Blake Noble

I'm going to see that happen before I see the Coupe 60 in the US (asapontiacofcourse).

I believe so. Don't suggest something rational to an irrationally wired guy. It ain't gonna work. :AH-HA_wink:

It isn't a new thing, really. I can't remember what car did this before now, but I'm sure it was a GM product ...

The ZR2 looks like a Silverado MCE. Here's to hoping.

It isn't out of the question, though. The flywheel doesn't have a dust cover and my driveway is gravel. Throw enough gravel at that flywheel and drive over enough debris and damage to the flywheel becomes more and more likely. My friend who has a '66 Mustang seems to be backing me on this assumption as well. Before he replaced the six in his car with a 302, the flywheel on his car at started to crack badly at all four bolts and would make a sound similar to what the Buick is doing now. Tomorrow is D-Day for the Buick. If it's the flywheel, then it's going to get fixed. If it's something that requires a lot of cash then it's probably going to be the new long-term project car and I'm probably just going to use the cash from the Firebird sale and what I've earned on my next paycheck for a down payment on a loan for a decent T/A (either a second-gen or a fourth-gen, with the nod going to the second-gen) and not a major project. I'm going to see that approach can be done but I'm betting on the trans having to be dropped in order to fix this.

Well, sick of hearing everything from "it's a bad lifter" to "it's the timing chain" to "it's a rod" to "somethin' werked is'self loose," I checked it out today on a two hour break from work. Hoping it was the flywheel, I looked there first, started the car and could actually see it "skip" as it turned. I couldn't see all too well when I checked the flywheel with the car off, but I think the flywheel is just now starting to crack at the bolts. Let's see if I'm right on that and I'm going to take it from there. Assuming I am right, it looks like I'm going to have to farm some work out to the cheapest mechanic because I can't obviously don't have the equipment needed to drop a trans down to change a flywheel. The Firebird is gone so I can pay for it. It's just annoying because I wanted to save as much of that money as I possibly could of it and use it for another car. Hopefully I'll get a lot of work this week and hopefully another double shift to gain it back and then some. Sorry for the rant guys. I have a lot on my plate to clear between work, working to accomplish a few goals that I've set for the coming months, and a few projects I have to do. My head is sort of unraveling a bit right now. Of course, I was being sarcastic in response to the pics of Cobalts and Accords being posted earlier.

This thread makes me want to cry.

I'm finally starting to believe I'm meant to have bad luck with cars. The Buick starting making a nasty, unprovoked knocking today that has me a bit confused because I can't quite pinpoint where the sound is coming from. One on hand, it sounds like the flywheel or torque converter could going bad when you start it up, but say when you raise the hood to give it a good listen, it sounds like it could be a loose timing chain. God help me if it turns out to be a rod. I'll get rid of it.

Insanity is contagious. You're just not as insane as I am. Good luck on getting the GM, DF.

I guess insanity is contagious after all.

DO WANT! http://richmond.craigslist.org/cto/1403283935.html If I only had the spare change.

Not a T/A, but still worth my time: http://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/1411247324.html Great T/A clone candidate: http://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/1441054371.html It's a '76, but still: http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/1443554910.html None of these cars would break my bank (I'm actually going to check into the second one).

If worse comes to worse, I know my dad would "buy" the Cutlass from me for all that it's worth and I could "buy" it back from him over time. I'm going to find a sensible approach to all of this after I sell the Firebird and get my next paycheck here. I had another buyer lined up just in case I backed out of this deal. I just hope they're still interested.

You burn down Kentucky, I'll burn down Missouri. Deal?

It's cool 66. No worries. I just hope that the other buyers I have lined up will get it out of here. An automotive fear of mine, summed up in one sentence. Well, at least I'm getting congratulated and not stuck in a straight-jacket.

I feel like a greedy asshole now, Captain. I just have an itch for a Trans Am I just have to scratch. What else can I say? I've wanted one since I was a kid and considering all of the factors, something tells me I had better jump on one now before I'm 30, Trans Am-less, and watching Barrett Jackson seeing them sell for fifty grand, thinking to myself "Goddammit" over and over again.

I think I'm going to back out on this one, take the $500 I want for the Firebird, and buy another T/A with better rear quarters. I'm finding a few cars in the $1,500 range with a little less rust.

After looking a Triumph Stag, I realized how much I hate most British cars. They're junk and are so half-assedly engineered, it's pathetic. Of course, I do have a few exceptions. But for every one decent British car, there are 50 British shit piles.

By judging from the pics, nothing on that car is beyond my skill to fix. Just about the only labor I will have to pay for will be for a few spots of bodywork (I can cut out the bad section of the passenger side rear quarter with a cutting tool myself) and to patch the floorboards, but I do know a few people that will do all of that cheap. I could have this thing roadworthy by this time next year, finances permitting. I would be stupid not to take it. I think this has the Olds 403 in it too. I do expect it to have leaky valve pan gaskets, but that's nothing big.

One more thing: http://louisville.craigslist.org/pts/1438940999.html E-Town is only 2 hours away. So far, it's looking like I will pull the Trigger on this one.

That car also has a running, working engine too.

Alright here comes take 2: A bit of a mess but far more salvageable.

Did you sell the wagon yet, by the way?

People bitched when GM wasn't putting aggressive ads like this out there. Now people are bitching that GM has finally done it.

I know where there's a C3 Stingray wasting away much like the 'Rays on that site. It's on the way to Irvine from Richmond.