This is mine, 1973 Pontiac LeMans

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I'm bumping this back up. Let's see your other rides! Here's my GMC.

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Check out www.factoryfive.com (http://www.factoryfive.com) for a couple thousand in savings. Adios Allante!
Course it would have been nice if they had picked the "Cad Allard." (almost forgot where I was posting.)

is the Factory Five still down the street from you?





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Five minutes away and for the past twenty years. What a great spot to stop by for a cup of coffee and some car talk. Some day the Allante will go and as long as I can still lay on my back and hold a wrench!!
I think I have mentioned that four years ago when #1 son built a new house he stipulated on a three car garage so that he will have the room for a Factory Five" when his #2 daughter finishes college. She will be a senior this year.

I am a collector of a certain make of vehicles. Hopefully I wont be chastised, but my fiancee and I collect dodge products. From tiny toy cars to real cars, we have quite a collection. While it is mostly collectables, die cast cars and such, we have some rare items, and we are working on having an actual car from each decade. We current have covered the 70s, 80s (3) , 90s (2), and 00s. I have been in a few magazines for my first car, my 1983 Dodge Mirada. I recently also acquired a 1972 DodgeDemon, and later this week I will be looking at a 1992 Plymouth Laser AWD Turbo.

Here are pictures of a few of our vehicles:
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http://www.dodgeforum.com/upfiles/2745/asppg_Pv189106845.jpg

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Considering that they are Dodge products, they are always breaking...so they are all constant projects...:D

i'm thinking that maybe "project cars" is more accurate. no?



ORIGINAL: Katzmans Caddy

This is mine, 1973 Pontiac LeMans

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Not sure what the correct title is, mine is far from a project, it has every piece of chrome, every interior part and runs like a top, reliable, probably in better condition than may folks regular everyday car, never hesitated to take it on a 100 mile trip. Has only 60,000 original miles. The only thing I do to it is wash, wax and burn rubber. :D

my demon is a project car...it has a full fiberglass front end, disc brakes, aftermarket suspension, and a new drivetrain.

and yes, that LeMans looks nicer than most peoples DD...very nice car.

your may be the exception.
check out the red Duster on the flatbed.

we used to have a blue one, got 4mpg with the
340 MOPAR modified and extra slicks for the strip.

those were the days.

sold it, the guy handed over the cash and he pulled it out of the garage,
then drove off and proceeded to plow into the curve and block wall
three blocks away as he smoked them for the full lenght of the block.

TOTALED!

what a deal he got.
i think i cried that day - (i said i think).





ORIGINAL: Katzmans Caddy

Not sure what the correct title is, mine is far from a project, it has every piece of chrome, every interior part and runs like a top, reliable, probably in better condition than may folks regular everyday car, never hesitated to take it on a 100 mile trip. Has only 60,000 original miles. The only thing I do to it is wash, wax and burn rubber. :D





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Well it wasn't always the way it is in the picture...

did you buy it in rough shape/restore it, or have you owned it for a long time, and repaired the wear and tear?

what engine/trans?

I have had it for some time but it was pretty complete when I got it. I am the 4th owner, Original owner had the car from March 1973 to November 1989. The car is in far superior condition today than when I purchased it. The trunk was full of parts and trim pieces that fell off over the years and I had to repair the floor pan and trunk in a few places. It was in a barn about 200 miles north of Toronto so it had no exhaust system and years of dust and grim. Some body work was needed etc......I have kept it up and drove it while getting it to where it is today.

Now for the interesting part. The car is built in Oshawa Ontario, so you may or may not know that for the most part Canadian built Pontiacs left the factory with Chevrolet engines of similar power and displacement as the US cars. This began in the mid 50's and ended in 1977 when GM went corporate. Full sized Canadian Pontiacs were shorter too usually up to 6" shorter in the wheel base, because they were built on Chevrolet Chassis. We had our own distinctive models too. Tempest/GTO's were not available through regular dealer channels until 1970. There are lots of Pontiacs here with 283, 327 and orange 350 engines, less common are 348 3X2's, 396, 409 3X2's, 427 and 454 but they all exist.

Now my car is do***ented by GM Canada as one of 3,761 built. It has a TH 350 transmission and an L-48 Corvette 350. That's how she left the factory. Pontiac badged the engines as Pontiac Astro-Flash for Small blocks and Pontiac Astro-Jet for Big blocks. I try to keep it as original as possible with AC Delco parts and what not.

I'll get a pic of the engine posted if you are interested.

wow...thats very interesting, with the drivetrain items.

Its very nice, and I also appreciate that it isnt the "typical" muscle car...i dont know that ive seen many, especially that clean.

My Dad had one and it was the car I learned to drive on, so there is a sentimental reason behind having it. Anyway here's a shot of the engine. I have since put on a ZZ4 Intake from Chevrolet Perfomance Parts.



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wow....looks spotless.

I would love to find my dads 64 corvette some time, but it is my understanding that it was totaled shortly after he sold it.

ORIGINAL: Katzmans Caddy

My Dad had one and it was the car I learned to drive on, so there is a sentimental reason behind having it. Anyway here's a shot of the engine. I have since put on a ZZ4 Intake from Chevrolet Perfomance Parts.



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My 71 elcamino had a zz4 crate motor along with all the other goodies. Terrific motor, handled a 150 shot of nos pretty good.

ORIGINAL: Patrick

wow....looks spotless.

I would love to find my dads 64 corvette some time, but it is my understanding that it was totaled shortly after he sold it.


Probably only goes 1,000 miles a year, stays tucked inside under a blanket all winter so not that hard to keep the motor clean.

Why not sell a few Dodges and pick up a 64 Vette?

ORIGINAL: G.A.R.Y.

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My 71 elcamino had a zz4 crate motor along with all the other goodies. Terrific motor, handled a 150 shot of nos pretty good.


If I'm not mistaken the ZZ4 had 330 HP out of the crate adding in a 150 shot of NOS and that would have been one wild riding El Camino!

I happened to be up late the other night and caught a Ca. car auction on tv and a 63 zo6 split window went for 205k. YIKES, however there are some 64's 327's for a lot less.

ORIGINAL: Katzmans Caddy

ORIGINAL: Patrick

wow....looks spotless.

I would love to find my dads 64 corvette some time, but it is my understanding that it was totaled shortly after he sold it.


Probably only goes 1,000 miles a year, stays tucked inside under a blanket all winter so not that hard to keep the motor clean.

Why not sell a few Dodges and pick up a 64 Vette?


right now, i dont want a 64 vette...i want my dads 64 vette. plus, ive been racing mopars for 10 years now, and i have so many parts...i have several storage garages with spare parts. :D

ORIGINAL: Patrick
...i have several storage garages with spare parts. :D


That would neat to see, kind'a like a Mopar Museum.

Here's a neat feature of my car, a 160 MPH speedometer

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Interesting site regarding hobby cars!

www.semasan.com

A lobby group for the auto hobby industry. Makes sense if you are in the business of selling parts and performance parts. Never realized that there were so many anit-car hobby pieces of legislation to contend with.

Here in Toronto, Tuner Street Racing is so bad legisaltion is being introduced to permit police to confiscate the cars and crack down on modifications from stock. Several innocent people have been killed by these street racers who either drag race or run through traffic likea slalom course.

OK I finally got around to put a photo of my Dodge in my computer so I can show you my toy. The car was only a few months old when I got it. It was a chrysler exec. car, I was the 1st private owner of it. Had this when I was in school, and has sentimental value to me so I will always keep it. After it was restored a # of years ago, it was driven daily during the summer, now it is an ocasional driver, on nice days.(The tires in this pic. have been replaced it now has the orig. polyglas on it)
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Jim
I know it's a dodge but.....................................SWEET..


What year?

Gary: It's a 1974 Challenger Rallye, black, with dark green interior. I'm sure that was a rare color combo, and it looks real nice that way.http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h111/JimandKim/dodge4-1.jpg

So it has a 383?

Jim, Isn't there another Mopar toy sharing the garage with the Allante.?

In 1974, (last year made) engine size was limited, this one only had a 318, (only option missing on this car was the optional 360 which replaced the 340 that was avail in 72 and 73)but it is a very reliable engine that they produced for years. Only the 1970 and 71 had the big block engines(I wish this was a 70 or 71), by 1972, smog controls, etc. was forcing the auto industry to shift their thoughts to smaller engines again, so 1/2 way through 1974 they stopped production of the challenger. The mechanic here has been trying to convince me to puta hemi into it, as they can be purchased at a reasonable price with the transmission along with it, but the engine has never been out of this car, and most of it is orig. right down to the spring hose clamps. When I had the body work done and the interior replaced with the orig. specs, I brought it to 3 different shows and it won best of it's class all 3 times (never brought it back since).Just dashs in Calif. did a great job on the dash, returned it back just like a brand new one, down to the last detail.The time I had that done they were just starting to do a # of e-bodies, and they knew just how to do the job correctly.
Yes Bill I also have a 1987 Lebaron in the garage. I have a 3 car garage, Challenger, allante, lebaron. The other cars are left outside in the driveway are the jeep gr. cherokee, and dodge minivan.5 vehicles are enough to maintain.

Go for the hemi

When I dropped the zz4 crate motor in my el camino, I kept the motor and tranny. The car wasn't for sale but someone from boca made me an offer I couldn't refuse, and for a little more I sold him the original drive train. sure do miss that one though.

Just want to say that that is one fine looking Challenger, I always liked them. Loved that movie Vanishing Point. The Hemi is an individual choice but personally I would hate to see a car in such original condition being modified. Your car is representative of that era and I don't think the 318 makes it aslug either. I am sure you can still get speeding tickets with that.As a survivor of all these years I think you would be wise to keep the original drivetrain. As far as your Black with Green interior goes that has to be a rare combination, I'd love to see it. :)

will the owner of these toys step forward?







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waiting ....


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last call ....







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Is that Gary's ?

That's my c 06 and OCC.

Thanks for posting it for me Stealth.

"LOGIC" tells me G.A.R.Y. is not a family guy!

hyperion, Think his daughter loves him!

Nice toys GARY.

ORIGINAL: hyperion

"LOGIC" tells me G.A.R.Y. is not a family guy!



Zin

Prime example of why we should not always rely on logic. Fact of the matter is I am a family guy, but I'm also king of my shack. lol

ORIGINAL: wcoates

hyperion, Think his daughter loves him!

Nice toys GARY.



Silly Bill

Of course my daughter loves me I sent her to U of Florida. She loves dumpin on OSU guys.
Actually, I'm a gator hater to, it was her choice to go to gatorland to get ONE DEGREE.

Go Canes

As long as she doesn't intro her beau of the week as "80 car Juan". If so send her back to 'Cane or 'Nole country for her second degree!

Sorry G.A.R.Y., I should have asked first if you owned a "weedeater/" instead of relying on two seat cars.

Gary and Sam are smart .. very smart ...


"To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy."
"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."




ORIGINAL: G.A.R.Y.

Silly Bill

Of course my daughter loves me I sent her to U of Florida. She loves dumpin on OSU guys.
Actually, I'm a gator hater to, it was her choice to go to gatorland to get ONE DEGREE.

Go Canes

u sure it was Juan and not O'D ?


ORIGINAL: wcoates

As long as she doesn't intro her beau of the week as "80 car Juan". If so send her back to 'Cane or 'Nole country for her second degree!

Me gut says Juan/John not O'D. could be wrong. who is Sam?

if i was you, i would NOT use the name Sam in the same sentence as Juan or O'D.
not sure even in the same post ..

Gary,, he knows not what he says. forgive him.

ORIGINAL: wcoates

Me gut says Juan/John not O'D. could be wrong. who is Sam?


Sam is my daughter, who Stealth for a long time didn't know her name and she was known as 20 something. Samantha is now 26 and doing well. Since my last accident on the Harely I don't let her ride with me anymore. Gotta keep the gene pool alive. One thing she got from me was to stay away from far left and far right wackos. G.A.R.Y.

This is way off the subject, need more photos of vehicles.

The red thing in the back ground is a Caddy. This must be old age! Like Caddy as much as Vette!

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here is my hobby car in progress of renovation ...





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here is a just like mine my hobby scooter .. in storage until 2015 ....





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i decided the Allanté is really a toy/hobby car
she came out in sunlight for a wash,
a rare event since she stays pretty clean

top is up for a brush scrub and a wet stretch.
found out the tops shrink if always folded.






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Like the look w/o the grille Caddy emblem. from that angle, you;d really confuse the troops. Have you done anything with the taillight script?

looks like that front plate say HONKEY

ORIGINAL: Stealth



here is a just like mine my hobby scooter .. in storage until 2015 ....





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Curiosity killed that stupid cat, ok it's in storeage until '15 why!

Not really a project car, I work on cars all day so I don't have alot of desire for major projects. I really enjoy spending time driving my car at track events and autoxs, less working on it and more driving it.
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thanks .. i really like the sleek look w/o the grill ornament ...
she does look a bit different ...

the tail arrays are 100% OEM, the front ornament looked to me like a nose pimple
so it came off.
it got stored in the spare tire compartment along the "Cadillac bambi grill ornament".


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ORIGINAL: wcoates

Like the look w/o the grille Caddy emblem. from that angle, you;d really confuse the troops. Have you done anything with the taillight script?

that is when my "young one" will turn 21.

a matter of survival and a promise i made to assure my kids would have a father for at least 21 years.
IMO, and statiscally, 4 wheelers dont see bikers and when they see them, they dont repect them.

see? the cat did fine this time.



ORIGINAL: wcoates

ORIGINAL: Stealth



here is a just like mine my hobby scooter .. in storage until 2015 ....





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Curiosity killed that stupid cat, ok it's in storeage until '15 why!

nice threads at the back end.
give us some performance specs?

you got pics of burn outs ?



ORIGINAL: z32drifter

Not really a project car, I work on cars all day so I don't have alot of desire for major projects. I really enjoy spending time driving my car at track events and autoxs, less working on it and more driving it.
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The Z car is not really a burnout machine. It should make a little over 200 hp at the rear wheels and weights around 3200 lbs. I've run it a the drag strip a few time for fun best run was a 14.6 at 98mph. Only power adders are intake/exhaust and ECU. I've built the car for autoX and small road course work, currently the car has won Central Florida Region (west coast) Solo II championship 2004,05,06, and working on 07 it my class E street prepared. I put full suspension, coilover and adjustable control arms late last year. I'm still working on the setup, I stuffed 275/40/17s Victoracers under the car and wear looks good so far. My initial alignment setting look to be 80+% on the money so I'm working with tire pressures and shock settings until I can determine the changes I want to try with the alignment. That's the hardest part with setting up an autoX car you have a limited amount of times to get the job done. Then you have to wait until the next event to see if your changes were better or worse, but I like the challenge.

these landed on my system, i bet the owner pops up and claims them ...





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Thanks stealth

31 franklin and a 32 lincoln kb12

these are scanned old photos, when I get to Pa I will take better shots, especially the motor of the lincoln, it's black porcelain.

all the cars that are posted here, are beauties!

No pics of my Cadillac yet, but here's a couple of my pickemup.


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That p/u looks like it's waitin for a crate motor.

Yeah, if I can get a Cadillac 365 or 390 in a crate. It's either Caddy power or the original '55 265 built close to '56 2X4 Power Pack specs. That intake manifold alone should be worth about what a good '59 390 goes for. Gonnalower it like they did in '55 (think Barris' Kopper Kart) and drive the hell out of it. It'll be atotally period (mild) custom to about 1960-61 when it's done. Haven't been able to settle on a color yet, but my girlfriend told me it needs to stay the original yellow.

i have a while to go before i get into the tech buiz but i wont to restore old body cadiillacs from the 1960's and up but i haven't really decided wicj will be my first choice but i will keep reaseacheing with the aid of this web site my choice making should be a little eiaser, i'm thinking a 1985 black on black fleetwood... but i also want to take a full body desing like that and in a different project with a different car run one on a track and make it a performance vehicle... but that is in the future if you all think it's carzy i'm serious, go under google and look up "cadillac attack" it should show it i think it's amazing conversion fo an 80's body coupe deville

--billyo
South Side
Chicago

ive got an 88 bronco ive modified/restored. 225,000 miles and still runs good. i picked up a 1968 bronco with a plow recently. its rotted out but runs good. thats my next project. ill have to post some pics later

ORIGINAL: lazybones!

ive got an 88 bronco ive modified/restored. 225,000 miles and still runs good. i picked up a 1968 bronco with a plow recently. its rotted out but runs good. thats my next project. ill have to post some pics later


for all around 4x4, its difficult to do any better.


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