tino
06-12-2006, 12:39 AM
Well I dont know anything about the car other than it looked fantastic. It was red with black stripes. It sounded good but not overly crazy or loud. I think it was probably fairly stock but with some exhaust. The idle was not smooth but not rough either. Moderate street cam I guess.
I turned to the older guy at the lights and rolled my window down (he had his down) and i said "nice car...good to see the older cars in great shape and being driven". He thanked me and said its his baby....
Light turns green and we both leave mellow but I felt like instigating a race so instead of shifting into 2nd , I stay in first and squeeze enough to pull a 1/4 car (not racing, just me trying to see if he'll take the bait of me getting ahead of him with my car making some intake and exhaust noises)... he did. Punched it but I'm ready too and wound 1st and powershifted the 1-2 and by this time he had evened up with me. Didnt take long because of the torque I guess. By the time I grab the 2-3 shift he was 1/2 car ahead and by top of 3rd he was a full car ahead. We slowed to the next light where he was going to turn and looked at me and said "thats a pretty fast little car. I didnt expect you being able to hang in there" I felt good with my doings. I live in a GM town so I dont know if he was aware of what I was driving but still nice to get props from someone who appreciates cars.
Funny thing is that I didnt even intend on powershifting the car! It was like a reflex as I used to powershift my 5.0 way back when (1986 5.0)...so its like it came back to me all of a sudden. The funny thing is that it powershifted real well !! I didnt think you can powershift a cable actuated trany very well.
Anyway back to the car. I went online after getting home and poked around and it seems its a 1971 Chevelle http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/chevrolet-chevelle/images/chevrolet-chevelle-1971a.jpg
From reading, I find out this is the first year they started to get slow. It probably had eithr 245HP, 270HP or 300HP depending on options. This is if it was stock but it looked very stock like in the photo so I dont think much was done to it. Tires looked like those big firestone SS white letter jobs. Beautiful car. Probably not a very fast car as far as muscle cars go but I cannot say now nice it was in person. So clean... :bowdown:
I turned to the older guy at the lights and rolled my window down (he had his down) and i said "nice car...good to see the older cars in great shape and being driven". He thanked me and said its his baby....
Light turns green and we both leave mellow but I felt like instigating a race so instead of shifting into 2nd , I stay in first and squeeze enough to pull a 1/4 car (not racing, just me trying to see if he'll take the bait of me getting ahead of him with my car making some intake and exhaust noises)... he did. Punched it but I'm ready too and wound 1st and powershifted the 1-2 and by this time he had evened up with me. Didnt take long because of the torque I guess. By the time I grab the 2-3 shift he was 1/2 car ahead and by top of 3rd he was a full car ahead. We slowed to the next light where he was going to turn and looked at me and said "thats a pretty fast little car. I didnt expect you being able to hang in there" I felt good with my doings. I live in a GM town so I dont know if he was aware of what I was driving but still nice to get props from someone who appreciates cars.
Funny thing is that I didnt even intend on powershifting the car! It was like a reflex as I used to powershift my 5.0 way back when (1986 5.0)...so its like it came back to me all of a sudden. The funny thing is that it powershifted real well !! I didnt think you can powershift a cable actuated trany very well.
Anyway back to the car. I went online after getting home and poked around and it seems its a 1971 Chevelle http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/chevrolet-chevelle/images/chevrolet-chevelle-1971a.jpg
From reading, I find out this is the first year they started to get slow. It probably had eithr 245HP, 270HP or 300HP depending on options. This is if it was stock but it looked very stock like in the photo so I dont think much was done to it. Tires looked like those big firestone SS white letter jobs. Beautiful car. Probably not a very fast car as far as muscle cars go but I cannot say now nice it was in person. So clean... :bowdown: