NASSTY
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Add him to the list of stupid comments.Knight Rider wheels look nothing like GTA wheels.
Stupid car show comments part 2
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Add him to the list of stupid comments.Knight Rider wheels look nothing like GTA wheels.
I've only owned my T for 2 years, but the worst I've had was a not-so-bad version of the 350 suggestion. The guy at the NAPA machine shop told me I should take out that 6 and put my turbo setup on a 350, and it would be a lot faster. I told him that if I put all the money that would cost into this motor, it would be even faster. He didn't believe me. Go figure. He's building a 400 SB to put in his pickup, so maybe I'll be able to convince him out on the streets someday. 
The biggest missed opportunity I've had so far was when I pulled up to wally world in my T-Type, and I parked next to a black dude in a base Monte with the hood up. I get out and make sure he isn't broke down or anything, and then I say "good to see another G body" or something like that. I don't know if he knew what I was talking about, but he asks me what I have in mine, and I pop the hood. He asks me if it's fast, and I tell him it's alright when it's running right. He says he's got a 350 in his with carb and flowmasters or something like that. I look over, and it looks pretty stock. Then, out of the blue, he asks me if I want to run for slips!!! It pissed me off so bad that I couldn't take him up on it. I had just put this rinky-dink boost controller on my car and I wasn't getting any boost at all. I guess I could have thrown the line on the actuator "tuner style" and run him, but I didn't think of it. my PT-54 is slow spooling anyway, and its even worse that way.
It seems to me that most people at least know what a GN is, but almost nobody has heard of the T-Type. A lot of times when I'm telling somebody about my car, they say, "is that like a Grand National?" I guess that's something special us T-Type guys get to put up with. I usually tell them "It's pretty much the same thing, just not black." Or if it's someone who seems capable of understanding more than basic concepts, I might explain to them that the GN was basically a special edition of the turbo Regal that came with special badges, interior, and of course all black.
OK, another really funny car story, while we're on the subject of stupid people and cars... A few years back, a buddy and I were cruising around in his 86 El Camino with a 4.3 in it. It's all stock, just in really nice shape. Anyway, we pull up to the movie theater parking lot, and we run into some teenage kids, one of whom is the little brother of a dude we sometimes hang out with. They compliment the car, and ask if we have anything done to it. Anyway, my buddy Jeremy is a funny SOB. He tells them it has a twin turbo setup on it. He pops the freakin hood. These kids lean over, and they're like "where are the turbos?" he points to some random place in front of the AC compressor or something, and says, "they're right under there." They look around, and say "oh, that's bad ass, i see them!" One of them asks if he has NOS. Jeremy says "actually yes, I have a sneaky pete system under the passenger seat." THis kid sticks his freakin hand under the seat and feels around, and he's all smiles. "holy sh!t, i feel it!" THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER THAT SEAT! I don't know what he thought he was feeling, but I'm sitting there trying to keep a straight face. When we're leaving, they shout for us to spin the tires. He power stalls it and squeaks out a little pegleg one tire fire. Those guys were all freaking out, doing the fist-over-mouth thing like ricers do when they are saying things like "sick" and "tight." We peel out of there laughing our asses off.
The biggest missed opportunity I've had so far was when I pulled up to wally world in my T-Type, and I parked next to a black dude in a base Monte with the hood up. I get out and make sure he isn't broke down or anything, and then I say "good to see another G body" or something like that. I don't know if he knew what I was talking about, but he asks me what I have in mine, and I pop the hood. He asks me if it's fast, and I tell him it's alright when it's running right. He says he's got a 350 in his with carb and flowmasters or something like that. I look over, and it looks pretty stock. Then, out of the blue, he asks me if I want to run for slips!!! It pissed me off so bad that I couldn't take him up on it. I had just put this rinky-dink boost controller on my car and I wasn't getting any boost at all. I guess I could have thrown the line on the actuator "tuner style" and run him, but I didn't think of it. my PT-54 is slow spooling anyway, and its even worse that way.
It seems to me that most people at least know what a GN is, but almost nobody has heard of the T-Type. A lot of times when I'm telling somebody about my car, they say, "is that like a Grand National?" I guess that's something special us T-Type guys get to put up with. I usually tell them "It's pretty much the same thing, just not black." Or if it's someone who seems capable of understanding more than basic concepts, I might explain to them that the GN was basically a special edition of the turbo Regal that came with special badges, interior, and of course all black.
OK, another really funny car story, while we're on the subject of stupid people and cars... A few years back, a buddy and I were cruising around in his 86 El Camino with a 4.3 in it. It's all stock, just in really nice shape. Anyway, we pull up to the movie theater parking lot, and we run into some teenage kids, one of whom is the little brother of a dude we sometimes hang out with. They compliment the car, and ask if we have anything done to it. Anyway, my buddy Jeremy is a funny SOB. He tells them it has a twin turbo setup on it. He pops the freakin hood. These kids lean over, and they're like "where are the turbos?" he points to some random place in front of the AC compressor or something, and says, "they're right under there." They look around, and say "oh, that's bad ass, i see them!" One of them asks if he has NOS. Jeremy says "actually yes, I have a sneaky pete system under the passenger seat." THis kid sticks his freakin hand under the seat and feels around, and he's all smiles. "holy sh!t, i feel it!" THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER THAT SEAT! I don't know what he thought he was feeling, but I'm sitting there trying to keep a straight face. When we're leaving, they shout for us to spin the tires. He power stalls it and squeaks out a little pegleg one tire fire. Those guys were all freaking out, doing the fist-over-mouth thing like ricers do when they are saying things like "sick" and "tight." We peel out of there laughing our asses off.
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Mr. Dull
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Yeah Brent, did you get her number
No guys she had a big Rock on her finger that could probably build 2 GN's. lol
Pronto
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My friend has several nice Fieros and when we sit behind it at shows the inevitable question is, "Where's the engine?" Until they walk down some and look under the hatch. Then they just walk away shaking their heads.
It's actually been years since mine's been misidentified. People seem to know what it is or at least that it's fast. A couple of months ago I drove mine to O'reillys to get a part for the escort and the two 18-20 yr olds working at the store were coming out the front door before I even got out. They knew what the gn was about and were droolin' pretty heavily. When I left they stood outside and watched, so as I pulled out I gave them a nice smoky burnout/drift across the four lanes- uncapped, of course.:biggrin:
Not as good as the milf story, but it was fun.
Not as good as the milf story, but it was fun.
well, at the bpgs this year a drunk chick walked up to a group of us hanging out by "coach"s gn and of course started to call it a monte, but before she could say carlo was cut off but the greatest thing is she then asked if it was a impala ss hahahahahah
Kewl thing happened to me the other day. I ran my car on friday night at the drag track. They had a huge Nostalgia prostock race, jet cars, funny cars, all kinds of stuff...there were millions upon million of high dollar outfits there. I was towing my rig out of the pits at about midnite and 20+ guys were standing around in front of one of those big car haulers, you know, the semi-tractor/trailer ones, and a guy goes, "Is that a Grand National?" They all look at my car and one guy goes, "It sure is a GN!" Man, that made my friggin day!!! Here these guys are oogling over MY car, and they run bazillion dollar drag cars.
87granny
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Heard a good one on Friday my car was parked at a cruise night me not their but my wife was guy walks up and looks at the car says shame its only a v6 my wife laughs and says wait till my husband gets back and let him take you for a ride see what you think then about this little v6
T- Type Tim
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Awww boost 231! Im sure how fast you car is speaks more than "its not an 87"
scojack_2001
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I had a good one the other night. Me and two friends that I always hang out with were out in the GN cruising around. I get this guy in a Toyota 4dr. ask me if it a single or twin and my buddy says it single. Then he asks if its big or little. I told him it still stock, for now. Then he says whats it run. My buddy says 11.98. The guy just looks at us like we're nuts.
Then he says, Im not joking, and this is a direct quote; "if you put twins on it you can run 9s!" Ive never laughed so hard in my life. And the whole time his blonde seat cover on the PS is just looking at my car.
Ive had a few people ask me if my car is SUPERcharged, while the hood was up...
Then last night I was getting gas in my Silverado at a WaWa and pull up next to a 04 GT Mustang. Beautiful car and it had maroon-ish paint and silver stripes with Bullitt wheels. Great looking car. Guy about my age in the PS side. I ask him what it runs and he said he's never ran it yet. Turned out it was a stock 21,000 mile car with a Vortech blower and at least full exhuast. Also had 315 Nittos out back too. Cool dudes, BS'd for a few minutes too. I gotta say that car sounded SO GOOD when he lit it off. I was surprised about those guys. I told them I had a little V6 Buick, and driver asks "Its not a T-Type is it?" I told them it was and they just look at each other. It was tuned by a local shop that I know the owner of and his brothers. He was running like 10psi and when I told him I run 26psi on 93/meth, this guy about fell over...
That was cool.
Then he says, Im not joking, and this is a direct quote; "if you put twins on it you can run 9s!" Ive never laughed so hard in my life. And the whole time his blonde seat cover on the PS is just looking at my car.
Ive had a few people ask me if my car is SUPERcharged, while the hood was up...
Then last night I was getting gas in my Silverado at a WaWa and pull up next to a 04 GT Mustang. Beautiful car and it had maroon-ish paint and silver stripes with Bullitt wheels. Great looking car. Guy about my age in the PS side. I ask him what it runs and he said he's never ran it yet. Turned out it was a stock 21,000 mile car with a Vortech blower and at least full exhuast. Also had 315 Nittos out back too. Cool dudes, BS'd for a few minutes too. I gotta say that car sounded SO GOOD when he lit it off. I was surprised about those guys. I told them I had a little V6 Buick, and driver asks "Its not a T-Type is it?" I told them it was and they just look at each other. It was tuned by a local shop that I know the owner of and his brothers. He was running like 10psi and when I told him I run 26psi on 93/meth, this guy about fell over...
That was cool.
turbowannabe
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my brother used to call my GN the "Mullet Mobile" because it was made in the 80's
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LOL! My buddys call mine the "Compton Cadillac"
corsair231
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you guys are forgetting about this one.
"hey look! the speedometer only goes to 85. it can't be thaaat fast???"
I have had that before, I just go into the long story about MADD and how they got that passed in the 80's and blah blah blah. It usually bores them after a few minutes and they move on.
T- Type Tim
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digital dash has kept me from that one but not from "you should put a grand national motor in that" no joke!
a few years ago I was hanging out at a cruise night with my GN. had a guy walk up, stared under the hood then asked me "how much did you pay for that turbo kit?" I told him it was factory and showed him the "Buick Turbocharged" lettering on the hood liner. He looked at me like I was crazy, then stared under the hood some more and walked off.
I told him it was factory and showed him the "Buick Turbocharged" lettering on the hood liner. He looked at me like I was crazy, then stared under the hood some more and walked off.Similar threads
