Blake Noble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n02JHzfEne4 Neat stuff going on here.

inb4 a thread full of this: I can already see where this thread is headed to, nothing but a bunch of whining and what you just saw in the video.

Maybe so, but I just don't think it would be best for me to do the job here. The Rocket 350 was easy to work on. Plenty of room. Everything is logically where you can get to it easily, no second guessing. The 3800 V6 in the Camaro, whole 'nother beast. I won't beat a dead horse here. I went through all of this in another thread. Bottom line: I'm comfortable working on the Cutlass. I'm not comfortable working on the Camaro. End of story. I've always planned on keeping them in any case. Original valve pan covers for an Olds Rocket 350 aren't exactly plentiful. The full rear 3/4 is $299 (scroll down): http://www.mustangdepot.com/OnLineCatalog/SheetMetal/quarter_panels.htm Skins are $89 (scroll down): http://www.mustangdepot.com/OnLineCatalog/SheetMetal/quarter_panel_skins.htm These are prices I'm seeing from a lot of different places. What's the harm in dreaming a little? Anyway, I don't think I'm being overly optimistic. I'm not expecting a perfect car, should I actually buy this.

What don't you like about the car to make you think GM is issuing a grade-A screw up here, reg? It's a Malibu, not a heavily discounted Bentley Mulsanne. Against the competition, I think this will stand more than a chance. And, please, what exactly is the sudden fascination with the damn Sonata? It's only grown to new, retarded heights since Hoonday pulled the wraps off of it. Okay, yeah I get it. Hyundai built something that may actually last longer than the warranty and isn't complete shit for once since they washed up here some 20-odd years ago. Good for them. They're not a complete joke anymore. Woo-hoo. But let's get real, though. The Sonata isn't the second coming of our long-awaited Lord and Savior Jesus Automotive H. Christ. It isn't even the first, for that matter. What is so damn miraculous about the car? As far as I can tell, it doesn't run on any new-age alternative fuel. It doesn't get 200 lightyears to a gallon of gas. The interior looks like a Lexus-rehash with better detailing and the exterior looks like someone stuck some chrome to the front fenders of a melted Mercedes CLS (yuck). The damn hybrid has the most retarded grin on its face since the Mazda 3. What's the fascination? It's most certainly not the new class-standard as far as I can see.

I don't see the point.

Of course I didn't completely rebuild it. It didn't need anything that extreme so why bother? I replaced the carburetor, oil pan gaskets, fuel pump, plugs, plug wires, oil pan gasket, some hoses, and a battery cable. Sometime later on down the road, I'm going to dress it up with some chrome valve pan covers because the stock ones are sort of bringing down the appearance of the whole engine bay. And, yes, I did power wash it. That's one reason why I don't want to do any serious engine work on the Camaro myself. Having any sort of an advanced technological perimeter to work within engine-wise just scares the shit out of me. It would really make me nervous and I can't work when I'm nervous because that's when I get easily aggravated and walk away from something. I can deal with an engine that I can fix something on and dial back in if I have to. It's just simple tinkering really. And even if you don't have it dialed in spot on, you can still drive the car if you absolutely have to as long as its close as possible. Quarter panels for that car are around $65 bucks a piece, more than what the actual car itself costs proved the advertised price is correct. What concerns me the most is what might be under that vinyl top ...

Why does my head hurt so bad after reading that? How did we get on this tangent anyway? I just don't get the issue here nor do I get the real point being made. My brain has been so pumped full of fuck I don't even know how to make a rebuttal on this.

... Is Loki actually, in a nutshell, suggesting we do away with money and just deal with coins simply because they're each a different size? How did I miss that? You know what I do with change? I dump it into a Ziploc bag in the Camaro's center console and waste that money on cigarettes. I'd like to quit smoking. As long as I have change, I'm going to smoke. Loki's idea would essentially wind up killing me. Then again, I see he doesn't like the idea of minted coins ... or at least I do. God help me. My brain is so full of fuck right now. I'm just going to go smoke.

Who knows. I may just sell the Camaro at a loss and dump whatever cash I get into this. Okay, I'm not, but I do plan on getting to the bottom of whatever is up with the Camaro shortly. It's actually been on good behavior lately, no glitching or hiccups, so I'm starting to think I may have wrote the car off too soon. But a 1967 Mustang for $50 bucks? Don't tell me you would pass on the opportunity regardless of whatever else may be going on with another car in your driveway. I'm not afraid to do any work on an older car like this myself short of bodywork. I did 95 percent of what the Cutlass needed engine-wise myself. I just get these older engines.

Trust me, as soon as the guy e-mails me, I plan on jumping on it. At $50 bucks, I'd be an idiot not to.

The '67 isn't as common as the earlier first-generation Mustangs, though. I like that. I know someone who has a '66 Mustang and my dad works with a guy who's restoring a '65. The '64.5 through '66 model Mustangs are as common as Toyota Camrys in the classic car market. However, that does make these early Mustangs some of the cheapest cars to restore.

There's one issue: I don't have the extra zero. However, I have already sent an e-mail ... fingers crossed I get a response, the price is right, and it's fairly close by.

I guarantee I could probably have it running in less than a day or at least know what isn't working. This may be that one project I wind up squirreling away. There isn't much left to do to the Cutlass (well, except sort out the bad paint job). Speaking of the Cutlass, I think I should finally get around to taking a decent set of photos of it soon.

Oh, I don't know. I know it's certainly better than this: And it'll still be better than whatever Toyota can design to replace it with. This ass some people are so keen to kiss, well, from what I can tell, the 'Bu should easily match it: I never really understood what made that interior design so special anyway. There's a peculiar "We rehashed Lexus!" feel about it that I simply don't care for. BFD. And I don't see any Honda Accord here. The gauge pods are a little bizarre, but I'll wait to see the entire interior from other angles before I give that detail a thumbs down. I do also like how the driver and passenger side vents are integrated into the design.

Something told me to apply for a patent ...

http://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/1971810415.html That is, unless, that price is missing a zero.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eIZuSMRdgk

That's exactly where I got it from. I also adopted one of my father's favorite pithy portmanteaus, "shit-ass". Such an effective, filthy word. It's especially fun to use in a fit of road rage when your behind someone in a Mustang GT driving 15 mph under the speed limit.

You didn't down a few 40s on your lunch break today, did you reg?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbsSeVr5NSI I think the hilarity here is self-explanatory.

The Holden-badged Tosca will be replaced by a tweaked Chevrolet Malibu for Australia. Holden = Chevy down under. Also consider the Euro Epica will be replaced by a Euro-spec Malibu. We've pretty much already knew this was going to happen from the start.

Good question. Hopefully, we'll see it at GMC to replace the Canyon.

Were you saying something? You know? Something intelligent? No. I didn't think so. So? It's still part of Cadillac's history. If Cadillac did it once, they can do it again. Were you saying something?

So someone stomps on your misconception about where this possible new Cadillac would stand, so you instead go on bitching about V-12s vs. V8s. Your little torque rating there doesn't equal up to anything. The AMG V12 can only motive a car as large as the CL from 0 to 60 in 4.2 seconds. Pretty slow compared to other cars out there in this segment. The Merc's downfall is its heavy weight. Which, if you will, note that a key point in the article posted is that GM is significantly reducing weight of the NG Zeta platform. Currently, the Holden Statesman rings up at 4,100 pounds, so if the NG car is a good few-hundred pounds lighter than that, I think something like a twin-turbo, direct-injected, high-tech small-block V8 will be more than sufficient at allowing this potential new Cadillac to play with its intended competition. Going further, the current Statesman-based HSV Grange, which again weighs 4,100 pounds, can go from 0 to 60 in about 5 seconds, just a few fractions of a second away from making the AMG crew look like a bunch of incompetent morons. I'd also count on a V-Series version of a hi-lux Cadillac, too. Are you finally seeing the forest and not just the trees? No, probably not. It wasn't even worth a try.

Well, they've pretty much been doing just that lately. Remembering what I know about the XTS, I'm going to stop looking at it as a DTS replacement from here on out. It's obviously too high-brow for the blue-hairs. Hopefully the production car will serve, in spirit, as a sort of four-door Eldorado replacement, a Cadillac that marches to the beat of a different drum. GM's built luxury cars before with high-tech gizmos. I'm not going to waste my time with examples because you're too lazy to educate yourself. As for GM not being equipped for not building such a Cadillac, things change. Good job for bringing up a real moot point. Christ. Dodgefan already put a lid on this load of crap: And V-12s? Ha. I think we're going to be lucky to see the NG Viper carry on with a V-10. BTW, Lamborghini isn't going to use a V-12 in the Murcielago replacement. They've decided that they can live without two extra cylinders. I suppose they're now uncompetitive versus their competition too, huh? FYI, this is a brand that made the first 16-cylinder engine back in the 1930s. The Veyron's two glued-together V8s can go screw themselves. Now, don't make me swat at you with a rolled up newspaper.