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Originally Posted by geeteeohguy
I don't want to hijack this thread, as I agree with 64Speeds direction in keeping it a Pontiac.
In 1985 we were driving from northern CA to Lake Powell in Arizona in our '64 Galaxie with factory AC and a 352 with a 4bbl and a 3.0 rear gear. In the Mojave desert at 80 mph with the AC blowing ice cubes, we passed 3 or 4 new 1984-85 Cadillacs with the hoods up and steam erupting from their blown up 4100 V8 engines. In our 20+ year old car. Had a guy in an LS powered pickup trying to shut me out on a grade and he failed. I guess his truck had a speed limiter. LOL.../.
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Sure that was 85 ? A guy I work with bought the last year of a Chevy truck with a sbc. It was the early 2000s.
Anyway that reminds me of a camping trip I took with some HS friends my senior year in 1983. On the drive there was this long straight hill. It goes from 2 lanes to at least 4 lanes, so its steep. Trucks have to really slow down.
Our group had a 67 327 Camero and a hot 327. A 396 El Camino, a 351 65 Mustang Fastback, and a 327 El Camino pulling that long hill with my 69 GTO 4 speed 400.
Everyone of them dropped a gear, I just hit the gas and it was not even close. Pulled away from everyone of them.
They all got rid of their cars, not me.