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MrNubbz

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« Reply #322 on: May 04, 2020, 08:01:04 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on May 04, 2020, 04:14:14 PM
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« Reply #323 on: May 04, 2020, 08:04:45 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on May 04, 2020, 04:09:54 PM
I notice how some folks around here are really interested in how they LOOK to other people they don't know.  
I knew that '92 VW I bought in Jan would impress you
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #324 on: May 04, 2020, 08:06:39 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on May 04, 2020, 03:53:05 PM
True, although it's not necessarily fair to compare a modern crewcab to an older standard cab.  They were less common back then, but crewcabs have been around for a while.

I always dreamed of buying one of these, to tow my 1963 Airstream:

was that an International?
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #325 on: May 04, 2020, 11:00:14 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on May 04, 2020, 08:06:39 PM
was that an International?
Yes.

Both the crewcab pickup, and the vintage "SUV" I posted, were 1963 International Harvester models.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #326 on: May 05, 2020, 02:15:12 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on May 04, 2020, 11:17:18 AM
[img width=500 height=331.989]https://i.imgur.com/RPgC8My.png[/img]

This is like the second car I can recall.  My dad had seat belts installed at Sears.  We had to wear them.  We lived in Augusta, GA and it had no AC.  The engine was the 307 and the transmission again was the Powerglide.  Other transmissions had something called "passing gear".  This would be easy to work on these days.

If I still had the tools.  I had friends who had Impalas and I was envious, this was just the Bel Air, sans Air.
I think you mentioned the Chevy 307 earlier.  From a "sporty" point of view, the 307 was the least favorable of the Chevy small-block V-8s of that generation.  It was a 283 block (3.875" bore) with a 327 crank.  So--effectively--a stroked 283.

The high-performance way of combining the best of the 283 (short stroke) and the 327 (4.0" bore) was the 302 Z/28 engine.  It was a 327 block with a 283 crank, so--depending on how you want to look at it--a bored-out 283 or a de-stroked 327.  It had exactly the same bore/stroke combination as the Ford 302: 3"x4."  So I guess it was a 4.9-liter engine too.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #327 on: May 05, 2020, 02:19:59 AM »
Quote from: SFBadger96 on May 04, 2020, 12:32:03 PM
. . . My dad bought a 1950 GMC 150 (3/4 ton) pickup in the early 80s. That was the car I learned to drive on. You started it in 2nd gear because 1st was too low for any practical application on roads. 228 straight six, I think. Max speed: 56 MPH, and that was with a lot of lead time. Brakes and steering were horrible. Had to use a starter pedal to get her running. The cab had a rust hole on the passenger side, so you could watch the road go by. It still does, and you still can. Dad put seat belts in sometime in the late 80s. He upgraded to a 12V system about 15 years ago, and I think he had the brakes upgraded, too. As he nears his retirement (should have retired a while back, but he loves his job), he wants to finally really restore it, but most body shops want nothing to do with the cab. The engine serial number matches the frame, so it has that going for it as restorations go. . . .
That sounds a lot like the truck I learned to drive on.  It was ancient, and it was either a Chevy or a GMC.  Straight-6, 3-on-the-tree shifter.  Learned to use a clutch right from the start.
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« Reply #328 on: May 05, 2020, 02:26:56 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on May 04, 2020, 01:17:27 PM
Duvall in Apocolypse Now "I love the smell of napalm in the morning"
I started OCS right after Apocalypse Now came out.
I can draw a bit.  On or about Day 1, I sketched Lt. Col. Kilgore standing with his hands on his hips on the back of a 3x5 index card, put a Huey in the background, and wrote the caption: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning!"  Stuck it on our platoon bulletin board and there it stayed for the next 12 weeks until graduation.
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« Reply #329 on: May 05, 2020, 02:28:07 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on May 04, 2020, 01:22:33 PM
we had one of those whwn I was a we-lad.Is that a Ford?Plymouth? I don't recall
1959 Shivolay, MrNubbz.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #330 on: May 05, 2020, 02:37:43 AM »
I don't like how modern trucks have such low ground clearance in front.  Hell, the front of them are like 5 feet in height.  When did trucks get so damn tall (and still, without the front ground clearance)?
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« Reply #331 on: May 05, 2020, 02:39:04 AM »
Pickups are much bigger these days, and it's not just that they're longer because of crew cabs.  They're significantly taller and even a bit wider.  I was stopped at a light last fall behind one Chevy pickup that was sitting beside another Chevy pickup.  One looked like it was ca. 1980, and the other looked like it was from the last 5-10 years.  The top of the bed on the new one was a foot higher than the bed on the older one.

I'll bet the average 1/2-ton pickup weighs 1000-1500 pounds more today than the average one from 40 years ago.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #332 on: May 05, 2020, 09:29:15 AM »
The Chevy small block is rather legendary, still being used in a vastly modified form.  I'm not sure it has anything in common with the old 350 etc.
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« Reply #333 on: May 05, 2020, 09:33:47 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on May 05, 2020, 02:39:04 AM
Pickups are much bigger these days, and it's not just that they're longer because of crew cabs.  They're significantly taller and even a bit wider.  I was stopped at a light last fall behind one Chevy pickup that was sitting beside another Chevy pickup.  One looked like it was ca. 1980, and the other looked like it was from the last 5-10 years.  The top of the bed on the new one was a foot higher than the bed on the older one.

I'll bet the average 1/2-ton pickup weighs 1000-1500 pounds more today than the average one from 40 years ago.
For sure.

The average 1/2-ton is also able to tow more than its counterpart from 4 decades ago, but with the added weight to the truck itself, I'm not sure its payload capacity has increased significantly or any at all.

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« Reply #334 on: May 05, 2020, 09:38:50 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on May 05, 2020, 02:28:07 AM
1959 Shivolay, MrNubbz.
HUH,what in the hell is that?HA!,nevermind I just had my 1st cup of coffee.Shivolay as where my dad worked 32 years - Bastage
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #335 on: May 05, 2020, 09:47:25 AM »
I think the wheel diameter has increased markedly, like from 14" standard to more like 20" or so, and the tires have not gone to low profile.

Yeah, the 1500 is 17" to 20".  The tires are 265/70 17.  In 1999, they were 255/70 16.  I can't go back further, but I'd guess in 1970 they were something like 195/75 14.
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