So we are going to cover the offering for 1975, but before I continue I have a question for everyone.
It’s often said that the Mustang II was just a Pinto with different sheet metal. Is that true or false
I’ve got a free gift for the right detailed answer.
Post your answer on this blog.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
74 Pinto
74 Mustang
YOU’VE BEEN WARNED. Now you are going to have to figure out how to explain why there will be Shelby Mustang GT500 in your driveway to your significant other.
Told ya not to watch!!! Here is some more.
Tim
Thought I’d share this. It’s amazing how many and the variety of US cars made in the 50’s and 60’s made it overseas. It’s also very interesting what they do with them. Check out these MOPARs in Sweden. Way Cool!!!
From: http://www.streetlegaltv.com/news/a-variety-of-mopars-in-sweden-to-envy/
by Michael Harding on April 23, 2012
You can always tell a car guy by looking in his garage and seeing what he has in there. If you see a couple of cars, that’s could be your first clue. But when you see muscle cars from the 60’s and 70’s, and engines on pallets, car lifts, stickers from internet performance shops, and various parts on the shelves, then you know that garage isn’t the run-of-the-mill garage.
Looking at Anders Ohlin’s garage in Sweden lets you know that this guy is into cars and performance – particularly Mopar performance. His collection of Mopar muscle cars is enough to make you drool.
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Anders collection is interesting, and he says that some of his cars are the only ones that he knows of in Sweden. He considers himself a fanatic, as do many of his friends. Just looking at the pictures in his garage and you can see that he likes to surround himself with performance.
Some of his cars include a 1958 DeSoto Fireflite with a 361 Wedge, a 1965 Dodge Coronet A990 Super Stock Clone with a race HEMI that he imported in 2010, a 1964 Dodge 440 that has a 426 Wedge with dual carbs, a 1962 Chrysler 300 Sport Coupe that appears to have a 413 with dual carbs, and also a 1964 Dodge 330 to round out the cars we know of.
You can check out the YouTube video and see him moving his 1964 Dodge 330 around the garage. It’s a very healthy sounding Mopar, and if the deep rumble of that exhaust doesn’t sound like music to your ears, then you need to turn your speakers up!
Thanks for reading.
Tim
As a wrap up here are some videos.
Ok..this guy is clearly lost…Who brings a Mustang (even an extremely nice one) to an All Chevy Show:
Listen to this Chevy:
Two more to listen too:
And although there were a lot more entries for this show I’m going to end this series with one that brought back a lot of memories. This wasn’t a 1966 like my very first car, but it was pretty closed. Look over this Impala.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Here is Part 2 this is the Corvette action.
First I really liked this striping on this ’77 Vette.
Look closely at the next few photos the stripe moves from dark to almost white.
Oh...and the stance on this is just extraordinary!
One more 77 .
One on looker called this a plain jane Vette, I told him there's no such thing!!!
Here are the 50’s era Vettes.
A little video clip…I didn’t add the music.
And the 60’s Vettes. The silver 63 is Steve Fagan’s. Owner of Hot Rods and Classics, located here in Tucson. They do great work including a lot of my engine work for the Mustang, which helped me win my First Car Show Trophy!! His Corvette has taken two trophies in the last two shows.
Steve Fagan's 64
Little more of Steve’s StingRay
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The driver in the red Vette caused a few nervous moments as it took her a few tries to get into that parking spot.
Here’s another shot of the 60’s Vettes
1960's
Coming up next -the trucks!!!
Thanks for reading.
Tim
This is the series where I list up the power plant offerings for the year.
Now you would think that being a GM division that Oldsmobile would have the 350 and the like, but the had their own unique engines.
First up was the 225 cid. Oh…a straight six….NO…..a V6!!!!! This was an iron blocked overhead valve engine. The bore and stroke were 3.75″ x 3.40″ and with a compression of 9.0:1 it laid down 155 hp. It had four main bearing and topped with a 1 barrel Rochester Type BC one barrel. This was the lowest level engines and refered to as the F-85 and Vista Cruiser series.
Next up is the smallest of the V8’s offered that year, the 330 cid also in the F-85/Cruiser series. It was an iron block engine as well. The compression was 9.0:1 with a bore of 3.939 and stroke 3.39″. When ou topped that off with a two barrel Rochester Type 2GC carb you could manage a stout 250 hp.
Here is a nicely restored 330.
Coming up is the 1965 Olds Jetstar series.
Thanks for reading
Tim
In 1948 Willys was not to be left without a ‘woody”.
1948 Willys Woody Wagon
There were only about 22k sedans and wagons were produced (with about 10k Jeepsters).
These were powered by one of two engine choices, the inline 4 and the inline 6. But only the inline 6 was used in the wagons.
1948 Willys Engine
These engines were power house engine producing 72 hp, 148 cid and topped with a 1 bbl Carter carb – dubbed “Lightning”.
Thanks for reading
Tim
Continuing with this series we’ll look at what Pontiac offered up in 1948 as a woody.
In a previous blog entry (Project Pontiac 1949 Silver Streak Delivery Van http://wp.me/pKHNM-Bx) I gave you a look at a Silver Streak owned by a co-worker.
1949 Silver Streak
Well one year earlier Pontiac offered the Silver Streak as a woody.
Side view...love the big fenders.
That is a lot of wood on that woody.
These were low production cars with most being build on the 6 cylinder chassis.
1948 Pontiac 6 cylinder power plant
These were the most commonly used power plants mated with an Automatic Hydra-Matic transmission. It spec’d out as follows:
Cubic Inch Horse power 1bbl carb
| 239.2 | 93 (68.45) @ 3400 | Carter WA-1 (1) |
A very limited were built with 8 cylinders engines. Interesting enough these 8 cylinders were called “Silver Steak”. It boosted the specs:
Cubic Inch Horse power 2 bbl carb
| 248.9 cu in (4,079 cc) | 108.00 (79.5) @ 3700 | Carter WCD 630 (2) |
Total Pontiac production for that year was only 333,957 cars.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
These guys are having fun. Just proves you don’t need gobs of HP to have fun . On a track with safety gear. Come on…that’s fun!!!!
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No it’s not real Corvette – but the Collector’s Promo Revell Model. In the original box.
All you have to do is guess the year of the Corvette the part pictured belongs too!!! First one to post the answer gets 1 point. The first one that gets 4 correct wins the car.
I’ll post pics here. You need to go here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Average-Guys-Car-Restoration-Mods-and-Racing/185827701454279
and post your answer….you have to include year of the Vette and the words “Average-Guys-Car-Restoration-Mods-and-Racing” in your post.
Here is the next pic:
Good Luck.
Tim
