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A "stinging" 301 2-barrel, indeed!
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People that I've talked to said that it's not a bad engine, IF you take care of it and go easy on it. Basically, don't overheat it, let it run too low on oil, go too far between oil changes, stomp on it too much, etc. Essentially, common sense stuff that would eventually ruin any engine...it's just that something like a Chevy 305, Mopar 318, or Ford 302 could tolerate it more. The turbo block was beefier, and supposedly more reliable, although I'd imagine the turbo itself gave issues.
Supposedly the 265 CID version wasn't too bad, but it's been said that's because it didn't have enough power to hurt itself!
I do seem to recall some road test of that era that had a '78 or '79 Grand Am with the 301 and a 4-speed, and a quicker ratio, and they were pretty impressed with it. But, it still didn't break 10 seconds in 0-60. I think it was around 10.5. Pretty lame by today's standards, but to be fair, there weren't a whole lot of cars out there that were that quick back then. Even if the engines might have had the guts to pull it off, they usually stuck them with axle ratios that held them back. FWIW, though, I think even the original '73 Grand Am, with an automatic and the 170 hp 400, was only good for 0-60 in around 12.8, according to one road test I saw.
I wonder if GM had any issues with those tall axle ratios. I know when Chrysler started using 2.26:1 axles, instead of the 2.45:1, it started putting a strain on the transmission, so they changed first gear from 2.45:1 to 2.74:1, and I think they changed second gear from 1.45:1 to 1.58:1, to compensate. However, I think the lightweight GM THM200 transmission already had slightly quicker first and second gears than the older THM 350 and 400 transmissions did. But, of course, those THM200s were troublesome, regardless. At least, in the earlier years.
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Speaking of Woodstock, I'm seeing David Crosby there Tuesday night. I'm in a mindset of wanting to see my favorite artists one last time before they stop touring. So far I've seen Art Garfunkel, Judy Collins, and Al Stewart in the past year or so and the last two were at this theater right in my town.
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Family. Quest. Moose.
Notice the AMC Eagle is probably the "Antarctic Blue Super Sports Wagon" Clark originally ordered.
There are reproductions of that Lou Glutz license plate available online - if my state didn't have front plates, it would be somewhat tempting to have one.
Lol! My favorite movies seem to have funny details which I never noticed the first time around.
The Sinclair DINO unleaded gas pump is another good fit for this scene.
Steve Miller put on a nice show here.
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I remember reading that. A classmate sent me a review of his recent NYC show, titled "Crosby 2.0 Knocks It Out Of The Park". He played our small local theater probably six months ago and I didn't go as didn't want to spend the money. I read good reviews and decided just to do it this time. Going solo, as wife says "For $80 his 'and friends' better be Crosby, Stills, and Nash!".
I've always liked the folkies and songwriters and second-or-third-tier artists. Steve Miller would never play this theater. But I love that it's a mile from my house, I park on the street for free, can slip out a side door after the show, and I'm in my garage in five minutes.
Al Stewart blew me away. Had always wanted to see him but wife didn't so went solo. A songwriter who writes about historic events! His band was a rocking band too, believe it or not. I'd put him at probably my favorite show of all after Carly Simon (super rare) and one or two of Judy Collins' shows from way back. Wife dragged me to Herb Alpert at this theater a couple years back and I was sort-of a snob going into it, but his was a great show too, with his wife Lani Hall from 'Brasil '66'.
I'm so enjoying the small venue, even though the place is essentially dumpy (old movie theater), and I'm so tired of big venues that require a screen to see the artist, or even those 5,000-seat places.
Steve Miller (and Moody Blues) played at an outdoor venue on the South Boston waterfront, lucky that we had perfect weather for both! And free indoor parking, thanks to "VIP" tickets supplied by the GF's company. If only they paid for dinner before, too...
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I had initially heard someplace that Crosby was unhappy with Nash leaving his decades-long wife for someone half her age fairly recently, but there's gotta be more to it since none of the other three talk to him.
Nash certainly seems the healthiest of all four, but I considered him the lightest-weight writer of all of them.
I've read that Crosby has been pretty prolific the past few years in writing and recording quality stuff, and still sounds good. Even by myself, I'm looking forward to it.
All those gorgeous pictures of those clean cars make me feel guilty for not washing my truck.
On the Vacation theme, this one would be amusing:
Hughes was really into personalized plates,too.
“Clark, You’re doing 85 MPH
Doesn’t feel like it does it honey
SLOW DOWN”
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Here's another good plate - I wish the BMW used in these scenes would have been visible (I don't recall it anyway):
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Years ago I saw a 58 Pontiac convertible in the small town where my mom lives, I think it had fuel injection.
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The fines and insurance will hurt a bit, too.
https://youtu.be/TRNaJ64NiJI?t=2598
My Uncle has one of those. Gorgeous car
Is the car on the left a Studebaker or Packard?
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Is the car on the left a Studebaker or Packard?
Gotta be a Packard, the side trim is wrong for a Stude. But it's one of the Packardbaker years, however, so Stude is not far off.
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Is the car on the left a Studebaker or Packard?
'57 Packard Clipper, supercharged. Those tend in the real world to bring more bucks than earlier-fifties "real" Packard Clipper sedans.
I like the low beltline and trim proportions of those cars, which of course wasn't considered a sales benefit in the late fifties, LOL.
I knew a girl in college who in '80 or '81 bought a 16K mile same light metallic blue with white Landau top '78 Malibu Classic Landau coupe, those same wheelcovers, white bucket seats and console and the optional instrumentation I liked. Loved that car; lost track of her and the car. On those cars, the console met up with the instrument panel. Only Chevy and Pontiac were like that, I think.
That car can't be the actual car given, at $5,049.00. Hell, my friends' parents' '78 Malibu Classic 4-door sedan with V8, A/C, cruise, whitewalls, vinyl top was $6,600. I noticed when they were reading the options they said "Rally Wheels". The car pictured has the "Sport Wheel Covers".
When other guys my age wanted a Camaro, Corvette, or Datsun Z, I wanted one of these with the F-41 suspension. Hey, you could actually put something in the trunk and people in the back seat! Plus, at the time they were considered somewhat "new thinking".
Watching the clip again, they don't say "Malibu Classic", just "Malibu". Ah ha, no wonder just $5,049! Again, can't be the car shown. That seems a bit shady but probably done all the time back then.
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My Mom's 1980 Malibu coupe was around $6700 out the door, when it was new. It was just a regular, non-Classic. 229 V-6, which was thankfully made standard that year, automatic, power steering/brakes, a/c, AM/FM radio, rear window defrost, white walls, vinyl interior. Bench front seat. I think its base MSRP was around $5500. Of course, inflation was pretty rampant back then, so $5,000 in 1978 was NOT the same as $5,000 in 1980.
But, my grandparents bought a '75 Dart Swinger, 225 slant six, and Mom bought a '75 LeMans coupe with the 350-2bbl, and both of those were around $5,000. So I can't imagine that Malibu in '78, equipped like that, being that cheap. And, interestingly, a bigger engine usually didn't add too much to the price of a car in those days. Often, you could get a big engine for about the price of an 8-track.
When they rattle off the options, they don't say A/C, V8, or even radio, and they just say "Malibu", which I could believe for that $5,049 price. That car pictured has power windows too--that's a $7,000 car in '78.
My parents' '80 Monte Carlo, 229 V6, Rally Wheels, whitewalls, AM/FM radio and rear seat speaker, Custom Deluxe (colored) seat belts, tinted glass, Sport Mirrors, Exterior Decor Group which got you the belt moldings, rocker moldings, body side moldings, and painted pinstriping, and the Montes that year came standard with clock and F-41 suspension and 70-series tires, stickered at the bottom, after destination, at $7,070.00. No A/C. I had the sticker around here until a couple years ago.
You're right about inflation being quite rampant those years. In '79 was the first time I saw a Caprice Classic hit $10K sticker. At Clarion, where I went to college, one of the young guy detailers at the Chevy dealer (I know they didn't call it that then, LOL) ordered a new dark blue with white top Caprice Classic Landau, loaded with everything including power sunroof and I remember the sticker was $9,600. I wondered then, and now, how'd he pay for that, LOL. I remember he said he ordered it as a '77 and it came in a '78 at the beginning of the model year.
About the '79 Caprice Classic I saw at our hometown dealer for $10K, I can remember my Dad saying, "I never thought I'd see a $10K Chevy", LOL.
In watching several of these, I noticed there was a batch of moderately equipped Novas or Buick siblings given away in 76-77, along with several late run Vegas, and a Chevette would pop up here and there along with a Monza or sibling. Seldom anything higher than a Malibu. Now and then something would appear, like a Cadillac, Jaguar, Mercedes. Japanese cars seemed to make their arrival on TPiR around 1980-81, Mazdas and Datsuns. Here's another 1978 episode featuring both a Monza and a then-new MB W123, and amusing clothing all-round:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOO3CbXKrf4
I notice that pretty Packardbaker has 1963 issue WA plates, but with a month decal, never noticed anything like that before, I'd be interested to see the rear plate to see if those are period issued plates kept on the car, or were we-registered.
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But on the affair, I remember he admitted it, said she had told him he needed "excitement in his life", and he said, "I didn't need THAT kind of excitement!". This was after his longtime wife Dorothy had passed. And the story largely blew away.
FWIW, I remember going into a Dodge dealer in 1993, and looking at an Intrepid that had in the showroom. At that time, I remember thinking good lord, who would've ever thought the day would come when you'd see a $25,000 Dodge!