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MYGOAT · 08-11-2011, 10:21 PM

Had a neighbour come over asking if I could look at his car as it wasn't idling right and oil was going everywhere. He had just done an oil change. Only problem was that when he filled up the engine, he filled it right up!!!, until it was overflowing from the top of the rocker cover (inline six).
He did wonder why he had to put so much more oil in then what he drained out.

Same neighbour a while later asked if I could help him get his spark plugs out. I discovered tha when he did his oil change he also changed his plugs. They were the tapered ones but instead of just nicking them up he screwed them in as tight as possibly could. I did manage to finally get then out but 3 of the 6 broke in the head and had to carefully remove the ceramic so I could use easy outs and heat.

iceman411 · 08-11-2011, 10:39 PM

You hear everything at cruise nights... With my '69 GTO I've heard: It ain't a real GTO unless it has tri power.... It must be a judge-It has hide aways,they only put them on judges... Same goes for a hood tach- Judges only. Easier to just go with it instead of correcting folks. Life's too short. I'll never hear the end of the big block Pontiac...Ugh...

PontiacRaceGirl · 08-11-2011, 10:56 PM

I had taken my boyfriend to the track because he stated he was a car guy and liked the races. We stopped by a friend of the family's trailer to say hi and see how his day was going so far. I told my boyfriend about his car that it was a 70 GTO JUDGE and my dream car. My boyfriend then asked "Why did you name it the Judge?" Needless to say I dumped him the next day.

spartazoo · 08-11-2011, 10:56 PM

Red fender liners at an open car show...need I say more?

Tony69 · 08-12-2011, 12:00 AM

You guys probably dont get this as much in the US....but around here I'm well known in my area as the guy with the 'Mustang' or even 'Cadillac' the closest anyone has ever come was 'Camaro'. It's actually a '69 F/bird vert, but whos cares, people scream 'Mustaaaang!!!' everywhere I go.

There was this guy, wanted to buy my 69 GTO. I was showing him some car pics on my PC, he leaned forward to get a better look at this car and asked..."What car is that?" I replied, "Its a '71 Plymouth Barracuda". He looks at me like I'm nuts and says, "Thats not a Barracuda, I had one & it looked nothing like that!"
I stood 'corrected'!

The car he owned was actually a South African Valiant Barracuda, which is identical to the first gen Plymouth Barracuda, only rhd.

69 T/A · 08-12-2011, 12:18 AM

My vote goes with Richards, Jeremy must not know much about cars.

goatman65 · 08-12-2011, 06:01 AM

I rent a space in one of those 'self-storage' buildings here.

Well about 4 years ago the guy that owns the building bought a decent 79 T/A because he had one he bought new.

It does not have the original engine and the guy he bought it from told him it was a 400 or 455. When he takes it to shows he tells people that it has a 410 in it. I have no idea where,why or how he came up with that.

455Grandville · 08-12-2011, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by goatman65

When he takes it to shows he tells people that it has a 410 in it. I have no idea where,why or how he came up with that.

Same goes for the guys who call the Caddy 500 V8 "it's a 501 Caddy V8" Nevermind that Caddy called it the 500 V8

I forgot about one moron who said (years back) when Chebby introduced the 502 crate engine that it was just a Cadillac V8 with a new name

67drake · 08-12-2011, 09:17 AM

The guys I work with-
One has a brother that has a "Big block" GTO
One has a friend with a GTO with the "original 421"
I have a pic of my GTO on my screensaver at work. One guy asked why I painted over the chrome on my bumper. I explained that it was an endura bumper,it came like that from the factory. He still thinks I'm BS'ing him.

68lemansman · 08-12-2011, 09:32 AM

When i first got my car i took it out for a drive cause i just had the disc conversion done on it. I have no badges on my car that say "lemans" .So I decided to go to the local auto parts store. I started to get out of the car and the guy that pulled up next to me and says "thats a nice 70 chevelle you got"

beemergary · 08-12-2011, 09:43 AM

Get yourself a 61-63 tempest and sit back and listen to the BS one person will tell another about these cars. Most don't know there a unibody and the trans is in the back. Got 421 sd and the 2x4 carbs and they see the326 emblem on the grill and tell there friends its a 326 Big Block. Did you know those 421s got in the there cause the ran out of 326 and didn't want too stop production. LOL The remarks go on and on.

Stuart · 08-12-2011, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by 455Grandville

Same goes for the guys who call the Caddy 500 V8 "it's a 501 Caddy V8" Nevermind that Caddy called it the 500 V8

I forgot about one moron who said (years back) when Chebby introduced the 502 crate engine that it was just a Cadillac V8 with a new name

I knew a guy in college who had a friend who owned a Shelby GT501.

I guess it was one better than a GT500.

66GTO Jim · 08-12-2011, 10:46 AM

The worst words to hear at a Cruise Night: "I have a friend who has....!"

One of my favorites was the dork (complete with adoring girlfriend hanging on every word), who was going on about his FRIENDS "all original" 67 GTO with the factory 454 and a six pack that could lay rubber for a block from a standing start in 4th gear!!!! I just smiled.

Jim

Donovan · 08-12-2011, 10:46 AM

Guys, get off your Pontiac high horse...

It's a big block.

The Pontiac has over a 10" deck height and potential for large displacement as well as large mains. (and larger mains)

" all the same size block..." BS. Pontiac made a small block and it displaced 265/301 cubic inches. Had a 9" deck height and shared the same design.

This Pontiac culture of saying it's not a big block doesn't make it anymore special. It's special all on it's own without your help arguing about it. And it doesn't help distance it from Chevrolet or Ford engines to get your panties in a knot about it.

This 'Pontiac is not a big block' crap needs to die. Put your Pontiac 400 next to an SBC, SBF, Poly, Olds 350, Buick 350, etc. It's a lot bigger! Bigger bore spacing, taller deck, larger piston pins, longer rods, bigger main bolts, larger rods and mains, wider block etc. Many of these items are the same size or larger than other 'big block' engines. The mains and deck height alone peak the BBC. Even if Pontiac didn't make a 301, it would still be true. Did you know there is a BBC that displaces less than 400 CI? Actually two. Next argument.

Let the Pontiac V8 out of the closet already!

=)

now prove me wrong....

goatless · 08-12-2011, 12:34 PM

On this one Pontiac forum there was a guy who wanted to argue that Pontiac motors are in fact "big blocks".

SRR · 08-12-2011, 12:37 PM

It is a big block! Just look at this picture!

i82much · 08-12-2011, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donovan

Guys, get off your Pontiac high horse...

It's a big block.

The Pontiac has over a 10" deck height and potential for large displacement as well as large mains. (and larger mains)

" all the same size block..." BS. Pontiac made a small block and it displaced 265/301 cubic inches. Had a 9" deck height and shared the same design.

This Pontiac culture of saying it's not a big block doesn't make it anymore special. It's special all on it's own without your help arguing about it. And it doesn't help distance it from Chevrolet or Ford engines to get your panties in a knot about it.

This 'Pontiac is not a big block' crap needs to die. Put your Pontiac 400 next to an SBC, SBF, Poly, Olds 350, Buick 350, etc. It's a lot bigger! Bigger bore spacing, taller deck, larger piston pins, longer rods, bigger main bolts, larger rods and mains, wider block etc. Many of these items are the same size or larger than other 'big block' engines. The mains and deck height alone peak the BBC. Even if Pontiac didn't make a 301, it would still be true. Did you know there is a BBC that displaces less than 400 CI? Actually two. Next argument.

Let the Pontiac V8 out of the closet already!

=)

now prove me wrong....

So, I guess a tall deck BBC is a big block big block chevy, a standard deck BBC is a small block big block chevy? Uh ... no. "big block" and "small block" are used to distinguish block sizes from the same engine family that vary across a plurality of external dimensions. Tall deck, short deck, etc. are the proper terms for block sizes that vary externally only by deck height. Journal size isn't an external dimension and has no relevance for either terminology.