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TheRover 08-23-2007 03:14 PM

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This may sound lame but I’m looking at the 911 and the 350 from a fuel economy angle.

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That is lame, reconsider please. You won't be driving it enough for that to even matter from the sound of it. Unless it's a daily driver it really doesn't matter anyway.

Your Superbee sounds awesome. Exactly what I'm talking about.

Gordon Scott 08-23-2007 03:19 PM

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For the record I had a 66 289 mustang coupe when I was 17, it was OKAY, nothing special, I dont reccomend it really. I currently have a 93 wrangler w/ 35 inch tires (a [censored] blast), and a superbee w/ the engine pulled, getting ready to send off to the sandblaster. The superbee is a bitch of a car, huge, fast, and slick, I cant wait till that gets done.

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It's been a while but from 16-19 I had the following
65 Impala
67 Chevelle
69 cutlass
74 Nova
67 Fairlane 40over 302 on nitros
Got married in 83 game over


GS

KilgoreTrout 08-23-2007 03:21 PM

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If I had $55K to blow on a car it would be this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...efront.500.jpg

Impractical, uncomfortable, and probably a death trap, but a hell of a sports car. Braking/cornering is unsurpassed at this price point.

guids 08-23-2007 03:23 PM

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The owner of a restaurant down the block has one fo those, it looks killer, but I dont think i could even get into the damn thing.

'Chair 08-23-2007 03:28 PM

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http://saladwithsteve.com/agcar.gif

RickAstleyFan 08-23-2007 03:29 PM

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My car.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1...pics002zk8.jpg



I HIGHLY recommend.

TomE. 08-23-2007 03:30 PM

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I nearly bought a cheap non-running Triumph Spitfire a few weeks ago but some [censored] beat me to it. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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That's a damn shame. Part of the beauty of the older cars are the ability to actually do some work on them with having to hook a Cray up to them. Rebuilding an old Spitfire would have kicked ass.

Guids:
A buddy of mine in high school had a '71 or '72 Super Bee. His brother had installed a blower in it, and it was the only car in the school that could pull the front wheels off the ground. It was black, had the sweet yellow-and-black bee painted on the hood.


I had a '67 Riviera in high school that was spotless. It had a 430ci, 4bbl, dual exhaust, an enormous steering wheel, rotary speedometer, and a cavernous back seat. For tooling around town and just enjoying a drive, it was a classic. Some clown racing thru the alleys t-boned me and it was never the same.

This is the same car, except I had a black top and white leather interior.

http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclec...iera-1967a.jpg

guids 08-23-2007 03:39 PM

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sweet car, but scale that pic down its [censored] with the thread.

TheRover 08-23-2007 03:55 PM

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The worst part of missing out on the Spitfire was that it was likely my own damn fault. I found it in one of those free used car classified mags they have in stores. They only wanted $850 for it, said the body and top were in good shape, was kept in storage, and that it "ran when parked". So it probably didn't need a ton of work. Problem was it was located about a two hour drive from me and I dicked around for awhile about risking most of a day going to look at it in case their description in the ad was FOS plus trying to find someone to haul it back for me. By the time I decided to take the chance it was too late.

Still pissed about it.

Gordon Scott 08-24-2007 10:28 AM

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Looking for a 911 on craigslist I ran cross this rare find and yes American Metal is hard to beat.

http://images.craigslist.org/0102100...a30700bf63.jpg

ss 396 1969 web page

GS


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