Anyone have any other chevy TOYS besides your vettes? If so post them, here is mine.

[Ridge K.]

Re: Anyone have any other chevy TOYS besides your vettes? If so post them, here is mi

Have had number of muscle cars over the years. Now have a doc'd Berger Car 1969 Nova SS 396 L-78. Had my 67 Chevelle SS 396 Org. owner But a guy in Calif keep throwing money at me. I gave in when the paper statred to sting. Now on the hunt for 67 Chevelle SS hardtop. Ragtops TOO expensive.

Interesting thread, Brandon,...and that's one of the best looking '87 pickups I've seen in a while.
Like Jay, I've been into Chevelle Super Sports since buying my first car at age 15, in 1969. Drove a Chevelle SS396 all thru high school, and have owned more of them thru the past 40 years, than I can count on two hands.
Here's a few pics of my current 1966 Chevelle SS396, purchased as another "barn find" in 2001. Shows 48,000 miles on the odometer, and sitting on it's original ball joints. It was a California delivered smog pump AIR car, and is rare in the fact it's an original four speed, with factory air conditioning. I've put 5,000 miles on her in the last 8 years, driving every week (weather permitting) to car cruise night. As with all my cars, she was built to drive and have fun with. Ridge

[Jay G.]

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Interesting thread, Brandon,...and that's one of the best looking '87 pickups I've seen in a while.
Like Jay, I've been into Chevelle Super Sports since buying my first car at age 15, in 1969. Drove a Chevelle SS396 all thru high school, and have owned more of them thru the past 40 years, than I can count on two hands.
Here's a few pics of my current 1966 Chevelle SS396, purchased as another "barn find" in 2001. Shows 48,000 miles on the odometer, and sitting on it's original ball joints. It was a California delivered smog pump AIR car, and is rare in the fact it's an original four speed, with factory air conditioning. I've put 5,000 miles on her in the last 8 years, driving every week (weather permitting) to car cruise night. As with all my cars, she was built to drive and have fun with. Ridge

Ridge Just had to compliment you on the 66 SS Very nice ride. Like the Knee knocker tach. Hard to find w/ air. My ol High tech Dixco and SW gauges for grins. Jay

[Ridge K.]

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Ridge Just had to compliment you on the 66 SS Very nice ride. Like the Knee knocker tach. Hard to find w/ air. My ol High tech Dixco and SW gauges for grins. Jay

Thanks Jay! You and I are about the same age, so I'm sure you'll know what I mean when I say....everytime I get that car on the road, it makes me feel young again. Looking at this year's headline news, I miss those days so bady (the late 1960s into the 1970s).
I noticed in your personal info that you have a '67 Corvette. We share the same love of these old steel bodied bigblocks, in addition to the classic lines of a midyear Corvette. I have a '67 convertible Corvette myself. If you ever get thru Tulsa, Oklahoma, please look me up, stop by, and we'll go out and smoke the tires on the SS a little. Ridge

p.s. in all my former Chevelles, I only had one rag-top, but it was a low horsepower '71. Love the rag-tops.

[Jay G.]

Re: Anyone have any other chevy TOYS besides your vettes? If so post them, here is mi

Thanks Jay! You and I are about the same age, so I'm sure you'll know what I mean when I say....everytime I get that car on the road, it makes me feel young again. Looking at this year's headline news, I miss those days so bady (the late 1960s into the 1970s).
I noticed in your personal info that you have a '67 Corvette. We share the same love of these old steel bodied bigblocks, in addition to the classic lines of a midyear Corvette. I have a '67 convertible Corvette myself. If you ever get thru Tulsa, Oklahoma, please look me up, stop by, and we'll go out and smoke the tires on the SS a little. Ridge

p.s. in all my former Chevelles, I only had one rag-top, but it was a low horsepower '71. Love the rag-tops.

More than welcome to drop by our area SW mnts outside Salida Colo. I've always liked blue cars. (We've all done the red/black ones). Your 66 is definetly in the Pocket. I'm huntin' for a Tahoe Turqouise 67 SS396 Hardtop now. LL code. Hard to find a good one. The Funs in Both the search the seeing if it'll hook-up outa the hole. I'll have be content for muscle w/ the grocery getter for now. Best Jay

[Tom H.]

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While we are talking Chevelles. Here's another one from my stable. 69 L78 396, 4 speed. 26000 miles.

[Steven B.]

Re: Anyone have any other chevy TOYS besides your vettes? If so post them, here is mi

Interesting thread, Brandon,...and that's one of the best looking '87 pickups I've seen in a while.
Like Jay, I've been into Chevelle Super Sports since buying my first car at age 15, in 1969. Drove a Chevelle SS396 all thru high school, and have owned more of them thru the past 40 years, than I can count on two hands.
Here's a few pics of my current 1966 Chevelle SS396, purchased as another "barn find" in 2001. Shows 48,000 miles on the odometer, and sitting on it's original ball joints. It was a California delivered smog pump AIR car, and is rare in the fact it's an original four speed, with factory air conditioning. I've put 5,000 miles on her in the last 8 years, driving every week (weather permitting) to car cruise night. As with all my cars, she was built to drive and have fun with. Ridge

Ridge, REALLY NICE!!!

Steve

[Bill O.]

Re: Anyone have any other chevy TOYS besides your vettes? If so post them, here is mi

Did you say GM?
The hotest thing around in '49-'50round

[Mike M.]

Re: Anyone have any other chevy TOYS besides your vettes? If so post them, here is mi

with a one piece windshield, wouldn't that be a 50 olds convert?mike

[Terry M.]

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Mike, seems to me I once heard, and read, a story about an Oldsmobile of that vintage that you had. How's your old universal joints?

[Mike M.]

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Mike, seems to me I once heard, and read, a story about an Oldsmobile of that vintage that you had. How's your old universal joints?

have two Oldsmobiles, a 1950 98 holiday hardtop, all original except for the 394 ci engine. it'll run effortlessly@ 110 mph, half throttle. the other Olds , which i just finished, is a 1957 station wagon, aka Fiesta. its a 88 4 door post, black with red accent line. original 371 ci with owner(me who would never add options to a Corvette, honest) added PS, PB, Wonderbar and J-2 setup. i added factory air to the beast but when it came time to install the 3x2's batwing(first design) aircleaner, i discovered the batwing and the AC evaporator box were incompatable( the reason a 2nd desing J-2 aircleaner was introduced in mid 1957 model year). liking the looks of the batwing, i removed the factory AC. i plan on hooking the Fiesta to an open trailer with my black 57 FI Vette onboard and hauling the pair to the local drag strip. Damn, i wish it were 1961 again. Unlike the Dipstick of Lyle, i've never had u-joint problems, just the hand joints.mike

[Stuart F.]

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The one piece windshield was substituted for the two piece on many 49 (and 50) Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs (and Chevies). I did several myself, even after breaking one on my first attempt. They were plentiful in junk yards and soon became the "cool" way to go. Put one in a 49 Pontiac along with a 50 Olds engine and a LaSalle tranny. As I recall, we used the cross member and clutch linkage from a stick shift Poncho and only had to weld in a simple plate for the front mount. The car was pretty rough looking and guys would pull up next to it and exclaim; "Ha! Silver Streak! Silver Streak of Crap!" or words to that effect - until we blew their doors off. The thing would wind out forever.

Stu Fox

[Terry M.]

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I was thinking about the 1950, although I couldn't recall the details. I remember a story in The Restorer -- and I thought there was a universal joint issue associated with THAT story. This was long before you and the Dipstick had your own brand of fun. Back when NCRS meets took place over the pick-em-up tailgate and we all kicked the tires -- as opposed to now days when we are closer to kicking the bucket.

[Bill O.]

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Mike:

Yes, its a 1950. The line "the hottest thing around in '49-'50" got truncated and the "'50" shows up at the bottom of the pic.
Won second place at the National OCA in the late '70s
Original 303...when they put the V-8 in this Chevy A-body in 1949, nothing in our neighborhood could touch it not even a Hudson Hornet.

[Stuart F.]

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The early Olds V8's really performed with a stick shift behind them. My brother-in-law had a 49 with the stick and he still talks about it until today. Like I mentioned with the LaSalle tranny, they would wind out like crazy!

Stu Fox

[Sal C.]

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The '67 Camaro SS/RS was originally an L35 4-speed that I bought new and drag raced in several configurations through 1981. Sits in my shop in this condition today. The '68 Nova SS is a new aquision. Originally an L78 4-speed, radio delete car. I've known this car from new, but lost track of it for about 34 years. Has been a drag race car since new, with only 2557 miles on it. Plans are to race it as a "Nostalgia Super Stocker.