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BudgetPlan1

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Tin of Rain Dance, couple of beach towels `borrowed` from the linen closet, head on up to the park on weekend afternoon.

Armour All for the Goodrich Radial T/A white letter tires.

Get it waxed (in direct sunlight), cruise the long way home w the V8 singin` thru the Thrush or Cherry Bomb glasspak. Air cleaner lid on top of the 4-barrel flipped for that `intake sound`.

`77 Cutlass Supreme, windows tinted so dark hadda roll `em down when turning at night. Console with floor shifter `cuz `race car`, catalytic converter replaced w `test pipe` and fuel filler neck punched out so could run `regular` leaded gas @ $1.15/gallon.

Led Zeppelin `Kashmir` likely coming outta the Jensen Triax 6x9 speakers.

When `fast` was a sub-16 second 1/4 mile.
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Naw. Car was slower than that. You didn`t have Gabriel Hi-Jackers on in the back. And no Radio Shack power booster with 73% THD to run the Triax`s??
 
yamabob said:
Naw. Car was slower than that. You didn`t have Gabriel Hi-Jackers on in the back. And no Radio Shack power booster with 73% THD to run the Triax`s??
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Never said *this* car was fast...it was a pig :lol:! Never bothered w/ the air-shocks thing but many had cars with the `badge of performance` air shock fill valve poking out near the license plate.

In one of my other cars back then had the AudioVox Equalizer/Booster pushing the store-bought-cassette tunes to the Jensen Triax`s. It was pointless, just crappy quality music playing louder.

Kinda funny how everyone looks back on the muscle-car era as being a high point in performance but even one of the big dogs of the era (1970 Chevelle LS6) was a mid-13`s car, something you can likely get close to with a new Honda Accord Sport.
 
BudgetPlan1 said:
Kinda funny how everyone looks back on the muscle-car era as being a high point in performance but even one of the big dogs of the era (1970 Chevelle LS6) was a mid-13`s car, something you can likely get close to with a new Honda Accord Sport.
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And can go around the corner without squealing the tires.
 
AudioVox. Holy crap I forgot all about them. Had one in 79 I think.
I remember mom having a mobile detailer( yep in the mid seventies) go to her work and wash the car and hot wax Simoniz it. Funny thing is the car did look better.
 
Actually, IME Rain Dance wasn`t bad at all. My aunt Irene kept her MOPAR really nice with it after the M07 + M16 got to be too demanding.

And I used plenty of AA, including V1.0, with zero issues whatsoever; it did *NOT* trash the surfaces I used it on the way people said.

Just sayin`....

Also, since BudgetPlan1 mentioned the console-shifter, that`s still an apparently common modification (won`t call it an "upgrade"). Guys with Crown Vics are always swapping in shifters from Marauders and CV Sports to replace the one on the column, although I *VASTLY* prefer that over a console/floor one (wouldn`t *OWN* a CV with one of those and it`s one more reason I won`t have a Marauder).

Heh heh, and window tint so dark you can`t really see through it; mine`s borderline that-dark, and I always wonder about other people with it.."can he see me?" Heaven help ya if you get in a wreck at night with aftermarket tint.
 
yamabob said:
I remember mom having a mobile detailer( yep in the mid seventies) go to her work and wash the car and hot wax Simoniz it. Funny thing is the car did look better.
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According to my mother, the only real downside to Simoniz was that it was such a PIA to buff off; that`s why she and Irene preferred M16 once it came out in the `50s.
 
BudgetPlan1 said:
Kinda funny how everyone looks back on the muscle-car era as being a high point in performance but even one of the big dogs of the era (1970 Chevelle LS6) was a mid-13`s car, something you can likely get close to with a new Honda Accord Sport.
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That. Ask the people who actually owned `em when they were new...although "rose-colored rearview" seems to factor in with the passage of time.

re-tired said:
i use to use armor all buy the gallon literally
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I`m still using up the last gallon my dad bought, and that was before I got him using supposedly better stuff in the late `80s. Quite the shelf-life, still works the same.
 
Accumulator said:
That. Ask the people who actually owned `em when they were new...although "rose-colored rearview" seems to factor in with the passage of time.



I`m still using up the last gallon my dad bought, and that was before I got him using supposedly better stuff in the late `80s. Quite the shelf-life, still works the same.
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I still have about a half gallon myself
 
Reason I drive a mustang was a 88 fox body 5.0GT was my “that’s my car” back in Jr high. 0-60 in 6.5 seconds? Lighting. 225 HP.... 300lb torque? Insane! Never gonna top that. 14.5 1/4 mile times!

I was from the era where watts were as important as HP. Pioneer CD player, MBquartz separates and 6x9’s 2 12 inch Fosgates with a Fosgate punch 150hd.




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Coatings=crack said:
Reason I drive a mustang was a 88 fox body 5.0GT was my “that’s my car” back in Jr high. 0-60 in 6.5 seconds? Lighting. 225 HP.... 300lb torque? Insane! Never gonna top that. 14.5 1/4 mile times!

I was from the era where watts were as important as HP. Pioneer CD player, MBquartz separates and 6x9’s 2 12 inch Fosgates with a Fosgate punch 150hd.




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Had a 1990 LX 5.0, first car I ever bought new. Yep, 225hp was pretty good back then. Maybe not so mind-bendingly fast but it sure sounded good.

Ford sure does know how to make an engine sound good; the 2008 & 2013 Mustang GT`s we had also sounded amazing, more so with Bassani`s on `em. Everyone preferred their sound over the 2004 Corvette w headers and aftermarket exhaust. LS motors always sounded a bit less authoritative, guess the somewhat odd firing order has something to do with it.

Not really `allowed` to buy Mustangs anymore.
 
I assume that "tbt" means Things Back Then or Times Back Then.
I had a new black `77 Mercury Monarch (Ford Grenada/Lincoln Versailles) back in that era. Turtle Wax came out with its new PolyShell System, a consumer-applied 3-part sealant in about 1979 and it was expensive, about $20.00 for the boxed set. Remember you could buy Turtle Wax for about $2.50 a can or bottle to give some price perspective. It was hi-tech and a car-care changer back then but its price really limited its market appeal. It came with a "rejuvenator" wipe-on-wipe-off liquid that could be used after a car wash to renew the poly-look and protection. Some things never change!
i also used Dupont`s Rain Dance and it did exactly that; bead water like crazy! I used TRC`s Resin Glaze on a used `77 Datsun 280Z I owned after it was recommended by the dealership and that was some good stuff as well for the maroon metal-flake paint it had. It is one of those vehicles that I wish I had it back and it was, as some described it, a "Japanese Jaguar" without all the English quality problems and maintenance. It had a 5-speed manual transmission, which was unique for that time, as 5-speeds were pretty much found in "exotic" sports cars only back then. The young person I bought it from had installed a CB (Citizen`s Band) radio in it to listen and communicated with truckers about where the cops were sitting for speeders. This was LONG before the era of radar detectors. Saved my bacon (no pun intended, if you know what I mean) on a few occasions. "10-4 good buddy, got your back door. Smokey sitting over the next hill." My "handle" (CB airway name to identify you)? Z-Kid.
 
As we look back about `sound systems`...don`t forget "Vibra-Sonic" rear speaker gizmo. Gave you about 100 cu ft of unusable trunk space. Then those of us from the 60`s, there was `Philips 45 Record Player`.

Bill
 
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