Cars and Coffee Memphis Style

"TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440" (TheMythIsReality) 08/24/2013 at 18:42 • Filed to: Cars and Coffee

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How to park like an asshat, Cars and Coffee Edition. A whole bunch of us cheered when he left. Not only did he park like a dick, he apparently was being a dick to some other owners.

This Mercury was last repainted in 79 and still looks fresh! The owner's wife told me that it's the car he had in high school when they started dating. I love hearing stories like that!

Turn out wasn't so great, since the heat index was well over 100 and humidity so thick you needed gills to breathe.

This Duece reminded me of Gray Baskerville's, just in black. I'd love to have one.

Nice Chrysler parked next to me. The guy is in one of the Mopar clubs that I was thinking of joining but if they all act like he did, I'll stay Lone Wolf.

Beautiful Morris Minor, completely restored. First one I've ever seen in person and it's such a cool car. Look at the size of the head!

58 Dodge Coronet

I love Espirits. This one looked showroom perfect.

Mustang II with a factory 302 - a good bit of motor for such a little car. I know they're ugly and Pinto-based but that's a lightweight car just begging to be drag raced.

LT1 in the Elky

That's it. I have a few more detail shots of some of the cars if someone wants em. For now, I think I need to put something on my face for this sunburn....

dogisbadob > TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 08/24/2013 at 18:44

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I bet he insisted that Porsche is two syllables too, didn't he?

Blondude > TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 08/24/2013 at 18:49

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Why do I find this Boss so awesome (even more so than a restored one)?

DO WANT.

Jaaag Hartley > dogisbadob 08/24/2013 at 18:50

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It is...

lonestranger > TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 08/24/2013 at 19:00

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Wow, that's a new low.

I can understand why someone with a nice car would be protective of their ride in a Wal-Mart lot or something. They should still use one space, and/or park at the back, or just stay home, but I "get" it in those situations.

This ignoramus thinks he and his car are somehow special AT A CAR SHOW. I.. I'm at a loss. And he was acting like a jerk in person? Well, I hope he sees the err in his ways and reforms himself. This must be his first show, and possibly his last. If he doesn't, and he returns to the next C&C, get me a folding chair and some popcorn.

P.S. that's not an LT1, it's its predecessor, the L98.

ASheep > dogisbadob 08/24/2013 at 19:04

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What a dick move, there are so many nicer cars present... Some people are beyond help.

TheBaron2112 > TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 08/24/2013 at 19:11

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I'm sorry you live in Memphis.

Maybe one day you'll be able to leave that awful, awful place.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 08/24/2013 at 19:15

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Dat Corvette/RX-7/Esprit/Chrysler/Aston/Mustang.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 08/24/2013 at 19:30

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I love this generation of Mercedes-Benz SL's

TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 > dogisbadob 08/24/2013 at 19:30

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Probably. I didn't talk to him, but there was that red one with the "PORSHA" plate, which made me laugh.

TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 > ASheep 08/24/2013 at 19:34

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That's what possessed a lot of us off. I mean, my car isn't worth near that much but damn, we're at a car show not the grocery store, we know to make sure to not open our doors too far and all. Just a douche who thinks he's big shit cause he's got a mid life crisis mobile that NO ONE even looked at.

TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 > ASheep 08/24/2013 at 19:35

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Pissed not possessed. Damn auto correct!

TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 > TheBaron2112 08/24/2013 at 19:39

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Hey thanks for insulting my town, really appreciate it. It's actually a nice place.

TheBaron2112 > TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 08/24/2013 at 19:42

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Eh. I worked there for 2 and a half months in February/March/April. Having grown up in West TN all my life and finally settling in Nashville, I respectfully disagree.

I will give you the Half Shell, Gus's Chicken, Central BBQ, and Texas de Brazil. But that's all you get, Memphis.

TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 > lonestranger 08/24/2013 at 19:43

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Eh, close enough on the engine. I'm obviously not a Chevy guy lol. What's the difference between L98 and LT 1? I didn't look that close at the Elky and just assumed.

Dude was acting like he was the most badass guy there. He was obviously suffering from mid-life crisis and a couple guys I talked to said he was telling folks he'd "thought about getting one of those, but the Porsche is so much better" and that he'd outrun them. Obviously doesn't know much about cars, since he said that to the TR6 owner....

TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 > Blondude 08/24/2013 at 19:45

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I'm not a Mustang guy but I thought that car was badtotheass. It wasn't ratty like my 75, it just had a nice, unrestored, honest look to it. Sounded great too.

TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 08/24/2013 at 19:46

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I loved em when I was a kid but I've since grown out of liking pretty much all Benzes. Not that they're bad cars, they're just not my thing. That was a really nice example of one though.

TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 > TheBaron2112 08/24/2013 at 19:52

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There's a lot more than that, including nice people and a lot of really cool history. I was stationed at Ft Campbell, so I spent a lot of time in Nashville and my mother has doctors at Vandy that she sees so been there for all that and I don't think it's the "OMG THIS IS WONDERFUL! UTOPIA!" that folks try to make it out to be. There's plenty of bullshit and corruption in both towns, it's kind of required for all of TN I think, but it's nothing that special. I'll admit I love Memphis because it's home, but I am hoping to move in the next few years, but it won't be to Nashville.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > dogisbadob 08/24/2013 at 19:56

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Uhm.. the correct way to pronounce Porsche would indeed be two syllables though :) Pors-eh/uh

German pronounciation of Porsche

TheBaron2112 > TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 08/24/2013 at 19:58

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Try Chattanooga if Nashville isn't your speed. It's easily #2 in the state. I just don't do Memphis. It's flat, hot, dirty (if you aren't in some parts of downtown and Poplar Ave), and it's just dying. Nashville is booming like nobody's business.

We've got our issues too, no doubt. But even in the 3 years I've been here, I've seen tons of improvement. Only change I'd make would be to speed up the acquisition of a minor league stadium.

Our C&C is pretty hot too. A Veyron and an F40 show up from time to time. I've even talked to a guy (outside C&C) that has a 918 on order. I REALLY hope he brings it by.

TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 > TheBaron2112 08/24/2013 at 20:18

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There's areas that are dirty, but most aren't. I live in the Poplar corridor now, but I've lived all over this city and really the only dirty areas are Frayser, Whitehaven, and Hickory Hill. There's a lot of good stuff happening now, a lot of neighborhoods being revitalized and all that stuff. The big difference is that Willie Herenton isn't mayor anymore. The current mayor actually works with the county mayor and vice versa to try to draw buisnesses here and get the neighborhoods cleaned up. If those mayors had had the economy that Herenton did, I think we'd be booming. And it's finally dawning on the white flight, "suburbs are crime free!" people that if Memphis dies, so do their suburbs.

If I was gonna stay in TN, it'd be Knoxville. I really have no idea where I want to go, and I have to go back to school due to an injury forcing me out of my previous career before I can really decide where to go. No Atlanta, Nashville, California, or up north. Just want to go somewhere different just to experience somewhere else, not because I hate Memphis or Tennessee.

TheBaron2112 > TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 08/24/2013 at 20:23

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I took a road trip to Denver at the beginning of July with my Dad. Honestly, you couldn't go wrong with Denver, Boulder, or CO Springs for great places to live. Lots of stuff to do, great roads, and the people are genuinely nice.

lonestranger > TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 08/24/2013 at 20:46

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Yeah, I don't expect a Mopar guy to know his Chevy engines to a tee. Without stickers, I couldn't tell a 340 from a 440, so there ya go. Beware, TMI incoming.

Both are multi-port fuel-injected, 350 cu. in./ 5.7L. The L98 was a.k.a. the TPI, for "Tuned Port Injection". It was the standard Corvette engine from '85 to '91, and optional in the Camaro & Firebird from '87-'92. It's easily spotted by its distinctive intake, with two pairs of "C"-shaped runners on each side:

The '90s LT1 (there was an LT-1 in '69-'70, and the '14 C7's engine is called LT1) was the first Chevy small-block to be considered "Generation II" since 1955. Bore spacing, bore, stroke, and bell housing were all unchanged, and many parts do interchange They even use the same throttle body design, mounted at the front of the intake:

The biggest differences are that A: the LT engines cooling system flows in a reverse pattern - the heads first, then the block, and B: they use a weirdo ignition system called Optispark. Instead of a cap-and-rotor style distributor (at the rear of the vee on Gen. I Chevy small blocks), it has an optical distributor on the front of the engine, between the block and the water pump. It was the standard 'Vette engine from '92-'96, and the Camaro/Firebird's sole V8 from '93-97. It also saw duty in the full-size B-body cars, Chevy Caprice and Impala SS, and Buick Roadmaster.

In the Corvette, it had plastic trim covers between the intake and the valve covers,:

but was relatively ugly in other cars such as the Camaro:

The LT1 was eventually replaced by the Generation II "LS" engines starting in the '97 C5 'Vette:

TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 > lonestranger 08/24/2013 at 21:12

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I'm not completely Chevy-dumb but apparently I am on this one. I didn't realize they used MPI on anything earlier than the LT1 so that's where the confusion was. I've worked on a few 350s with the throttle body injection and assumed they used that til they went to the LT1, though if I'd actually thought about it, I would've realized that with the LT not coming in until 92 it makes sense for there to be an MPI motor before then. Oh well, at least I know now so I won't sound like as much of an idiot again. One thing that gets on my nerves are "car guys" that like walk up to my car and say "I had a buddy that bought one just like that off the showroom floor!" when the motor in my car wasn't available in my car that year.

I've always tried to learn as much as I can about cars; to the extent where I can tell a 35 and 36 Ford apart from behind and useless stuff like that. I'm not completely against Chevy since my uncle is a Chevy guy with a LT-1 in his 35 Ford and when I was younger we built a 36 Chevy truck with a 305 in it. But I've always been deep down a Mopar guy.

BTW, easiest way to tell a "LA" engine (273/318/340/360) from a 440 is distributor location: in the back of the V like Chevy on the small blocks, up front kinda sideways on the 440.

That one's mine^^

dogisbadob > Jaaag Hartley 08/24/2013 at 21:21

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Both pronunciations are accepted.

Stef Schrader > TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 08/25/2013 at 01:50

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Delta88! With whitewalls! And wire wheel covers! YESSSSS.

I love seeing somewhat ordinary cars from the 80s kept clean and loved like that.

As for 991 guy:

s/Boxster/991.

Red 993 > you.

TheMyth Is Swingin' A 440 > Stef Schrader 08/25/2013 at 10:03

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"Sir, it's a Boxster." LMAO

I love that 88; it made me think of the Buick Lesabre we had when I was a kid. Especially those seats! They need to make em like that again. It's great to see something like that preserved and not donk-ed or turned into a derby car, etc. I think those will rise in value before too long since all the pre-72 cars are mostly bought up by now, leaving a lot of us younger guys to start fixing up the less desirable years.

Jaaag Hartley > dogisbadob 08/25/2013 at 10:11

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Both accepted? yes, both right? no