. "Old Rusty." Hole in the floorboard on the passenger side has been there since the early 80s. Now it's covered with a rubber mat.
0-60: Never. Max speed probably about 56-57 mph.
218 straight six. Can somewhat comfortably drive around 51-52 mph, as long as you don't need to turn or stop. 
4 on the floor, but start in 2nd gear unless you're on something really steep. First gear is ridiculously low.
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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #3464 on: July 30, 2025, 03:16:07 PM »
granny gear
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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #3465 on: July 30, 2025, 03:39:17 PM »
Exactly.
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« Reply #3466 on: July 30, 2025, 04:02:11 PM »
you can put it in gear, pop the clutch, get out and walk beside it, won't die, even if it runs into something or the end of the chain, will just sit and spin
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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #3467 on: July 30, 2025, 04:11:17 PM »
Quote from: SFBadger96 on July 30, 2025, 03:39:17 PM
Exactly.
Is it in your driveway?

I mean...


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« Reply #3468 on: July 30, 2025, 04:16:19 PM »
Easy now, Badge, it's in my parents' driveway. 
;)
It's my old man's truck. The vehicle I learned to drive a stick on. I'll probably head down there today to take it out for a spin.
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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #3469 on: July 30, 2025, 04:17:21 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 30, 2025, 04:02:11 PM
you can put it in gear, pop the clutch, get out and walk beside it, won't die, even if it runs into something or the end of the chain, will just sit and spin
Yeah, it was a "work truck" back when that meant farm work.
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« Reply #3470 on: July 30, 2025, 04:38:28 PM »
my father had one similar - half ton
painted it with a brush and roller
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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #3471 on: July 30, 2025, 05:07:22 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on July 30, 2025, 01:55:57 PM
He never hit the brakes, never even saw me, going probably 35 or 40 miles per hour.

Never thought whiplash was a thing until some ne'er do well gave me the same treatment. Around lunch time,sober,1st thing out of the shit stains piehole was not "gosh I'm sorry" or "are you all right". No-o-o,it was "do you know you brake lights dont work". Like Ralphie's Dad - I ripped off an impressive array of profanity that is still hanging over  that road 'till this day. I called him,his mother,his family tree and his God things he prolly never heard and mentioned lawyers he became sorrowful real quick. I had just replaced a turning signal a few days before so i knew all the light were good. Neck was stiff for a couple of weeks but I kept that claim open,turned out we had the same Ins. Co.They called asking about my well being and had no problems replacing parts,bumper, rear quarter panel or a partial paint job.
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