What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[wuvvum]

Who else made a straight 8? Packard?

[M'coli]

Duesenberg, Oldsmobile, or Stutz?

[Richard]

V10 and V12 engines have eight cylinders.

[SiC]

Found this a great read:

https://jalopnik.com/what-to-expect-when-you-daily-drive-a-vintage-car-1787208165

[wuvvum]

Duesenberg, Oldsmobile, or Stutz?

If it's a Duesenberg SSJ I will be seriously impressed.

[Snipes]

Started browsing cars for sale in the moderately immediate area.

 

Found one that SWMBO likes.

 

Possibly approved by Junkman also (I'm kinda using that as a benchmark). JM list:

 

[✓] American

[✓] < 1986

[✓] 8 cylinders

[ ] V8

[✓] Automatic gearbox

 

 

Hmm..

Surely living in America and being a "car guy" demands you have a big V8?

[DodgeRover]

Watch out for the Austrian drop bears.

I warned my kids about drop bears whilst we were out in the woods, I explained about their carnivorous tendencies and that some had been brought over for a zoo from Australia but escaped. After much amusement* I told them it was a joke.

No 1 Daughter then had her friends in the guides troop terrified a few weeks ago when they were doing a camp in the woods....

I really need to do some official looking "Caution there has been a drop bear attack in this area" signs for the local woods:)

[PhilA]

Who else made a straight 8? Packard?

You're the closest so far, but only alphabetically.

 

Pontiac.

[DodgeRover]

Started browsing cars for sale in the moderately immediate area.

 

Found one that SWMBO likes.

 

Possibly approved by Junkman also (I'm kinda using that as a benchmark). JM list:

 

[✓] American

[✓] < 1986

[✓] 8 cylinders

[ ] V8

[✓] Automatic gearbox

 

 

Hmm..

Cord?

 

Sorry late to the party again, didn't spot the post above.

[vulgalour]

So... a little bit of this then?

 

[dozeydustman]

I has a long weekend as of now.

 

Going to the Isle of Wiggit with the wife to her sisters new place. They are away and want a house sitter for the weekend. They've paid our ferry fee as well. Bonus.

[PhilA]

So... a little bit of this then?

 

Yes, though with a little less rust.

 

There's some nicely restored ones but with the six pot on manual for a bit more.. this one appears to have had a restoration a while back and is in need of sympathetic rebuild but has the two speed Hydramatic with the eight pot.

 

Decisions. It's also a bit more than the Catalina (nearly twice as much, but the Catalina was about half the price it should have been).

 

Edit: This one-

https://neworleans.craigslist.org/ctd/d/1951-pontiac-chieftain/6651113959.html

 

Bottoms of doors mostly made from wob? Check.

Missing trim? Check.

Lacquer peel? Check.

Six volt to twelve volt conversion so original gauges don't work? Check.

4.4 litre straight eight? Check

 

Not bad then

 

Phil

[wuvvum]

What does a straight 8 sound like at full chat? I've only ever heard them at idle being driven through classic car auctions, and at idle they seem to be almost silent.

[PhilA]

Subdued. Flathead so huge valve overlap giving that slightly hissy whispery muted exhaust note you get with them.

At full tilt normally all you hear is the fan!

 

Phil

[vulgalour]

That's a handsome old crate.  Realistically, the only thing you need to do is sort out the 6v/12v situation and drive it.

[PhilA]

Yeah. Really what I would do would be to get some later gauges and retrofit the guts into that panel, making it 12V to lose the Sunpro bolt-ons under the dash.

 

The radio is.. interesting. Would prefer the original AM set, think these ones were all tube under the dash.

 

I think I would be also investing in a welding set at some point...

 

Phil

[wuvvum]

That actually looks like quite decent value to be fair. Only just round the corner from you too.

[DodgeRover]

Could you fit a voltage regulator to drop down to 6v just for the instruments?

[PhilA]

Could you fit a voltage regulator to drop down to 6v just for the instruments?

The only ones that would work for would be fuel, oil and temperature (assuming the latter two are electrical gauges).

 

Phil

[somewhatfoolish]

4.4 litre straight eight? Check

 

 

GIB!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Perkins offer a straight-8 4000 series diesel engine if you want an upgrade, only available in fixed-speed 1500rpm or 1800 rpm flavours though. 30 litre swept capacity.

[PhilA]

Not bad

 

So, fixed speeds of about 15 and 45 mph on that gearbox. That's doable.

 

 

Lol

 

 

Phil

[PhilA]

That actually looks like quite decent value to be fair. Only just round the corner from you too.

 

Kinda. I'll be damned if I'm paying the toll to go over the lake on the bridge and I'm not going to drive through the traffic hell that is Slidell.

 

So yeah, just around the corner. Ish.

 

Phil

[DodgeRover]

Screenshot_20180816-113104_Maps.jpg

 

Kinda. I'll be damned if I'm paying the toll to go over the lake on the bridge and I'm not going to drive through the traffic hell that is Slidell.

 

So yeah, just around the corner. Ish.

Phil

Is waiting for the lake to freeze then driving over whilst mooning at the toll bridge an option?

[PhilA]

If that lake freezes, we have some serious issues, like an ice age occurring or something.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Flippin Heck I was in Slidell about 18 months back

[PhilA]

Sorry.

 

 

You should have hollered, you could have taken a drive in the special, spectacular* engineering that is The GTA.

 

Hah

[catsinthewelder]

Wierd news is making me grin Batshit crazy vs certifiably insane

[320touring]

PhilA you NEED that car.

 

Epic

[PhilA]

Case of trying to convince SWMBO that it's worth digging into the savings for.

 

Phil