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« Reply #1288 on: May 28, 2023, 11:05:03 AM »
the other two are Impalas
not sure about the top one
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« Reply #1289 on: May 28, 2023, 11:09:27 AM »
They are all Impalas, with three lights, the less Belairs and Biscaynes had two lights and less chrome.  But the top one is clearly a restomod.  It has different wheels, modern tires,  and a rear antisway bar.
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« Reply #1290 on: May 28, 2023, 11:12:54 AM »
you're correct, as usual

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« Reply #1291 on: May 28, 2023, 11:17:37 AM »
Even "muscle cars" back then came with narrow wheels and high profile tires by today's standards.  A 70 series was considered low profile.  The 1969 GTO had F70/14 tires (with raised white letters).  Our 2016 4 cylinder Caddy CTS had 19 inch wheels with 35 profile tires (which was the problem with that car).  (Acceleration was about the same for both vehicles.)



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« Reply #1292 on: May 28, 2023, 11:36:05 AM »
F60/14 tires on my 70 Nova SS - 70s were stock

it needed traction bars - too much wheel hop
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« Reply #1293 on: May 28, 2023, 12:24:09 PM »
Some gorgeous muscle cars out and about this morning for race day.    Neighbor has a 40s Ford Roadster.    Feels like you're in big trouble if this car shows up in you're driveway. 
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« Reply #1294 on: May 29, 2023, 06:41:45 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on May 28, 2023, 11:36:05 AM
F60/14 tires on my 70 Nova SS - 70s were stock

it needed traction bars - too much wheel hop
Mine was a '73 with the F41 suspension and 350.  It was of course down on power versus 1970, and it was an automatic.  The fastest cars today are nearly all all wheel drive for obvious reasons, and with very sticky rubber now available at all back in 1970.  Some of those muscle cars could probably get some good times in the quarter if somehow they could be fitted with the sticky summer tires from Michelin and AWD.

I liked that old car, a lot, but it was a maintenance hog, as was typical of that period.  I don't do anything today with the GTI beyond adding air to the tires (rarely) and taking it in for an oil change.
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« Reply #1295 on: May 29, 2023, 07:47:40 AM »
grease zerks all over the place
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« Reply #1296 on: May 29, 2023, 07:56:43 AM »
Mine tend to wear out its points every 3 months or so.  I guess the distributor had issues.  And of course two of the spark plugs were difficult to remove and replace.  And it needed that every year or so.  Change the oil every three months.  Check the timing.  Worry about coolant.  Worry about belts.  The carb was good for about 3-4 years.  Worry about the choke.  I spent a lot of weekends working on it at least an hour or so, getting greasy.

I only have lifted the hood on the GTI to add windshield washer fluid.  My wife was impressed I knew how to manage that.  It's five years old, we just passed 30,000 miles, it tells me it needs an oil change about every 11 months.  Maybe I'm due for an air filter, I'd have to read on line where it even is.

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« Reply #1297 on: May 29, 2023, 08:01:51 AM »
retarding the timing could lead to some back firing

there was a lot of maintenance, but most of it could be done in the back yard
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #1298 on: May 29, 2023, 08:09:23 AM »
I think mine was 8° BTDC.  
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« Reply #1299 on: May 29, 2023, 08:28:57 AM »
your memory is better than mine

I had a 73 el camino with 4-speed and glasspack mufflers that would back fire
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« Reply #1300 on: May 30, 2023, 09:27:21 AM »
May be an image of 1 person, car, suitcase and text
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« Reply #1301 on: May 31, 2023, 09:38:47 AM »
May be an image of 1 person, car and text that says 'ÇOUPE When General Motors unveiled the Camaro name in 1966, the automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers, "What is a Camaro?" and were told it was "a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs." Photo courtesy of GTHO wikimedia weird-facts.org'
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