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In Reply to: RE: Opel GT!! I had one and it was a great car! posted by Story on December 21, 2023 at 05:42:42
In the mid 70's my best friend bought a used 69 GT and we had a blast in that car. I ran into him a couple of years ago and he still has that car. He did a 100% restoration on it and at an Opel GT convention held in Chicago several years ago his GT won 1st place. It's a beautiful little car.
Now he is doing a 66 Charger.
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but my favorite of all time is the Challenger, from the original film Vanishing Point. Wish I had one!
I have a restored VW Karmann Ghia and I wouldn't trade or sell it for anything
...many mistakes were made however.
Such as...I had to daily drive my restoration project. Can't be done.
I had only a cheap Craftsman tool set and no money.
And lastly, the cars I picked were turds. There were no parts available because nobody in his right mind wants to restore a 1965 Buick LeSabre 4-door sedan. There weren't any parts cars in junk yards because they'd all been crushed ten years before I even bought the car.
But I'd love to have something small and simple, with good parts support and a good knowledge base.
In addition to my daily driver, which itself is old enough to qualify for PA's classic plates.
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right now it's parked in the garage for 2 reasons -
1. I'm waiting for a backorder on an exhaust.
2. It's way too cold until the spring.
and how many times has my wife complained about me working on the car...
I'd have daily'ed my old cars if they hadn't been complete rust buckets.
That was the issue. I started working on the rust, but then I'd have to drive the car.
And if I didn't fix the rust, the cars wouldn't pass inspection.
Then they couldn't be driven, etc.
And I couldn't afford parts. Couldn't afford tools. Didn't have a decent floor jack or a set of jack stands.
I was stupid, did it all wrong. Best thing to start with is a rust free car that doesn't run.
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driving the wife's old '95 Chevy Van. It's got only 83k miles on it
Pre-1974. US bumper laws ruined the car starting in '74. Didn't help that BMC swapped in a Triumph engine.
Mid-60s would be nice. There's nothing on that car I can't do myself except weld.
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lose the Slobalt and get a true sports car? BIL really enjoys his newish Miata.
The S2000 has been putting a smile on my face since '01. Recently got a look underneath while at my nephew's shop getting some work. You can easily see how the shifter is situated straight up from transmission. No linkage. These were built at the smallish Takanezawa facility in Tochigi alongside the NSX.
Still doesn't burn oil after all that time and nearly 114k miles. Here's the new VTEC valve actuator mechanism and hoses that were beginning to swell and one of shop. There was also a similar '03 S2000 there to the left for major valve work as that one had been ridden hard! I watched that tech remove the valve cover and cams. You could easily see the contrast in size between the normal lobes and the wild VTEC ones.
Gotta be able to haul the grandsons around.
Any sports type car I'd get would have to be in addition to the Slobalt.
And I want something with no computers. No CANBUS. No control modules. No power anything. Zero-60 times and lateral acceleration aren't important.
BTW, this is a thing:
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along with needing a long distance travel vehicle - hence the Passport.
That seems like lots of hassle for 20 HP and adds weight where you don't want it. I suspect that guy doesn't worry about attaching things like AC compressors, etc.
I think the horsepower increase is a lot more for early model MX-5s. It's not a particularly smooth or fast revving engine, but it is durable.
The LE5 is the same engine that's under the hood of my car. It's capable of a lot more power but there's no point. I'm still gonna be stuck behind the car in front of me.
Back to the grandkids...my son in law is a foot taller than I am and the oldest boy will be my height by the time he turns 12 next September. He doesn't fit in the back of my car anymore.
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I'm still gonna be stuck behind the car in front of me.
Like the importance of having a nicely sized and treated room to fully experience what one's speakers can do, access to comparatively open streets and highways greatly enhances the enjoyment of a sports car. Living in a small college town in a rural area affords us those luxuries.
Just today, I needed to ensure a smooth transition to a main thoroughfare and enjoyed some 8000 RPM shifts. No drama, just wonderful sounds and effortless movement in a low traffic situation. The local PCA club has found all manner of really fun twisties within a couple hours of us - where we occasionally must run the Box flat out in Sport/Sport+ during rides to keep up. No complaints here!
There are advantages to being 5-6. I fit places others don't. :)
...too much construction. There are great rural roads to the southeast but they're only "open" early Sunday mornings. If I take the bike down out to Meyersdale the back way, the trip there is usually a blast.
But by 10 am, it's all over. People are awake and making their rounds. The back roads aren't clogged with cars but all it takes is one driver in no particular hurry to get anywhere.
The latest bane of our driving existence locally is utility work. Water, sewer, and gas line replacement that not only jams traffic but leaves the road surface thorough mangled.
We don't have heavy traffic like the Washington DC era, we just have a lot of folks who drive like they have a raw egg between their foot and the gas pedal.
And PA allows local municipalities to plunk down traffic lights wherever they want. It's not unusual for traffic to back up from one intersection to the next. Very poorly controlled.
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I know what you mean about those MG's, I always wanted an MGB-GT
I had a British sports car - and it would be better to stay away from them unless you want to work on the tune every single day.
They are a BLAST to have and drive them though
Especially points, timing, carbs. I miss that stuff.
Like yesterday, when we were talking about oil changes on your wife's car. Another reason why we don't take the free oil changes from Hyundai is that I enjoy changing the oil. It's fun.
And it's always good to shine a light under the car every once in a while, make sure everything is on the beam.
I never learned to weld. There are repair panels galore for the MGB and Midget series cars but I don't know how to weld them in place.
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owned it in the mid 60's before going into the service, and a year stateside while in.
Spent a ton getting it into shape then gave it to my dad when I shipped oversease.you loved it.
Side curtains and all.
First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass
As long as they match the carpets!
No, seriously...I'm one of those guys who thinks cupholders aren't necessary.
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