I took a good friends Cutlass 88 diesel and swapped in a 455 with a TH 400
transmission behind it. He wanted to tow a travel trailer sized consession
trailer. I added a tranny cooler and a 10,000 lb receiver hitch and air
shocks along with helper coil springs in the rear. He drove that thing for
several years after that. The only thing he didn't like was the 8-10 mpg.
Typical of a 455. If you want to play, ya gotta' pay. When Olds started
building crap like the alero, it signaled the end. I bet Ransom E. Olds is
twisting in his grave after he learned what Corporate did to his REO
Speedwagon. Pontiac and Saturn too. And Chevrolet builds stuff like
Chevettes, and Vegas, and Obama bails them out. They reward the taxpayers
by spending the bailout money in Communist China building Chevrolet cars
for them. Go figure. Global economy, you bet.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403
> Thanks Matt. That certainly clears up any further questions about that.
>
> On another note, I owned two Vegas and thought they were great little
> cars. One was a GT 4 speed that handled better than my MGB and ran like
> stink.
> The other was an iron block auto that also was a fine little car. Not
> being in the rust belt probably helps my opinion.
>
> On yet another note, there is a Cogsworth Vega in the area that is the
> terror of the street racing guys. He's reportedly embarrassed a lot of high
> dollar muscle cars.
> --
> Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
>
> 77 Eleganza II, 403CI, Manny Brakes, 1 ton, tranny, lots of aluminum
> goodies.
>
> http://www.bdub.net/pinkerton/
>
> '03 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
>
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transmission behind it. He wanted to tow a travel trailer sized consession
trailer. I added a tranny cooler and a 10,000 lb receiver hitch and air
shocks along with helper coil springs in the rear. He drove that thing for
several years after that. The only thing he didn't like was the 8-10 mpg.
Typical of a 455. If you want to play, ya gotta' pay. When Olds started
building crap like the alero, it signaled the end. I bet Ransom E. Olds is
twisting in his grave after he learned what Corporate did to his REO
Speedwagon. Pontiac and Saturn too. And Chevrolet builds stuff like
Chevettes, and Vegas, and Obama bails them out. They reward the taxpayers
by spending the bailout money in Communist China building Chevrolet cars
for them. Go figure. Global economy, you bet.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403
> Thanks Matt. That certainly clears up any further questions about that.
>
> On another note, I owned two Vegas and thought they were great little
> cars. One was a GT 4 speed that handled better than my MGB and ran like
> stink.
> The other was an iron block auto that also was a fine little car. Not
> being in the rust belt probably helps my opinion.
>
> On yet another note, there is a Cogsworth Vega in the area that is the
> terror of the street racing guys. He's reportedly embarrassed a lot of high
> dollar muscle cars.
> --
> Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
>
> 77 Eleganza II, 403CI, Manny Brakes, 1 ton, tranny, lots of aluminum
> goodies.
>
> http://www.bdub.net/pinkerton/
>
> '03 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
>
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