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4035 stalled while idling
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AchingBack
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If you sold it you could buy several tractors with the proceeds. What a beauty you have there!
DavesTractor
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67 RS, very sweet. I had a 69 SS for a time, and our GM here at Dave's Tractor has a '67 right now. It has a 383 stroker and a 4-speed. We took it to the track a couple years back and ran it a few times down the 1/4 mile. Traction? What traction? Somehow he got the idea that the guy with the most smoke off the tires wins...fun day.
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RedFirstGen
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Thanks!
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RedFirstGen
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Uh oh, you arent one of those 69 guys who thinks they didn't make Camaros any other year are you?
. Mine also has a 383 stroker in it. Had a 4 speed but I pulled it and put a 5 speed tremec in it. Original engine was long gone when I bought it so I built it how I wanted it. 12 bolt posi in it now, multi leaf rear, power disc...etcDavesTractor
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Uh oh, you arent one of those 69 guys who thinks they didn't make Camaros any other year are you?
Let me explain. The 67's were sort of like practice models. Chevy II's with a little smoother body lines. In '68 they lost the pickup like wing vents and added side markers. Once they got all of that prototype figured out in the first couple of years, they went into production in 1969 - with the first real Camaro.
I took my cam/tuned LS7 Z06 to the track that day and ran 25 mph faster thru the traps than my buddy with his traction plagued 1967 prototype Camaro. We learned that it requires a lot more than HP to runs quick times and the newer Vettes put the power to the tires pretty well. I joked to him that I had time to do the 1/4, turn around and come back and look for him. He joked that at least he built his car and didn't just buy it, and on and on it went! I did get spanked by a Yamaha R1 and then a Kawi Z1000, but that was expected as those liter bikes were running about 140mph to my 125-126. 94 degrees that day, so not very good air and I was not running slicks. My times were embarrassingly slow in the high 11's. With slicks and a better driver I should've been in the tens.
383, 5-speed, multi-leaf, 12-bolt. Check, check, check...all the good stuff. And to be honest, of the early Camaros I think the 67 would be my first choice, 69 my second.
I guess I really derailed this subject, but since the tractor is fixed I guess that is ok.
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RedFirstGen
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Dave
Your first paragraph is classic. If I was at the line with my Camaro, looked over and saw I was lined up against a LS7 Z06 I would fake a mechanical issue.. Old muscle is cool and has a warm spot in my heart but it's no competition for modern day muscle. That's a sweet sweet car! (z06) If I were to buy a Camaro all over again it would probably be a 69. Maybe it's just wanting something different the next time around.
Your first paragraph is classic. If I was at the line with my Camaro, looked over and saw I was lined up against a LS7 Z06 I would fake a mechanical issue.
. Old muscle is cool and has a warm spot in my heart but it's no competition for modern day muscle. That's a sweet sweet car! (z06) If I were to buy a Camaro all over again it would probably be a 69. Maybe it's just wanting something different the next time around.