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Discussion in 'Pull up a chair and sit for a spell' started by cardboard, Dec 20, 2011.

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    only got 67%, Desotos and hornets, ect too old for me to remember. got all the gm and fords
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    You got 4 out of 4. Average is 3.6 out of 4 (1881134 players).

    You got 81% (39 right out of 48). The average score is 73%

    Hard as hell to remember stuff from when I was 5 yrs Old. And a lot of folks drove Chevy, Ford and CAdillac
    Then you had the Olds, and buicks.
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    *-Damn, that makes me feel old I got 90%
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    Did good Studds, I got a meserable 75%
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    96% Mixed up Henry J with Willy's Aero.
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    I got 80%, but never heard of a Kaiser or Henry J.
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    I bought a Henry J back in 63', dropped a 283 w/power pack heads in it. Can't believe to this day how much fun I had in that old car. It was way ahead of it's time---push out windows, back seat laid down and lots of other things that didn't become popular for another 20 yrs. It was a runnin' SOB with that 283------------MEMORIES !!!!!!!!!
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    What would ya do with it if ya had it NOW ?
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    My first car was a '61 Rambler American with a flathead 4 cyl. that I paid $50 for. Ugliest car you ever saw, but was actually a good car. It also had those lay-down seats in front. What a great idea.

    I couldn't break that car no matter how hard I tried.....and I really did try. The little 4 cyl. had no power, but made a pretty good dune buggy!
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    My 1st NEW car,'69 Fairlane 500. 351,4spd.
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    That was a nice car. I'd like to have one today. Just to git out and run around in
    I had a 67 Mustang. 390 4 speed. shaved the fenders and put wider tires on it.
    Put headers and things on it.
    Would scream.

    My Old Man got in the car one time. He would never git in it again.
    I hit 140 with it and he was screaming.
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    Yeah, Loved them Fords. Class record held for 3 seasons, Quit after the 3rd season. Didn't wasnt to spend all the money to really go fast.
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    Was that a 351 Cleveland? No relation to the 351 Windsor at all. The Cleveland was the most awesome motor Ford ever made.

    I never had a nice car back then.....just $100 beaters. After I got out of the service, I bought a brand new Triumph Bonneville and took off to see the world. Unfortunately, the valves burned up in about 1,500 miles.

    Pushed it to the Harley dealer in San Francisco and traded it for a used '69 HydraGlide (anybody remember those?). Rode it all around North America and South America for 2 years and 185,000 miles. Man, those were the days....
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    390 rocked.
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    It was a windsor. Take 1 of those windsiors,put on Dart heads and really go. Even the truck heads worked good. Had a 390 1n my 64 T bird lots of low end but, car weighed in at 4,445 lbs. More then my mothers 69 OLDS 98
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    The 390 was originally a truck engine until Lee Iococca squeezed it into a Mustang after doing some head work on it first. Ran great, but by then, Ford had already won all kinds of International races with the 427, and the writing was on the wall for the 390.

    A Mustang with a 351 Cleveland would embarrass most any other car, even with a big block. It came out of the factory as a purpose-built race engine. Chevy did the same thing in '69 with the little 302 in a Z28 Camaro.
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    Trans Am Series,Mark Donaugh,Boss 302...Case closed !
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    60%, not even a passing grade.
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    Just put a K&N filter in my S.E.Ventilator.(Got From Eastern Perfmance,great price), BIG difference:cool:

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