Gibb Nova vintage day 2 pic's

[Schonyenko2]

Ray, is that a picture of your car, or, if not, whose.
The argument on stock/factory depends a little on if you lived in the time of these cars, or not. Some also depends on what one feels will bring the most value at sale time. I think most of us, as mr. Cumby calls us "geezers" who lived in the day know that 1, you bought one of these cars to street race, go to the strip, generally just beat hell out of it. 2, if you didn't modify it with big tires/wide rims, headers, slapper bars, you weren't gonna win many races, cause, THERE WE'REN'T NO FRIGGEN RULES! 3, if you showed up with white wall E70 tires, not only were you gonna get beat, you were gonna get laughed at.
I sincerly respect purists. I understand the logic, but, being a "geezer" it's just a hard sell for me.
I guess in closing, I can say this. I'll be cold, dead, and pitchin coal in the furnace, before someone else puts the exhaust manifold/smog, and white wall tires on ole yeller. Let the record show, it made it from Cedar Rapids Ia. to Wyoming Ia. before the tires were changed. Yep, that quick.

[Kim_Howie]

Hey Just tell them they are not "YARD ORNAMENTS"

[copo-2]

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Ray, is that a picture of your car, or, if not, whose.
The argument on stock/factory depends a little on if you lived in the time of these cars, or not. Some also depends on what one feels will bring the most value at sale time. I think most of us, as mr. Cumby calls us "geezers" who lived in the day know that 1, you bought one of these cars to street race, go to the strip, generally just beat hell out of it. 2, if you didn't modify it with big tires/wide rims, headers, slapper bars, you weren't gonna win many races, cause, THERE WE'REN'T NO FRIGGEN RULES! 3, if you showed up with white wall E70 tires, not only were you gonna get beat, you were gonna get laughed at.
I sincerly respect purists. I understand the logic, but, being a "geezer" it's just a hard sell for me.
I guess in closing, I can say this. I'll be cold, dead, and pitchin coal in the furnace, before someone else puts the exhaust manifold/smog, and white wall tires on ole yeller. Let the record show, it made it from Cedar Rapids Ia. to Wyoming Ia. before the tires were changed. Yep, that quick.

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Ken,

Yes, that is a picture of my car taken probably in 1971? This is the same se-up, but in color. You have probably seen this picture before?

As far as the issue of stock appearing or race, personally I have feeling both ways. The way it is now, is the way I drove it home from K.C., but as you mention, it wasn't long before it had a pair of slicks and competing on the strip.

[Keith Tedford]

I like Ray's car with the Cragars. We have them on our Chevelle. Every time I think about putting the original style SS wheels back on the car, I change my mind. Day two and Cragars go hand in hand.....along with headers and a Hurst shifter. I really haven't changed much in the last 40 years.
What's this hippy thing. None of the car guys I knew were into the hippy fad. There was one local long haired guy that bought a Shelby Mustand in about 1969-1970. He litterally destroyed the car in one summer. They were a totally different breed and we didn't seem to cross paths at all. Grass, for us, was something you walked on.

[Salvatore]

You are right Keith about those damn hippies! Who needed em! I figure they didn't get as far north as you guys because it was just to cold to lite one up! Plus there is no grass in Canada just ice.

[Schonyenko2]

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You are right Keith about those damn hippies! Who needed em! I figure they didn't get as far north as you guys because it was just to cold to lite one up! Plus there is no grass in Canada just ice.

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Sammy, most of those damn hippies were goin to Canada to get outta the draft. Cold was better than Vietnam. I remember how Ford most likly lost the election by pardoning the draft restisters/dodgers (depending on how you saw it), and then almost none of them came back.
Keith, your kinda right, although the term hippie was/is used a lot like the word liberal, homo, fag, the N word. Most of the time around here, even if you were part of the Sunday choir, only cut grass, and never smoked it,but your hair was a little longer that conformed to community standards, you were a fu kin hippie.
Please revisit 2 lane black top. James Taylor would have qualifyed as a gearhead hippie. Although "the girl' would have been a good time hippie chick.

[Kim_Howie]

Hey Schony, We haven't had a draft board for over 30 years get over it. Also Nixson pardoned the dodgers. He was the president that had the balls to resign. Which I can't say that for your buddy clinton.

[tom406]

Speaking of Tricky Dick, I saw a bumper sticker the other day on the back of an otherwise immaculate Acura sedan with a gray haired boomer driving. It said "I never thought I'd miss Nixon".

On that note, its too bad Al Gore didn't use the heretofore undiscovered power of the Vice Presidency to help 'ol Bill. Apparently, the Vice Presidency has broad powers and reach, and isn't really accountable to any branch of the federal government. Poor Al, he could have had this whole global warming thing licked if only he had the initiative of Mr. Cheney (Tricky Dick, Mk II).

Back now to Novas with excessively large tires.....