Classic Car Pics. Yours not yours, all things cool or not so cool.

[mikek]

Back when you could get a 427 with dual quads right off the showroom floor.

 

[gregkl]

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Dad sold this one to buy Mom some new living room furniture in the early 60s.
Dad was a Korean War vet.
It had a couple brass 105 shell casings for exhaust tips.

I can't tell if it's a '33 or '34, but that is my favorite year of the era. And the 5-window style ta boot!

 

[gregkl]

58, 59, & 60… back when you could easily tell one year from another and one make from anotherView attachment 196065

I always thought it would be cool to have a car the same vintage as me(1959). Unfortunately I was never a big enough fan to pull the trigger on one. I preferred the '55, 57-58 or late '60's.

I suppose a '59 Vette might have worked...

 

[indyartisan]

I can't tell if it's a '33 or '34, but that is my favorite year of the era. And the 5-window style ta boot!

34

 

[churchmouse]

Back when you could get a 427 with dual quads right off the showroom floor.
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425 HP my butt.....

 

[Ingomike]

425 HP my butt.....

What are you thinking it was? Is it an overhyped marketing number or a under-hyped marketing number so buyers could get insurance?

 

[mikek]

What are you thinking it was? Is it an overhyped marketing number or a under-hyped marketing number so buyers could get insurance?

I would say under-hyped marketing number so buyers could get insurance

 

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[churchmouse]

What are you thinking it was? Is it an overhyped marketing number or a under-hyped marketing number so buyers could get insurance?

Way under. It was the ploy manf used to keep Insurance company's at bay. Never saw a big ford on the dyno in the day but I did see some big Chevy's and Mopar's all rated at 425 HP push the numbers north of 500.
The one COPO I saw on the rollers was rated at 450 and it was 100 low from our figures.
I imagine the Fords held the same.

 

[Doug28450]

Way under. It was the ploy manf used to keep Insurance company's at bay. Never saw a big ford on the dyno in the day but I did see some big Chevy's and Mopar's all rated at 425 HP push the numbers north of 500.
The one COPO I saw on the rollers was rated at 450 and it was 100 low from our figures.
I imagine the Fords held the same.

The L-88 in the 1969 Corvette was 427 ci and up around 560 hp. In the sales literature it was rated at 430 hp and the L-71 was rated at 435 hp. Chevrolet did this primarily because they intended for the L-88 to be used for off road purposes. Thus, they rated it below the L-71 thinking that the general public would want 435 hp instead of the more expensive L-88 at 430 hp.

 

[churchmouse]

The L-88 in the 1969 Corvette was 427 ci and up around 560 hp. In the sales literature it was rated at 430 hp and the L-71 was rated at 435 hp. Chevrolet did this primarily because they intended for the L-88 to be used for off road purposes. Thus, they rated it below the L-71 thinking that the general public would want 435 hp instead of the more expensive L-88 at 430 hp.

My experiences was in actual chassis and engine dyno observations. One of the early chassis dynos in Indy at a local Sunoco service station in Speedway that did a lot of performance work in the multi bay area. These were crude by todays standards to say the very least but you could get some good base lines as you did your performance upgrades. I was a wide eyed 20 year old street racer and worked part time there. This allowed me and a buddy who also pitched in free access to the dyno to tune our street/strip cars. It gave us a serious edge.
Never played with an L-88 but there were 2 that ran at Raceway park in the SS wars that were numerous there. Fast. But if you know any SS class guys they get deep into what ever power package they choose to run so nothing is as built factory.

 

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