Bwahahahahahahahaha.....new turbo fun!

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:56 am

I finally found the car I was looking for.....an '87 Buick Grand National. It turns out that a guy I used to work with had one and I didn't even know. It has 17K, 100% stock (for now

), he's the original owner and basically it looks like a brand new 19 year old time capsule. I'll pick it up next week.

It's not Ric related but cars/bikes are an equally important interest of mine. The biq question is....do I now need to grow a mullet?

(not the actual car)

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:04 am

70's Camaro = Mullet

GN's are way too classy looking for that!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:22 am

I'm not a big cars fan (albeit i collect models, focusing on VW Beatle & Russian wonder named Zaporozhets), but i like it!

EDIT: aww. Too hot here. Zaporozhets is in fact a Ukrainian wonder, of the times we were all called USSR...

leesh · Post by **leesh** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:34 am

Sheena, you got any pics of the Ukranian wonder?

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:02 am

Alisha: There's quite a few pictures of that "wonder" on the web. There were 4 popular models: "humpbacked", "eared", "soap box" and "Tavria" (ehm). Here's a "humpbacked" (ZAZ-965):
http://www.podrobnosti.ua/podrobnosti/2004/07/31/136789.html
And even modified versions:
http://www.startua.com/blin/auto-moto/pic13876.asp
http://foto.rambler.ru/users/uaprof_new/1/1/
Sorry, Brian.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:14 am

No apoligies Sheena!

I like this one....whatever it is!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:15 am

You need a Shadow and a Blackstar to go with that.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:20 am

This is as close as I have (and will be able to afford for a little while)......

leesh · Post by **leesh** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:25 am

I like it Brian.

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:30 am

Yes Brian. A mullet and trash 'stache are in order.

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:24 am

Cool cars Sheena.

Congrats on the GN Brian.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:33 am

oh yeah, I can just hear the whistle of the turbine now...

not playing at high volumes IS the reason I can hear Brian's fan...

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:47 am

Brian, does this mean you will make it to the Confluence a day sooner?

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:52 am

How many horsies that GN got?",

asks he.

Oh, and he.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:39 am

Those GN's are pretty serious for a V6! Add a little nitrous & some real chassis tweaking & they'll really scramble someone's eggs on the strip!
There was a dyno clip of a nitrous'd GN that made around 900 hp. The end was nothing but tire smoke & screaming engine. The dyno brake couldn't hold the wheels, so hp was pretty much an estimate.
Just crazy amounts of top end power.