I just had to chuckle.
I just had to chuckle.
The ad is definitely targeted toward an extremely sophisticated buyer.
The 70s-era sidepipes have gotta be good for 50hp....
Those are lake pipes.
He doesn't even say what engine is in it!
"He doesn't even say what engine is in it!"
And neither do 99% of the other CL posters....stupid/annoying, isn't it?
BTW, in my experience, the engine usually does make a vehicle go fast. Except in those rare situations when the paint job somehow makes a car faster.
And you just know if you were to email the guy and ask him what engine it is, he'd just respond with "it's a V8".
My guess is it's a 400M, maybe a 460.
integraguy wrote:"He doesn't even say what engine is in it!"
And neither do 99% of the other CL posters....stupid/annoying, isn't it?
BTW, in my experience, the engine usually does make a vehicle go fast. Except in those rare situations when the paint job somehow makes a car faster.
I'm calling you out as a NOOB, experts know STICKERS affect a vehicles ability to go faster while a paint job does nothing for a car except add weight and make it pretty, duh
914Driver wrote: Those are lake pipes.
I've always called those side pipes (popular in the 70s). Lake pipes were popular in the 50s. Like those above:
The difference is the car they're on or the length of the tube?
Dan
As turns out, yes, the truck is fast because of the engine in it. I have $100 that says it will beat all those engineless trucks down the dragstrip
Nope, side pipes. Lakes pipe are dummy pipes with a block off like PS122 posted. I used to see them on the low riders back in the 70's in SoCal also. Fast? Most likely 460. 400M in 79? OK. Dad had one a few years older with a 390 in it. Not easy to change that #8 plug w/AC.
Raze wrote:integraguy wrote: "He doesn't even say what engine is in it!" And neither do 99% of the other CL posters....stupid/annoying, isn't it? BTW, in my experience, the engine usually does make a vehicle go fast. Except in those rare situations when the paint job somehow makes a car faster.I'm calling you out as a NOOB, experts know STICKERS affect a vehicles ability to go faster while a paint job does nothing for a car except add weight and make it pretty, duh
Here is a photo of my old truck, as you can see it had really, really groovy stickers so it was much faster...
Ya gotta love CL. It never fails to entertain.
I thought the accepted theory was that the color RED painted on the most humble car (like a Chevy Cavalier) will somehow make that particular Cavalier faster than other non-red Cavaliers and as fast or faster than a non-red Corvette.
integraguy wrote: I thought the accepted theory was that the color RED painted on the most humble car (like a Chevy Cavalier) will somehow make that particular Cavalier faster than other non-red Cavaliers and as fast or faster than a non-red Corvette.
No, no, no. Red just makes you faster. Not faster than a specific car, just faster, period. Seriously. Look it up (people who play 40K know what I'm talking about).
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