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19425 messages, Last post on Dec 07, 2009 at 8:25 PM
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Nov 04, 2008 12:46 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 04, 2008 1:05 pm) My great-uncle (my grandfather's brother) had the ugliest smashed-up nose you ever saw. He got it when my grandfather was learning to drive in the family's Model T. My grandfather drove into the end of a bridge rail on a little country road. The Model T's spring steel bumper absorbed the energy and threw the car backwards for about 15 feet; then it got enough traction to go forward and hit that  #$% bridge again! Note - (my great-uncle's description of the bridge, not mine. I'm sure it was a very nice bridge most of the time) He and my grandfather used to argue about whether his nose got all smashed up on the first hit, or the second one!  Oh, and it didn't break the windshield either!
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'85 RX7 Seems to present fairly well. Although if the paint is only a year old, it doesn't shine very well. I love how the "options include manual trans and manual windows." What exactly did those options replace? no windows or trans at all? Anyway ... as a track car project?? |
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This can't be a good idea Small "hemi" Rare "lemo" Land yacht Lemko-mobile Not a good idea either Fancy beater "who knows whats wrong" "Does need some mechanical TLC" ...I bet |
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 05, 2008 10:29 am) "I also have a complete engine w/turbos and transmission and other misc. parts that can be negotiated if you are interested. " Would those be the ones he just took out, or the ones that need to be put into the car?
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Replying to: stevedebi (Nov 05, 2008 12:15 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 05, 2008 12:57 pm) Probably more often than that with those old Biturbos.... I think it's change your shorts; change your short block 
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 05, 2008 10:29 am) That was back in 1986, when he sold it. The guy that bought it tried to jump start it with a 12 volt system, fried something, and then gave up on the car and pushed it to the edge of the woods in his back yard. I have cousins who live a few houses down, and in 1989 my Mom & stepdad moved about a mile away, so I'd drive by every once in awhile and still see it in the guy's back yard. It was there the last time I drove by, but that was a couple years ago. I've entertained the idea of trying to buy it back, but I hate to think of what 22 years sitting out in the yard would have done to it. It was rust-free when Granddad sold it, but I'm sure it isn't by now! I've never heard of a Firedome "500" though. As far as I know, they just had the cheaper 6-cyl lineup called PowerMaster, and the uplevel V-8 called Firedome. Also, it's a minor nitpick, but that thing would have a 276.1 Hemi, not a 271 as the ad says. For some reason, Mopar listed some of their engine displacements down to the 10ths like that for a few years. I'm sure GM or Ford would've just called it a "276". They did that in '56 as well, with the 330.4 and the 341.1. For 1957 though, they just rounded off to 341. That '79 Electra Limited looks like it's in really nice shape, from what I can tell in those pics. I know there's not exactly a huge demand for these things, but that price seems reasonable, as long as it checks out. Lemko, you up for a road trip? 
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no comments on that RX7, huh? Well, that's ok. I thought about it and decided a 13B would be better, anyway. A carb is probably not the best idea for a track car. Now this on the other hand ... '82 280Z But does is the year correct? Wiki seems to indicate '82 was the year for the slight redesign when all those scoops were added, which this car seems to be lacking.
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Replying to: qbrozen (Nov 06, 2008 9:00 am) PS: I liked the RX-7 better, although the red interior was a bit much. Did the RXs get heavier with the 13b series? JRW
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