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03-25-2024, 3:18pm | #21 | ||||||
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My secret weapon is a 2.56 Safe-T-Track rear end a buddy gave me about 15 years ago. With the stock TH400, I am at 2450 RPM at about 78 mph and 3000 rpm is 91 mph. If I had a lock up converter it would be better. What I like is that these cars are comfortable on a long run, look better each passing year, and have a TON of space for gear. We were literally treated like rock stars at every National Par, scenic lookout, or gas station. People love seeing these old rides because they just don't appear on the road much. Sure, you'll see a Mustang or Camaro...but how often do you see a '67 GTO humming down the highway?? (or an early 'vette for that matter!)
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Scott, that car is indeed a beauty!!
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One of the downsides of my Corvette is that with the old style 454, 1:1 in 4th gear, even with the 3.08 rear, I'm 3000 rpm at 75 mph. It makes a hell of a racket! The best mileage I have ever gotten out of it is 14, on a pure highway run like from here to Carlisle. |
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I remember driving my '66 GTO to the Grand Canyon in 1982 with a 3.55 rear end and the 1:1 4 speed at speeds of 80-100 mph, thinking nothing of it. Nowadays, we're spoiled by deep overdrives, flush glass, good sound deadening, and aerodynamics. So our old rides seem even worse than they actually are or were. |
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But I do appreciate a good resto-mod. All the classic styling with the advantages of a modern drive train. What's not to like? |
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I had a '69 Galaxie 4229, triple black for thirteen years. Longest I have ever kept a car. There were times I'd let it sit for months at a time. Then I'd get it out and drive it and remember what it was like. I finally did sell it after I got hit in the driver side and it was totaled. It sat in my back yard for four or five years and I let it go. One of the ones I'd wish I had kept.
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Both Great looking cars....
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You need to bring that beast down here for one of your extended stays. I'd love to go for a ride in that bad boy.
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Why I've been flying down and renting cars each trip. Gotta get the Wiz clan up this way sometime. Do a weekend up at Mom's lake house in the Summer when the pavement is melting in your hood. Scott
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