This is interesting, Paul. We just went through finding that there are a lot
of hams on the list. And Arch pointed out that there are a lot of pilots.
Now you mention Corvettes. I've had 49 so far...not all mid years though.
Last mid year I had was a 67 435 roadster black/black/black with a red hood
stripe. Sure miss it.
So how many other Corvette nuts on the list?
Travis in Lubbock, Texas hometown of Buddy Holly and not much else.
Did I mention that I'm a 50's music nut too? Any more of that around here?
And I'm an ex-Marine ex-cop. I'm curious to see how many common traits we
have here. I think there's something to the GMC being more than just a
motorhome...
- -----Original Message-----
From: Paul Cormier
To: Discussion Group
Cc: Paul Cormier
Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 2:10 PM
Subject: GMC: Rear axle ratios
Just another piece-my .02--of information to throw into the pile of the
discussion on rear end (make that--transaxle) ratios for our GMCs.
I was agast to learn several years ago--in my other hobby of refurbishing
63-67 Corvettes--that not all stamps or markings on rear ends and
transmissions were accurate. As old as the "mid-year" corvettes are now,
many
things could have happened in that 35+ year period. And our GMCs, which are
only 25+ years old, the same things did happen. Be aware, just because it
is
stamped with a "T" or something else on the outside, does not necessarily
mean
that the gears inside are now the same as what that "T" originally meant.
Any old mechanic can tell you during the heyday of the "Service Station",
the
hot rodders, the back yard dragsters, and any other means of
working/trading/experimenting on cars and parts; the parts that were
supposed
to be in there may not be in there any more. As one post recently stated,
the
rear end gears or whatever they are called can have a different number of
teeth. So long as it is a matched set, it will and can go back in an old
case. Someone recently got a 2:73 ratio when he thought he was paying for a
3:07. Was it a completely differently sized rear end; probably not, just a
different set of gears inside. You can't always judge a book by its cover!
Paul in San Angelo
Going back to see Dale in two weeks
for rearend extension removal.
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of hams on the list. And Arch pointed out that there are a lot of pilots.
Now you mention Corvettes. I've had 49 so far...not all mid years though.
Last mid year I had was a 67 435 roadster black/black/black with a red hood
stripe. Sure miss it.
So how many other Corvette nuts on the list?
Travis in Lubbock, Texas hometown of Buddy Holly and not much else.
Did I mention that I'm a 50's music nut too? Any more of that around here?
And I'm an ex-Marine ex-cop. I'm curious to see how many common traits we
have here. I think there's something to the GMC being more than just a
motorhome...
- -----Original Message-----
From: Paul Cormier
To: Discussion Group
Cc: Paul Cormier
Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 2:10 PM
Subject: GMC: Rear axle ratios
Just another piece-my .02--of information to throw into the pile of the
discussion on rear end (make that--transaxle) ratios for our GMCs.
I was agast to learn several years ago--in my other hobby of refurbishing
63-67 Corvettes--that not all stamps or markings on rear ends and
transmissions were accurate. As old as the "mid-year" corvettes are now,
many
things could have happened in that 35+ year period. And our GMCs, which are
only 25+ years old, the same things did happen. Be aware, just because it
is
stamped with a "T" or something else on the outside, does not necessarily
mean
that the gears inside are now the same as what that "T" originally meant.
Any old mechanic can tell you during the heyday of the "Service Station",
the
hot rodders, the back yard dragsters, and any other means of
working/trading/experimenting on cars and parts; the parts that were
supposed
to be in there may not be in there any more. As one post recently stated,
the
rear end gears or whatever they are called can have a different number of
teeth. So long as it is a matched set, it will and can go back in an old
case. Someone recently got a 2:73 ratio when he thought he was paying for a
3:07. Was it a completely differently sized rear end; probably not, just a
different set of gears inside. You can't always judge a book by its cover!
Paul in San Angelo
Going back to see Dale in two weeks
for rearend extension removal.
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