View Full Version : It's an automotive arms race!!!
KSGregman
08-01-2011, 11:52 AM
So....I got the 2011 Camaro 1SS recently and one of my co-workers has been spazzing about it as he had a GTO but sold it when his kids arrived and he's been driving a low horsepower shit box since then.....
Last Friday we went to lunch in the Camaro and he said "I test drove a Mustang GT last night...but....I can't pull the trigger....more than I want to spend right now...my wife is all for it but I'm just too cheap."
I pull into work today and sitting in the parking space I normally take out in BFE I find this....
He said his wife went and bought it when he took his kids to a movie on Saturday. :lmao:
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/KSGregman/260874651_photobucket_40051_.jpg
pauldun170
08-01-2011, 12:13 PM
I'd be kinda of annoyed if my wife surprised me with a brand new car.
I would be very annoyed.
If it's an automatic, you should murder him with a chain saw, sell his children into slavery, and use his wife as a sex slave.
KSGregman
08-01-2011, 12:38 PM
If it's an automatic, you should murder him with a chain saw, sell his children into slavery, and use his wife as a sex slave.
It's a 6 speed manual....as it should be. :lmao:
Particle Man
08-01-2011, 01:57 PM
Schweet
I'd be kinda of annoyed if my wife surprised me with a brand new car.
I would be very annoyed.
yeah, my wife went and bought me a snowmobile for my birthday a couple years back. That sucked.
Okay, it didn't.
Homeslice
08-01-2011, 03:38 PM
It's a 6 speed manual....as it should be. :lmao:
yep
automatic = teh fagg0try
101lifts2
08-01-2011, 03:49 PM
I'd take an RS Camaro with the 3.6LVVT Direct Injected engine.
Bluestreak
08-01-2011, 04:13 PM
so when are you going to see which one is faster and post it on Youtube? :)
KSGregman
08-01-2011, 04:26 PM
so when are you going to see which one is faster and post it on Youtube? :)
Youtube? Nevah....
Though I'm sure we'll run them eventually.
Avatard
08-01-2011, 06:08 PM
If it's an automatic, you should murder him with a chain saw, sell his children into slavery, and use his wife as a sex slave.
Agreed.
It's a 6 speed manual....as it should be. :lmao:
Luckily, all ends well in the land of men and cars.
Remember: A man may have but two feet, but a proper car requires at least 3 pedals.
azoomm
08-01-2011, 06:55 PM
He knows it's just a mustang, right?
:nee:
KSGregman
08-01-2011, 06:58 PM
He knows it's just a mustang, right?
:nee:
Eye of the beholder, I guess....Mustangs don't do anything for me either. :idk:
Avatard
08-01-2011, 11:50 PM
http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette-zr1/
He knows it's just a mustang, right?
:nee:
It's on par with faggotry of the new/old design pig of a Camaro. Hell, it did the faggy new/old design before the Camaro. However, you don't get to own Bumblebee... Michael Bay would be disappointed in you.
OneSickPsycho
08-02-2011, 08:14 AM
I'd take the Mustang...
Particle Man
08-02-2011, 08:30 AM
I wouldn't refuse the keys to either one... I'm not picky. :D
It's on par with faggotry of the new/old design pig of a Camaro. Hell, it did the faggy new/old design before the Camaro. However, you don't get to own Bumblebee... Michael Bay would be disappointed in you.
I hear next gen dumps the retro garbage and is gonna be a much smaller lighter car...
Homeslice
08-02-2011, 12:18 PM
I am "only" 5-9, so I prefer cars where I'm sitting upright and can see the front bumper.... So I'd take the Mustang.
KSGregman
08-02-2011, 12:20 PM
I hear next gen dumps the retro garbage and is gonna be a much smaller lighter car...
Eye of the beholder and all that...but....the "retro" aspect is the best part of the car (aside from the 6.2L V8). I can't think of a better looking car than the original '69 Camaro SS.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/KSGregman/Camaro5/260874651_photobucket_38398_.jpg
Homeslice
08-02-2011, 12:26 PM
Eye of the beholder and all that...but....the "retro" aspect is the best part of the car (aside from the 6.2L V8). I can't think of a better looking car than the original '69 Camaro SS.
True, 60's were the best.........
70's Camaros were bulbous & lame IMO........
80's were nice for the time, especially the IROC........
90's were just "ehh", kinda looked like fish
Eye of the beholder and all that...but....the "retro" aspect is the best part of the car (aside from the 6.2L V8). I can't think of a better looking car than the original '69 Camaro SS.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/KSGregman/Camaro5/260874651_photobucket_38398_.jpg
Yeah, the 69 is a bad ass car. I would love a Nickey or Yenko version of the 67/68/69 car. Not the piece of trash new version. It is not even close to the badassness of the original. It's like a crappy chinese copy of it.
KSGregman
08-02-2011, 12:31 PM
Yeah, the 69 is a bad ass car. I would love a Nickey or Yenko version of the 67/68/69 car. Not the piece of trash new version. It is not even close to the badassness of the original. It's like a crappy chinese copy of it.
You're trying way too hard.
You're trying way too hard.
Sorry pumpkin, I am not trying to piss you off, I just don't like the new/old design. If I was to get a Camaro or Mustang, I wouldn't settle for anything less than the real thing.
OneSickPsycho
08-02-2011, 12:36 PM
http://classicponycars.com/images/72Mach1.jpg
You can have that Camaro... I'll take a Mustang Mach 1...
Homeslice
08-02-2011, 12:38 PM
If I was to get a Camaro or Mustang, I wouldn't settle for anything less than the real thing.
As a daily driver though? Good luck with that.
As a daily driver though? Good luck with that.
I wouldn't use a new Camaro as a daily driver either. I put too much miles on my vehicles and park in a very large gravel lot. I have to have something cheap to take to work because the idiot contractors around here drift and spin their wheels in the gravel and chip my shit to hell.
KSGregman
08-02-2011, 12:45 PM
Sorry pumpkin, I am not trying to piss you off, I just don't like the new/old design. If I was to get a Camaro or Mustang, I wouldn't settle for anything less than the real thing.
Uh huh....stop trolling and go post in the "What are you driving?" thread. :lmao:
Uh huh....stop trolling and go post in the "What are you driving?" thread. :lmao:
Why? Do you want to make yourself feel better because your work buddy is playing keeping up with the Jones' with you?
KSGregman
08-02-2011, 12:59 PM
Why? Do you want to make yourself feel better because your work buddy is playing keeping up with the Jones' with you?
No need to "make myself feel bettah"....I'm doing just fine, thanks.
I'm happy for Kyle...he's a good guy and was bent about letting go of his GTO....good to see him with a car he (and his wife :lol: ) enjoy again.
pauldun170
08-02-2011, 01:40 PM
I am "only" 5-9, so I prefer cars where I'm sitting upright and can see the front bumper.... So I'd take the Mustang.
Hey, I'm the same height. We should be best friends.
pauldun170
08-02-2011, 01:42 PM
I wouldn't get the Camaro because of something and I wouldn't get the Mustang because chinese gearbox go "crunch crunch"
Avatard
08-02-2011, 01:51 PM
http://poopnugget.com/files/silvette.jpg
Couldn't wait to finish restoring the other ones, wanted one to drive now.
51,500 original miles. 350/350 L46 4 speed. Original everything.
My personalizations will be minor, and completely reversible.
I've put a 14" leather wrapped stock-look replacement steering wheel on it, to remove the boat-like qualities while looking almost stock, and it's getting some white letter T/As in 255/60/15 rear, 235/60/15 front on the original wheels for just a hint of stagger. The 215/70 Redlines just don't do it for me. Look too "old man".
I slipped a T cushion on top the parking brake (typical C3 comfort item), and I'm done.
I have achieved my childhood dream car...but let's face it; she's the prom queen. You also wanna date her crazy sister, right? Let's be honest.
So, as for the other '69 'Vettes still in the driveway...see, I have the small block one with the flares...and that was gonna get the tunnel ram, but then there's this low compression late model 4 bolt main big block 454 truck motor I now have in the garage, hanging on my crane...that came with the other one...and suddenly I'm thinking that a 6-71 GMC, and some aluminum heads would be awesome on that 454 bottom end...
Now THAT would make one crazy sister.
Nice Avy, love the late 60s beasts
KSGregman
08-02-2011, 01:58 PM
Wicked nice!
Need some snaps of the motor and interior!
Avatard
08-02-2011, 02:05 PM
All stock, all original, everything works (yes, even the clock).
http://poopnugget.com/files/vette2.jpg
http://poopnugget.com/files/vette3.jpg
KSGregman
08-02-2011, 02:25 PM
LOVE it!!!!
Hehehe...the fun you could have with that car. :lmao:
Avatard
08-02-2011, 02:33 PM
The best part? Not one single computer in the car. None. Not one.
I could not be happier about that.
Avatard
08-02-2011, 02:34 PM
42 year old original paint has touch-ups, fading, and patina. I wouldn't touch it.
OneSickPsycho
08-02-2011, 04:31 PM
http://poopnugget.com/files/silvette.jpg
Couldn't wait to finish restoring the other ones, wanted one to drive now.
51,500 original miles. 350/350 L46 4 speed. Original everything.
My personalizations will be minor, and completely reversible.
I've put a 14" leather wrapped stock-look replacement steering wheel on it, to remove the boat-like qualities while looking almost stock, and it's getting some white letter T/As in 255/60/15 rear, 235/60/15 front on the original wheels for just a hint of stagger. The 215/70 Redlines just don't do it for me. Look too "old man".
I slipped a T cushion on top the parking brake (typical C3 comfort item), and I'm done.
I have achieved my childhood dream car...but let's face it; she's the prom queen. You also wanna date her crazy sister, right? Let's be honest.
So, as for the other '69 'Vettes still in the driveway...see, I have the small block one with the flares...and that was gonna get the tunnel ram, but then there's this low compression late model 4 bolt main big block 454 truck motor I now have in the garage, hanging on my crane...that came with the other one...and suddenly I'm thinking that a 6-71 GMC, and some aluminum heads would be awesome on that 454 bottom end...
Now THAT would make one crazy sister.
Big props... Vettes of that era are some of the best looking cars ever built.
Avatard
08-02-2011, 05:00 PM
Looks like it's getting a water pump too.
The weep hole? It's weeping. Thankfully, it's about the easiest car on Earth to do a WP in.
I know what I'm doing this weekend.
KSGregman
08-02-2011, 06:33 PM
Looks like it's getting a water pump too.
The weep hole? It's weeping. Thankfully, it's about the easiest car on Earth to do a WP in.
I know what I'm doing this weekend.
Hard to find parts for that motor?
Avatard
08-02-2011, 09:07 PM
$34 for a new water pump.
I'll probably send the original out to be rebuilt, to keep with the car.
KSGregman
08-02-2011, 09:38 PM
$34 for a new water pump.
I'll probably send the original out to be rebuilt, to keep with the car.
$34?! Gotta love that.....and good work on keeping the original. That car looks to be in fantastic shape. :dthumb:
Avatard
08-02-2011, 10:06 PM
With shipping and tax, $37.56 to my door.
I love old Chevys. Should take all of an hour to do...carefully.
Can't wait to drive her again. She had apparently been stored awhile, and the carb was flat-spotting just a bit at first, but I've put about a tankful through it... with a little SeaFoam, and some Marvel Mystery Oil...and she was running nearly perfect by this afternoon.
Particle Man
08-02-2011, 11:32 PM
:drool: man I can almost hear the exhaust note on that baby from here.
Big props... Vettes of that era are some of the best looking cars ever built.
QFT - most definitely a truth here.
Avatard
08-03-2011, 12:05 AM
The one with the hooker sidepipes sounds more evil. This is a tad more civilized, idles nice at about 750, but has the most wonderful burble on downshift.
Mmmm. Burble.
Avatard
08-03-2011, 05:12 PM
Interior mods (wheel, armrest):
http://poopnugget.com/files/before.jpg
http://poopnugget.com/files/after.jpg
Gas Man
08-03-2011, 08:58 PM
Love the old interior!!!
shmike
08-04-2011, 12:45 AM
Interior mods (wheel, armrest):
http://poopnugget.com/files/before.jpg
http://poopnugget.com/files/after.jpg
I know it's not original, but I don't care.
Wheel #2 FTW!
Particle Man
08-04-2011, 11:33 AM
I like 'em both. I've always been more of a sucker for the older wheel though - both look really good, though.
KSGregman
08-04-2011, 11:40 AM
I know it's not original, but I don't care.
Wheel #2 FTW!
I like it! Have you had it out for a good flogging yet?
Avatard
08-04-2011, 11:52 AM
I've put about a full tank through it. The new wheel makes the driving experience SO much better. Really tightens up and modernizes the feel of the steering (more than you might imagine).
The carb's still flat-spotting a bit, so I still haven't gotten off a clean foot-to-the-floor row of the gears yet, but it's cleaning up, and I've pulled a clean gear or two.
It's nice.
Might put a waterpump in it today. I found one I had lying around that I might just put in, I just need to rummage some gaskets...
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