[U47]

Originally Posted by will slow gto

I don't think anyone said this yet but 66-70 engines that should be painted silver-blue (best color ever) painted early/mid-60s light blue.

Or flat head straight sixes and eights painted 58-65 blue instead of dark green.

[72projectbird]

Originally Posted by Scarebird

At non-Pontiac specific things, ie. the local coffee cruise I find that a well done swap draws a crowd far more than the correct drivetrain.

One guy thought my engine was an "Pontiac LS" because I painted it Pontiac blue lol. They sure do draw a crowd!

[goatman65]

I know a lot of guys on here run them, but I hate those big ugly aluminum radiators that everybody with a 60s or 70s musclecar thinks they need, And 2 big-ass electric fans. Any slip-on hose covering and fake AN hose ends and colored snap on bolt covers.

[RAJ7395]

I hate seeing anything with less than 8 cylinders and those stupid plastic engine covers.

[melemans]

Two things: 1. Tall style wing nuts holding down aftermarket valve covers 2. Radiator flex hoses. Actually three things: 3. Loose electrical wiring

[ladytata]

White jugs. Nothing screams louder , even on perfect cars.

[skullbucket]

Originally Posted by ladytata

White jugs. Nothing screams louder , even on perfect cars.

I don't know what that means^^^^^, but how about those air horn style alarms on the wheel well?

[RocktimusPryme]

On the subject of any car I hate rotaries. Not so much the fault of the engine but everyone I knew in high school that had an RX7 felt it was their duty to run an open exhaust.

[NeighborsComplaint]

Originally Posted by ladytata

White jugs. Nothing screams louder , even on perfect cars.

You lost me.

[Will]

Originally Posted by RAJ7395

I hate seeing anything with less than 8 cylinders and those stupid plastic engine covers.

I agree on the engine covers but there are lots of cool engines out there with less than 8 cylinders. My old Nova with a 4bbl and headers on a straight 6 used to draw some attention.

[72projectbird]

Originally Posted by ladytata

White jugs. Nothing screams louder , even on perfect cars.

I'm the opposite. I hate dirty, discolored jugs.

[M1Lover]

....only a blind man couldn't spot a mile away.

[Bob Timmermans]

I dislike sloppy wiring and unattended oilleaks.

as for modern cars , I really hate those plastic engine covers every brand seems to think are necessary for some silly reason.

[lfdsteve]

Tower clamps, clutch fans, cast iron exhaust manifolds, old style ac compressors, stock air cleaners, v belts and ANY batteries. They belong in the trunk fellas!!
Oh and Im a huge fan of ginormous white jugs, although brown jugs are pretty hot as well but not sure the relevance....

[64speed]

I don’t care for the brightly colored plug wires or the cheap neon looms. I love finned valve covers though but in satin not polished.

[skullbucket]

I'll tell ya something MOPAR people hate and thats when some one paints the firewall and wheel wells black instead of the body color, they say thats too easy and I look at them and think, that is coming from a car owner that is OK with closing the door and it sounds like an empty soup can!!!

[Tonyqt]

Red heater hoses when every other hose and line is black.

[455firebird1969]

Never liked universal radiator hoses, on any car. LS engines are great engines, but they don't make much power compared to a Poncho, but they make great daily drivers getting 22-24 MPG in a fourth gen TA or Formula. I'd never put one in a classic Pontiac, never. When they start LS-swapping Hot Wheels cars, it's getting real...real stupid.

[bird72]

Under the hood, in the old days, people eliminated the frivolous stuff. Changed slow stuff to faster stuff. Put touches that distinguished the power zone as yours. Added aluminum and shine. But even then, stupid, dumb, cheap, rigged where amateur marks. While I admire factory correct perfection seen now as king, I don't prefer over shiny, over restored, that is beyond anything built in the day, and now presented as the new correct. They weren't THAT shiny And I have a too shiny new engine, so me bad.

[skullbucket]

How about those Chrome valve cover, air cleaner, oil dip stick and ugly off rectangle breather cap for $23 kits at car shows vendor's stand !!