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[Rusty PW]

Real men just learned to lift up when closing the door.

On some..........you had to lift the end of the door up at least 2" to get it to close.

First wifey had a 1988 Olds Delta 88 2 door. I put 2 repair kits on it, then new hinges that was modified. That was a nice car. 455 4BBL, auto. fully loaded. A family of illegals could live in the trunk. It was that big. The prefect drug runner. I had L50 radial tires on all 4 corners. It looked like a NASCAR stocker.

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[Red Hot Sloth]

 

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[Y-Guy]

Buddy of mine from high school had a Mona with a 305 V8 and a 4 speed. Had to unbolt the motor mounts and raise the engine up to replace the spark plugs.

Yep, I wanted to buy one of those. The mechanic warned me said that 8th spark plug cost more than the other 7, combined, to replace. I had the 4 banger, the firewalls on those collapsed around 15,000 miles. He had custom plates for them when they did. I drifted into his lot in 2nd gear after mine failed, never came to a full stop till I got there.

 

[Y-Guy]

 

[Y-Guy]

 

[Y-Guy]

To soon?

 

[Y-Guy]

 

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[t-bot]

I grew up in GA. If we got lucky, we got out of school one day because we got a few inches of snow. We put our feet in bread bags and put our shoes over them. Lol

We did actually get a foot of snow two years in a row. 1992 and 1993. Both in March.

Haha, back in the mid 70's I was approx 3 or 4 yo and we got a big snow. I remember the bread bags coming out, and even then, I thought that doesn't look normal. In order to get my compliance, older brother and parents tried to tell me I looked just like Jeremiah Johnson (Redford movie) when he was in the snow. *Hint: 2 Bunny Bread bags on your feet does not make a Jeremiah Johnson look alike.

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[Bandit’s Lair]

To soon?

As funny as that is, DefTec did have that issue a few years back. I guess their fuse cutter got set wrong or something and the fuses were too short in a huge batch of flashbangs. They had no idea when it started so they recalled all of them. There was a VERY long dry spell for them.

It was game on when they released them again.

 

[Master_Cylinder]

Yep, I wanted to buy one of those. The mechanic warned me said that 8th spark plug cost more than the other 7, combined, to replace. I had the 4 banger, the firewalls on those collapsed around 15,000 miles. He had custom plates for them when they did. I drifted into his lot in 2nd gear after mine failed, never came to a full stop till I got there.

I had a 1980 Pontiac Sunbird. Basically same car. I also had to reinforce the firewall. The clutch was a killer. In NJ back then, they got in the car to test the brakes. The guy gets out of my Sunbird saying that he drove tanks in Korea that had better clutches! The firewall flexed when you pressed on the clutch.

 

[NC_Overland]

I’d hope that the tanks had a sturdier firewall.

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