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Memories Of The Old GM And Its Cars

386 messages, Last post on Dec 04, 2009 at 9:01 PM

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What is this discussion about? Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, Classic Cars

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#24 of 386 Re: Buy a Cadillac DTS... [dave8697] by dieselone Jun 03, 2009 (5:01 pm)
Replying to: dave8697 (Jun 03, 2009 4:30 pm) About how you would sum up a '72 442, except today they are worth $41,999. What does that have to do with anything. I'd say it's a cool car.
#25 of 386 Re: Buy a Cadillac DTS... [dave8697] by dieselone Jun 03, 2009 (5:04 pm)
Replying to: dave8697 (Jun 03, 2009 4:37 pm) They score 21-22 hwy mpg or more. Interstate cruisers running 1700 rpm in the left lane. Quiet and trouble free at 17 and 14 yrs old. You can't feel or hear the semi your passing. Yeah, that's really impressive... Replies to this message: lemko (Jun 03, 2009 5:47 pm) berri (Jun 03, 2009 5:52 pm) dieselone (Jun 03, 2009 6:17 pm) and 2 more...
#26 of 386 Re: Buy a Cadillac DTS... [andre1969] by lemko Jun 03, 2009 (5:44 pm)
Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 03, 2009 3:17 pm) C'mon, Andre! I was with you when you were eyeing up that Roadmaster at Carlisle!
#27 of 386 Re: Buy a Cadillac DTS... [dieselone] by lemko Jun 03, 2009 (5:47 pm)
Replying to: dieselone (Jun 03, 2009 5:04 pm) Yeah, it is impressive! Heck, I'd buy a Roadmaster! When they were new, they were second on my new car shopping A-list behind a Cadillac. Replies to this message: berri (Jun 03, 2009 5:52 pm) dieselone (Jun 03, 2009 6:17 pm) lemko (Jun 04, 2009 6:27 am) andre1969 (Jun 04, 2009 6:56 am)
#28 of 386 Re: Buy a Cadillac DTS... [lemko] by berri Jun 03, 2009 (5:52 pm)
Replying to: lemko (Jun 03, 2009 5:47 pm) I'd buy a Roadmaster I was in Charlottesville VA a few years ago and actually got one of the last Roadmaster models as a cab ride from the airport. The thing had around 150K on the odo, but still road nice. However, those seats - geez my back still hurts thinking about those overly pillowed, no support cushions. Replies to this message: dieselone (Jun 03, 2009 6:17 pm) lemko (Jun 04, 2009 6:27 am) andre1969 (Jun 04, 2009 6:56 am)
#29 of 386 Re: Buy a Cadillac DTS... [berri] by dieselone Jun 03, 2009 (6:17 pm)
Replying to: berri (Jun 03, 2009 5:52 pm) However, those seats - geez my back still hurts thinking about those overly pillowed, no support cushions. I was like 20 years old when I rode and drove my grandpa's Roadmaster a lot. I just remember the seats being padded big time front and back. Might hurt my back today, but I remember them being comfy back then. I still remember the super soft dynaride suspension. It would lull a baby to sleep. As for fuel economy, I remember my grandpa never being happy with it on his many trips between his house in Indiana and house in Florida. It never mached the fuel economy of the '87 Caprice Classic Brougham LS he had before the Roadmaster, but the Caprice had a 305 4 barrel. I actually liked the Caprice better. Replies to this message: lemko (Jun 04, 2009 6:27 am) andre1969 (Jun 04, 2009 6:56 am)
#30 of 386 Re: This was my first car... [hpmctorque] by lemko Jun 04, 2009 (6:24 am)
Replying to: hpmctorque (Jun 03, 2009 8:24 pm) Not so fast! My best friend owned a 1980 Citation on which he put 195K+ miles. His parents bought one of the first Chevrolet Citations in Spring 1979. It was an odd two-tone cream & green 5-door hatchback with a beige-orange cloth interior. They passed it down to him when he got his license in the summer of 1981. He drove it through high school, college, graduate school, and into the first year of his marriage in 1994. The car did look really beat by that time, but it sure defied the awful reputation the GM FWD X-cars had.
#31 of 386 Re: Buy a Cadillac DTS... [dieselone] by lemko Jun 04, 2009 (6:27 am)
Replying to: dieselone (Jun 03, 2009 6:17 pm) Holy smoke! I had a black 1987 Chevrolet Caprice Classic. It was my first new car. I bought it a couple weeks after graduating from college. It was an oddball as it had a 4.3 V-6 instead of the usual 305 V-8. I remember that car getting great fuel economy despite its size - about 26 MPG.
#32 of 386 Re: 1970 Chevy Nova [steve_] by fintail Jun 04, 2009 (6:30 am)
Replying to: steve_ (Jun 03, 2009 9:12 pm) Isn't that a 60 Buick? Replies to this message: steve_ (Jun 04, 2009 8:00 am) imidazol97 (Jun 04, 2009 8:11 am) and 4 more...
#33 of 386 My One-and Only GM product... by roadburner Jun 04, 2009 (6:46 am)
For what it's worth, back in the 'mid to late '70s I drove a 1974 Monte Carlo Landau equipped as follows: L82 Air filter/valve covers Crane HT Cam/lifters Edelbrock Performer Intake Q-Jet carb(rebuilt/calibrated by yours truly) Re-curved Delco Distributor/Mallory Unilite/MSD5 Blackjack Headers(1 5/8" primaries) 3" dual exhaust with Cherry Bomb Q (Turbo) mufflers B&M Transpak(Street/Strip calibration) Flex-a-lite 15000 lb.GVW Transmission cooler 3:42 Final Drive Ratio No, it wasn't blindingly fast, but I was able to blow off 99% of the contemporary model Z28s, Trans Ams and Corvettes(do you detect a pattern here?) that I lined up against. It would chirp the tires on both the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts at anything over half throttle. It was also one of the first cars in the area to have a LOUD stereo; I had installed a Pioneer KE-2002 Supertuner head unit, AD 304 amp, and TS-694 6X9 coaxial speakers. I sold it in 1989, and sometimes I wish I'd kept it... Replies to this message: andre1969 (Jun 04, 2009 6:58 am) roadburner (Jun 04, 2009 7:24 am)

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