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Bwahahahahahahahaha.....new turbo fun!
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:56 am
by incubus2432
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)
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:04 am
by shinynewtoy
70's Camaro = Mullet
GN's are way too classy looking for that!
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:22 am
by sowhat
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...
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:34 am
by leesh
Sheena, you got any pics of the Ukranian wonder?
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:02 am
by sowhat
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.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:14 am
by incubus2432
No apoligies Sheena!
I like this one....whatever it is!
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:15 am
by cheyenne
You need a Shadow and a Blackstar to go with that.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:20 am
by incubus2432
This is as close as I have (and will be able to afford for a little while)......
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:25 am
by leesh
I like it Brian.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:30 am
by blueflamerick
Yes Brian. A mullet and trash 'stache are in order.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:24 am
by winston
Cool cars Sheena.
Congrats on the GN Brian.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:33 am
by jnbass
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...
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:47 am
by atomic_punk
Brian, does this mean you will make it to the Confluence a day sooner?
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:52 am
by shamustwin
How many horsies that GN got?",
asks he.
Oh, and he.
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:39 am
by kcole4001
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.