I remember when.....

[rue]

She was friends with Lucy :drum:

 

[Lincsong]

I remember when Cadillac put leather seats in a Cavalier and called it Cimarron.

 

[rue]

I remember when Mercedes had real wood interior accents.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I remember my mom having to pump the gas 3 times in the summer and 7 in the winter in our 1977 Ford LTD wagon, in stylish baby-poo brown with matching interior. Not to mention it had crank windows. I know people that have never even seen or heard of a carburetor.

I remember when Buicks had crank windows.

 

[Lincsong]

I remember when GM took a Nova, dropped a 350 in it, leather seats, 8 track and streamlined the body, priced it above an Eldorado, called it Seville and the thing sold like hot cakes.

 

[Old Rogue]

I remember my mom having to pump the gas 3 times in the summer and 7 in the winter in our 1977 Ford LTD wagon, in stylish baby-poo brown with matching interior. Not to mention it had crank windows. I know people that have never even seen or heard of a carburetor.

I remember rebuilding the carburetor on my first car. The car was a 1968 Chevelle Malibu, red with a black vinyl top and black interior. The carburetor was a 4 barrel Quadrajet. The engine was a 350 out of a 1971 Monte Carlo that I put in my Chevelle after blowing up the original 307. That was a good change, the 307 is arguably the weakest V8 that Chevy ever made!

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I love Quadrajets. My 87 Caprice Estate has one on its dog of a 307 Olds, pushing 140 horses. My 79 Buick has one on its 350. Had one on the 283 on my 63 Impala, on the 327 in my 58 Delray, and put one on the 350 on my 60 Bel-Air, the Holley 950 was too much.

I remember rebuilding the carburetor on my first car. The car was a 1968 Chevelle Malibu, red with a black vinyl top and black interior. The carburetor was a 4 barrel Quadrajet. The engine was a 350 out of a 1971 Monte Carlo that I put in my Chevelle after blowing up the original 307. That was a good change, the 307 is arguably the weakest V8 that Chevy ever made!

Sevilles are some of the biggest wastes of Cadillac badging ever made, in my opinion.

I remember when GM took a Nova, dropped a 350 in it, leather seats, 8 track and streamlined the body, priced it above an Eldorado, called it Seville and the thing sold like hot cakes.

 

[Lincsong]

I remember rebuilding the carburetor on my first car. The car was a 1968 Chevelle Malibu, red with a black vinyl top and black interior. The carburetor was a 4 barrel Quadrajet. The engine was a 350 out of a 1971 Monte Carlo that I put in my Chevelle after blowing up the original 307. That was a good change, the 307 is arguably the weakest V8 that Chevy ever made!

I thought 307 was Olds and Chevy was 305? I could be wrong.

 

[Lincsong]

The Seville was an interesting marketing ploy. It was successful. Then in 1980 they made it into a 4 door Eldorado. I remember when my Mom wanted a Cadillac and my Dad told her he didn't want another midget car so no Seville.

 

[Widebrim]

I thought 307 was Olds and Chevy was 305? I could be wrong.

Old Rougue is right. I've got a '69 Chevy that came with a 307; it has a 327 now...

 

[Widebrim]

A very beautiful car, Widebrim!

Obrigado!

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Olds and Chevy both had the 307. I think it came out for Chevy in 1968's model year, if memory serves me.

I thought 307 was Olds and Chevy was 305? I could be wrong.

If I buy a Cadillac, I expect a land yacht. Give me a big flippin' Fleetwood with a mile of hood and trunk to match!

The Seville was an interesting marketing ploy. It was successful. Then in 1980 they made it into a 4 door Eldorado. I remember when my Mom wanted a Cadillac and my Dad told her he didn't want another midget car so no Seville.

 

[Old Rogue]

I thought 307 was Olds and Chevy was 305? I could be wrong.

Chevy had a 307 also. In my Chevelle it was mated to a Powerglide two-speed automatic tranny. The drag racers loved the Powerglide, but in my case it just made an anemic engine that much worse. I also got the tranny out of the 71 Monte Carlo when I changed out the engine. The tranny was a 350 Turbo Hydramatic. The engine/tranny change turned my Chevelle from a dog into a respectable performer, although a buddy who had a Dodge Dart with a 340 engine with the bam-bam cam could still smoke me in the quarter mile.

 

[Lincsong]

That's right. The Chevelle also had a 307.

 

[Widebrim]

Oh my Widebrim...... She's gorgeous :love: If I still lived out there, I'd beg you to take me for a ride
Thank you for getting the picture

See what you get for leaving Arcadia? Of course, when you a teen living in SoCal, I would have been driving around in my '69 Chevy Nova high-rider (which I still have). I think you would have had a good time with her as well...(You weren't a cheerleader in high school, were you?)

 

[Lincsong]

I remember when the Eldorado's 500 cubic inch had 400 horsepower and was emasculated down to 200 horsepower.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I looked at a 75 Eldo, Front Wheel Drive with a 500 Caddy. I was in love.

My 63 and 60 Chevies both had Powerglides. So did my dad's 57 Chevy.

I remember when the Eldorado's 500 cubic inch had 400 horsepower and was emasculated down to 200 horsepower.

 

[Old Rogue]

I love Quadrajets. My 87 Caprice Estate has one on its dog of a 307 Olds, pushing 140 horses. My 79 Buick has one on its 350. Had one on the 283 on my 63 Impala, on the 327 in my 58 Delray, and put one on the 350 on my 60 Bel-Air, the Holley 950 was too much.

Yea Tom, the Quadrajet is a classic carb. I eventually changed to a Holley smoothbore that bolted on to the stock manifold. Better performance but much worse fuel mileage. The Quadrajet had small primaries with large vacuum operated secondaries, so it sipped gas when your were light on the throttle, but fed the engine plenty of fuel when you got on it. The Holley had four equally sized barrels with mechanically linked secondaries. It used more fuel even when taking it easy, the price you paid for better performance. Of course, this was in 1975 so gas was what, 60 or 70 cents a gallon back then?

 

[rue]

See what you get for leaving Arcadia? Of course, when you a teen living in SoCal, I would have been driving around in my '69 Chevy Nova high-rider (which I still have). I think you would have had a good time with her as well...(You weren't a cheerleader in high school, were you?)

I know, I know... 69' Chevy Nova also cool
Um no.... I was a dork [huh] Actually an ex-Mod and hung out with the Vespa crowd.

 

[Old Rogue]

Old Rougue is right. I've got a '69 Chevy that came with a 307; it has a 327 now...

What model Widebrim? In my mind, the automobile reached perfection in the 69 Z/28 Camaro (even if that is a bit past the end of the golden age).