"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/18/2015 at 14:08 • Filed to: None
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"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
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Every day I get yet another reminder that I should’ve waited to post my !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! until it’s actually, y’know, New Year’s Eve. This big beautiful brown beastie is a 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix. But it gets better. This individual car is a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! So if my pictures of it aren’t good enough for you, take a look through Hotrod Magazine’s pics.
lone_liberal
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/18/2015 at 14:34 |
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Back in the early 90s my oldest sister had a ‘70 Bonneville very similar to the one pictured. It was an absolutely massive car with a backseat large enough to host one hell of a swingers party. The engine was the 455 but with a 2 barrel carb. I never really understood that engine choice.
leicester
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/18/2015 at 14:48 |
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With Scottsbluff plates? That must be its first trip out of city limits.... A few trips across the state alone would have brought it to 15k miles. That thing must be kept under a bell jar filled with argon...
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sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> leicester
12/18/2015 at 14:56 |
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It’s quite likely that is just a 1969 plate, and not the one that came with the car. I believe that for classic cars in NE you can register them on any plate from the year the car was made.
Darkshoe (With Straight 6)
> lone_liberal
12/18/2015 at 23:57 |
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Care to elaborate for someone who is unfamiliar with carbs? I presume more barrels would have been better for the engine.
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lone_liberal
> Darkshoe (With Straight 6)
12/19/2015 at 00:32 |
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It’s just a very large engine to try to feed with a 2 barrel. There is a limit to how much fuel and air a single barrel of a carb can flow. That’s why at a certain point even manufacturers had to go to multiple carbs to flow enough to feed large high performance engines. Even from a fuel mileage viewpoint a 4 barrel would be better since that would allow the engine to run off from 2 smaller barrels and then kick in the secondary pair when needed.