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18005 messages, Last post on Dec 04, 2009 at 7:31 PM
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 01, 2009 10:44 am)  . My 1981 CG makes no such bold statements on the cover...they must have learned hard and fast that most of those cars were marginal at best. In 1980 my mom was holding on to her bloated T-Bird as neither of my parents embraced the downsized models. I think my dad's Horizon was around by then...which he was very fond of. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 01, 2009 10:44 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 01, 2009 10:44 am)
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Replying to: berri (Nov 01, 2009 12:52 pm) '49 was the BIG change/improvement because it was the first year the manufacturers didn't inflict their 1942 warmovers. '49 introduced the new Cad and Olds Kettering V8's in new bodies, although the '48 Cad had the same Fisher, but with the old Flat head V8. GM's Hydromatic was a 4 speed, but power steering was yet to be. A 49 Cad torpedo coupe with the 331 c.i. V8 caught my eye then. |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 01, 2009 11:00 am) i have to laugh, my neighbors Z06 sounds like one. |
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Replying to: berri (Nov 01, 2009 12:52 pm) 65 of course is the beginning of the muscle car era (well '64 I guess), the Mustang, fresh new body styles.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 01, 2009 6:11 pm)
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Nov 01, 2009 8:02 pm) 
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 02, 2009 6:13 am) Those old Hemis were pretty impressive for the time, though. The Chrysler 331 put out 180 hp when it first came out for 1951. That same year, Cadillac's 331 only had 160. 1955 marked the end for the Caddy 331 and Chrysler's 331 Hemi (the 1956 Windsor used a 331 but it was a poly head), and that year they both had 250 hp, although the Eldorado offered 270 hp while the C300 had 300. DeSoto's first Hemi, the 276.1, put out 160 hp in 1952. Oldsmobile's famed "Rocket" V-8 put out the same hp...but required 303 cubes to do it!
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 02, 2009 6:50 am)
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