I also have a 65 fastback parked next to my chevelle :thumbsup:

 

i like that story...it seems like i hear a lot of the same thing..thats funny!

 

You forgot the lick the $20 and stick it on the dash story.

 

I get some of that too. I got a guy that just stopped by on his bike one day and gave me about 1/2 those lines. He told me about a Dodge or something he had back in the day. Why he was riding his bike now I don't want to know.

A few years ago I thought I had found a killer deal on a more modern driver than my Chevelle. I knew a kid at the local Advance Auto that had a 89 Mustang GT and just happend to catch him after he had slid it sideways off the road and hit a sign that snapped the axle and dented the quarter and broke the quarter window. It had 100k+ miles on it and looked nasty in a rattle can primer job. Interior was about as bad. But I got it for $500 I think.

Never again. Every bolt was twice as hard to take apart than any thing on my 66s. It was greasier and nastier than any Chevy/GM thing I had ever touched. I had to buy a torch to get the suspension apart. Every thing on it just seemed bass-akwards than my Chevys. Like all the engineers were all left handed and came from Austrailia or something.

I did learn a lot and I got much better at porting cylinder heads. I got the $2500 out of it that I had spent on it and it still looked the same except the newer 5 lug wheels I had converted to.

I was glad to see it go. My only regret is that I sold it to someone I sort of know. I hope they are happy with it.

Did I say never again.

A buddy from here sold his 67 Chevelle clone and bought a 67 Mustang ans he says he gets lots more compliments and thumbs up driving his stang. But I think he deeply regrets selling his Velle. That 302 is no 454. Even though it has Edelbrock heads. Lunati Voodoo cam and Demon car it is still no BB.

Our every day drivers are a Dodge Grand Caravan and a Volvo V70 AWD wagon. But we don't do all that much to them our selves.

THe LS6 story is some kind of common story or Hemi Cuda that they bought for a grand and sold for 2K and the next year it sold for 20K.

They all want them back.

They all had better paint. They were all faster than my 489.

My favorite is how their stock 396/375HP would pull the front wheels off the ground on the street on 14" bias ply tires.

I thought it was the $100 bill on the dash? Maybe we are a few years apart and I'm adjusting for infaltion?

I always get asked if it is for sale.

I can almost pull my engine and trans on my velle with my eyes closed. My dad says it should have a zipper since it comes out and back in so often. I coulnd't find the dip stick on a Ford w/o really thinking about it.

Ask lots of questions soon the Force will be with you and you'll give up the dark side (The Blue Oval or Pentastar).

Glad your here.
Rob

 

An elderly biker (long, scraggly, gray hair under a bandana) sauntered over to our '67 Chevelle, as my wife and I were leaving a restaurant.
"I used to have one just like that," he said. "Scalded the tires off it."
"Well, this is probably yours then," I replied, "because we just put new tires on it."
He had a confused look on his face as we drove away.

 

An elderly biker (long, scraggly, gray hair under a bandana) sauntered over to our '67 Chevelle, as my wife and I were leaving a restaurant.
"I used to have one just like that," he said. "Scalded the tires off it."
"Well, this is probably yours then," I replied, "because we just put new tires on it."
He had a confused look on his face as we drove away.

I may have to use that come back if the need ever arises.

Funny.

 

There's still one person you guys left out, the one who makes a ridiculously low offer for your car and gets ****ed when you tell him what it would take to pry the car away from you. You know the ones I'm talking about, the ones who get mad because you won't sell them the car for what they want to pay you for it.

 

A buddy from here sold his 67 Chevelle clone and bought a 67 Mustang ans he says he gets lots more compliments and thumbs up driving his stang.
Rob

The thumbs up's are because he can actually get the stang to drive down the road.

 

Nothing wrong with a '65 Mustang. In fact I'd love to find a nice '67 some day.

Funny how they want to offer you $1k for yours....unless it's a parts car....you oughta remind them this isn't 1976 anymore.

They probably still think the old muscle cars are still the dominant rulers of this earth in terms of performance. Nevermind all the newer technology that's allowed lighter electronically controlled vehicles to run faster 1/4 mile times, take turns like their on rails while managing 25 mpg.

 

i have a 67 Fastback parked next to mine

 

The thumbs up's are because he can actually get the stang to drive down the road.

LOLOLOL!!!!!!!

I have a friend that had a 65 GT and he spent more time tuning it than he ever did on the road, and when it was running it never ran worth a damn. Looked sharp though....lol

 

I've got a 65 Mustang with a lil 6 banger. It was my first car. I told my lil brother he could have it for his first car, but we're selling it instead. I found a clean lil 88 Notch Mustang with a 4 banger in it. I know it'll be slow as heck, but he needs a gas saver right now since he's gonna be commuting from home to college (he just graduated) I told him that if we (my parents and I) get it for him, when he's done with it I'll take it off his hands That'll be one kick @$$ lil car once its set up for a v8 :thumbsup:

Oh yeah, and welcome to the site! :thumbsup:

 

I have a 2003 GT Mustang parked next to mine... Does that count for anything? My husband thinks I'm quite spoiled as both my "toys" take up the garage. Oh well!

 

I have a 2003 GT Mustang parked next to mine... Does that count for anything? My husband thinks I'm quite spoiled as both my "toys" take up the garage. Oh well!

Nice! I've also got an '02, see sig :thumbsup:

 

Rachel, can I send my wife off to you for some re-education? Maybe she would come home and she would want a bigger turbo for her 5 cyl Volvo wagon.

She does like to drive the Chevelles. Not to her job because the parking structures are tight and the wagon which she drives the most takes up several extra inches. But around town she likes it. She just doesn't have "The Need for Speed."

 

Rachel, can I send my wife off to you for some re-education? Maybe she would come home and she would want a bigger turbo for her 5 cyl Volvo wagon.

She does like to drive the Chevelles. Not to her job because the parking structures are tight and the wagon which she drives the most takes up several extra inches. But around town she likes it. She just doesn't have "The Need for Speed."

Certainly! The "need for speed" is very high in this house!

 

I have a 2003 GT Mustang parked next to mine... Does that count for anything? My husband thinks I'm quite spoiled as both my "toys" take up the garage. Oh well!

My wife's '05 is next to mine. It got my Caddy ETC kicked out of the garage.

I think I've told the story here before, but I had a guy offer me "six" for the Chevelle. I looked straight at him and said "I've got more than that in paint and bodywork". He responded very seriously like he knew a lot about old cars "I meant six thousand". Staring him down I said "SO DID I!" I still laugh at that more than all the "mine was a big block" and "$20 on the dash" stories people have told me.

 

My wife's '05 is next to mine. It got my Caddy ETC kicked out of the garage.

I think I've told the story here before, but I had a guy offer me "six" for the Chevelle. I looked straight at him and said "I've got more than that in paint and bodywork". He responded very seriously like he knew a lot about old cars "I meant six thousand". Staring him down I said "SO DID I!" I still laugh at that more than all the "mine was a big block" and "$20 on the dash" stories people have told me.

Now that is good. I meant 6K. So did I.

Stupid people should not breathe. Some days I wonder where some of these people come from. Scary isn't it.

Mine is a driver and the paint is OK not great and I beat on it I don't spend hours upon hours waxing or polishing and I know I'll never see most of the cash I put into it. But it is insulting when people just can't grasp why I wouldn't sell mine unless some one put up about 15K more than I have in it. Then maybe just maybe I'd say good bye and buy another one I like even better. So I'm pretty sure it will never happen so I'm content and happy with it.

Now where can I find an LS6 convertible for under 10K.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome.

Somebody asked me this weekend if Ifelt guilty putting miles on such a nice origional car.

No way! I bought it to drive it. Will probably have a picnic basket in the trunk to have a party when it trips 100K

I spent less in my Malibu than most people spend on a Hyundia and I guarantee you I am having a lot more fun driving mine!!

 

I spent less in my Malibu than most people spend on a Hyundia and I guarantee you I am having a lot more fun driving mine!!

Damn straight. Way better than a Kia or Suzuki for 13k. In 5 years yours will still be going and those cars will be scrap.