The CZickness XLIII prepping for winter.

[churchmouse]

hand

and it's a convertible.......

I have owned a few convertibles and could never see what the big deal was about them. Cool, yeah, I guess. Pain in the ass.....Oh yeah.
1968 Impala S/S brand new 427 3 peddles and a drop. I had the top down a few times when the females wanted it but for me it was not something I cared for. I bought the car for the drive train.
1967 Corvette. Now these need to be open top. Its what they are.
I did a 1969 Camaro pace car that had been wrecked in the mid 80's. Turned out real nice but I sold it because it was a drop.

The old adage the price goes up when the top goes down is true but you can have them.

 

[churchmouse]

Local customer bought this one a couple years ago. It’s been in and out to correct various things. This time it got a light engine refresh and conversion from a 4 speed back to its as born automatic transmission.

It’s a 1 of 1 as born with the colors and combos, but someone in the past changed the interior color and top color from its original camel. Supposedly it was was originally ordered as a 4 speed but showed up as an automatic and the original owner converted it, that’s the story we were told at least…

Is the engine you posted in pics out of that one...?????

 

[RustyHornet]

C4 or C6?

C4 as was original in these.

 

[RustyHornet]

Is the engine you posted in pics out of that one...?????

Yes sir! Just dropped it in today.

 

[Leadeye]

C4 as was original in these.

I can't rememeber when the C6 gets in the picture with Mustangs. I'm thinking the Clevelands had a transmission called the FMX.

 

[Born2vette]

I have owned a few convertibles and could never see what the big deal was about them. Cool, yeah, I guess. Pain in the ass.....Oh yeah.
1968 Impala S/S brand new 427 3 peddles and a drop. I had the top down a few times when the females wanted it but for me it was not something I cared for. I bought the car for the drive train.
1967 Corvette. Now these need to be open top. Its what they are.
I did a 1969 Camaro pace car that had been wrecked in the mid 80's. Turned out real nice but I sold it because it was a drop.

The old adage the price goes up when the top goes down is true but you can have them.

Have owned a convertible of one kind or another for nearly 25 yrs. Always enjoy top down driving as weather allows, the hotter the better. Always helped unwind after a long, high stress day. My 20 minute commute was just enough to get my stress down before walking in the house.

 

[churchmouse]

Have owned a convertible of one kind or another for nearly 25 yrs. Always enjoy top down driving as weather allows, the hotter the better. Always helped unwind after a long, high stress day. My 20 minute commute was just enough to get my stress down before walking in the house.

Oh I get it completely its just not for me especially when these were my de-stressing platforms.

Mine is in the middle but I had a huge hand in building all of them in my shop.

The king of reduced stress....

 

[RustyHornet]

I can't rememeber when the C6 gets in the picture with Mustangs. I'm thinking the Clevelands had a transmission called the FMX.

I think the c6 was put behind the big blocks.

 

[Leadeye]

I rememeber the C6 in combination with the 385 blocks and I think you are right about it going on the FE as well. I think the 390 and 428 both had the C6.

 

[RustyHornet]

I rememeber the C6 in combination with the 385 blocks and I think you are right about it going on the FE as well. I think the 390 and 428 both had the C6.

That’s been my experience at least.

 

[RustyHornet]

I’ve always enjoyed drop tops. Have only owned one personally, 1970 Plymouth Fury III. Was just a cruiser and a perfect one at that. Only had it for a summer. Actually the car I was driving when I first met T-DOGG. Total pimp status.

 

[Bennettjh]

Brownells has Hodgdon Varget and H4895 in stock. 1lb containers.

Got 2# of H4895.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[88E30M50]

Have owned a convertible of one kind or another for nearly 25 yrs. Always enjoy top down driving as weather allows, the hotter the better. Always helped unwind after a long, high stress day. My 20 minute commute was just enough to get my stress down before walking in the house.

Same story here. My first convertible was bought in 1996. Stress just evaporates with a bit of spirited driving top down.

 

[Hoosier45]

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[88E30M50]

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[Hoosier45]

You just missed page 1

Thanks for waiting for me…

 

[bcannon]

Got the 39A firing pin finally at 6 tonight. Spent a hour fitting it and she's shooting perfect now. Just finished cleaning it and ready to go shootn with the gson. I did a little more research and it's a 1954 not 55. It's not perfect but it's good enough for me.

 

[bcannon]

2 fingers of Blantons and some deer jerky to finish the day off.

 

[Born2vette]

I’ve always enjoyed drop tops. Have only owned one personally, 1970 Plymouth Fury III. Was just a cruiser and a perfect one at that. Only had it for a summer. Actually the car I was driving when I first met T-DOGG. Total pimp status.

A buddy of mine in high school had a 1969 Pontiac Catalina convertible. Seated 6 and was a major land yacht, but fun.

 

[88E30M50]

2 fingers of Blantons and some deer jerky to finish the day off.

I finished off a bottle of Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban scotch tonight. There was just enough for 2 fingers plus maybe a smidge more.