Big 5-0 sometime later today

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo) 09/04/2020 at 15:27 • Filed to: None

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About 20,000 of those are mine.

vondon302 > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/04/2020 at 15:42

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Classic GM speedo.

Chariotoflove > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/04/2020 at 15:56

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Celebration music queued up.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/04/2020 at 16:10

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Congrats!

I do love a side to side speedo. My Nova had one.

It was always horrendously inaccurate , but it looked cool.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 09/04/2020 at 16:31

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BUT...what about a Up-and-Down speedo? :O

WilliamsSW > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/04/2020 at 16:37

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So still less than 1000 miles a year?

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/04/2020 at 16:44

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I hold no ill will towards any particular style of speedo.

Except the French.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Chariotoflove 09/04/2020 at 16:46

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Man, that drummer aught to chained up, DAMN. 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > WilliamsSW 09/04/2020 at 16:47

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sometimes only a few hundred if I’m busy.  5,000 the first year.  Hit 40,000 on the 14 hour hungover drive from my Bachelor party to my wedding. that was in 2006. 

onlytwowheels > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/04/2020 at 17:41

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Brings back memories of my 1967 300 Deluxe 2 door sedan. Sold it to my best friend before I moved to California. He still owns it, and the 1969 Road Runner I sold to him in 1986.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > onlytwowheels 09/04/2020 at 17:48

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For some reason, Canada got a 300 deluxe convertible. I don’t think anyone else did. 

onlytwowheels > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/04/2020 at 18:58

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That would be an interesting sight. 

Chariotoflove > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/04/2020 at 18:59

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Urambo Tauro > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/04/2020 at 19:03

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RIP warranty

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 09/04/2020 at 19:11

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But...the French speedometers can be cool...like the Traction Avant!

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > onlytwowheels 09/04/2020 at 19:16

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couldn’t find a picture of one. I know of one in town but it has SS lipstick on it. 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Urambo Tauro 09/04/2020 at 19:18

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I know rear main seal leaks a bit, should last more than 55 years, what piece. 

onlytwowheels > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/04/2020 at 19:32

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I almost put an SS hood on mine, but chose to keep the stock hood. I never finished the car, it was a 250 six with a Powerglide when I bought it. I built up the 250, with a cam too radical for the auto trans. Sold that engine and built a small block, th350 and replaced the diff. I bought a house and progress virtually stopped. I would go to swap meets and shows, gathering bits and pieces along the way, but never could find time and money at the same moment. I had one or the other.....

When life took me across the country for work, I knew if I sold to my best friend, he would still have it if and when I came back.  I was right.

Urambo Tauro > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 09/04/2020 at 19:43

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Unacceptable!