ZL-1 # 40 on Ebay

[Jeff H]

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To late not to sound like a jerk Jeff. First of all, I don't know what you paid for your JL8 nor do I care but I paid a pretty penny for my Deuce and have thousands more in it in improvements over the past year and a half. Might actually be more money than you have in the JL8 that you have been restoring for the past 15 years. I will say it again. I don't give a $hit how much money I have in the car. It is getting driven like the MF was stolen. That is the bottom line. IT IS ONLY A CAR. It is insured and already a restored car so it can be restored again. If you have to worry and stay up at nights worrying about the car the "you have spent your life savings on" maybe you should change your priorities, sell it, and improve your quality of life.

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Well Frank, now you sound like a jerk. Apparently you have money grwoing on trees or access to an unlimited bank account. Like a lot of regular people, I don't have access to funds like you do. Why do you think I'm driving a 1988 4Runner every day, because I like it? I have sacrificed all my income the last 6-7 years to make my crossram JL8 car a reality. But when it's done, I'll be nervous about driving it in NJ because the chances are very high something bad will happen. I know insurance will cover any damage, but I'm not waiting another 5 years to have it fixed again. And you have no idea how much I have invested in my car and it's probably more than you do in your car so get off your soapbox. You can't join any discussion in a civil manner, can you. I apologize to others reading this but Frank is way out of bounds with his attitude!

[PPPJJJFFF]

Alot of talk of comapring performance of the 71 Hemi-cuda and a ZL1 camaro. Lets not forget they were produced for 2 completely different reasons. The Zl1 was produced to compete against the 68 Hemi SS cars. If you want to compare performance, that in my opinion is a better comparison. Street Hemis weren't designed to race ZL1's. But the race hemi sure can. Patrick

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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To late not to sound like a jerk Jeff. First of all, I don't know what you paid for your JL8 nor do I care but I paid a pretty penny for my Deuce and have thousands more in it in improvements over the past year and a half. Might actually be more money than you have in the JL8 that you have been restoring for the past 15 years. I will say it again. I don't give a $hit how much money I have in the car. It is getting driven like the MF was stolen. That is the bottom line. IT IS ONLY A CAR. It is insured and already a restored car so it can be restored again. If you have to worry and stay up at nights worrying about the car the "you have spent your life savings on" maybe you should change your priorities, sell it, and improve your quality of life.

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Well Frank, now you sound like a jerk. Apparently you have money grwoing on trees or access to an unlimited bank account. Like a lot of regular people, I don't have access to funds like you do. Why do you think I'm driving a 1988 4Runner every day, because I like it? I have sacrificed all my income the last 6-7 years to make my crossram JL8 car a reality. But when it's done, I'll be nervous about driving it in NJ because the chances are very high something bad will happen. I know insurance will cover any damage, but I'm not waiting another 5 years to have it fixed again. And you have no idea how much I have invested in my car and it's probably more than you do in your car so get off your soapbox. You can't join any discussion in a civil manner, can you. I apologize to others reading this but Frank is way out of bounds with his attitude!

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Jeff,
It's a frickin car, get over it already - and drive the stupid thing when it's done. Trust me, a lot of guys have done what you are doing - me included, once it's done what are you going to do - spend the rest of your life braggin about how it sits in your garage at home? Who cares what they are worth, or what a person's buy-in price was, they are simply cars that can only do one thing - drive on down the road, or 1/4 mile



PS: your car would be done sooner and cheaper if you would get busy and work on it yourself

[Chevy454]

You either own the car, or the car owns you...

[SmallHurst]

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You either own the car, or the car owns you...

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Amen and pass the gravy! I look at the opportunity to go out and enjoy my car on a regular basis. Maybe I am too simple, but it is a car, I can find replacement parts for most everything on my car. I will try to put a smile on other people's faces when they see my car rolling down the road and keep a smile on mine that is actually a result of having my back slammed into the seat by extreme amounts of torque!

[MosportGreen66]

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You either own the car, or the car owns you...

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Amen and pass the gravy! I look at the opportunity to go out and enjoy my car on a regular basis. Maybe I am too simple, but it is a car, I can find replacement parts for most everything on my car. I will try to put a smile on other people's faces when they see my car rolling down the road and keep a smile on mine that is actually a result of having my back slammed into the seat by extreme amounts of torque!

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So True...

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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You either own the car, or the car owns you...

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Preach it Brother

[hvychev]

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Well Frank, now you sound like a jerk. Apparently you have money grwoing on trees or access to an unlimited bank account. Like a lot of regular people, I don't have access to funds like you do. Why do you think I'm driving a 1988 4Runner every day, because I like it? I have sacrificed all my income the last 6-7 years to make my crossram JL8 car a reality. But when it's done, I'll be nervous about driving it in NJ because the chances are very high something bad will happen. I know insurance will cover any damage, but I'm not waiting another 5 years to have it fixed again. And you have no idea how much I have invested in my car and it's probably more than you do in your car so get off your soapbox. You can't join any discussion in a civil manner, can you. I apologize to others reading this but Frank is way out of bounds with his attitude!


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Get off YOUR soap box. We have been listening for years about your JL8 and all the woes of you having no money to finish it and how you will be afraid to drive it. Also how do you know what my financial status is? I am also a regular guy. I worked my ass off so I could buy a Deuce and am not going to just sit and look at it in a garage. Life is to short for that. Take my advise, when one day the JL8 is done drive it out of the resto shop sideways. It is very liberating. The night Neal delivered my Deuce to me I took it out the second he pulled away. I tore down the street at 1:15 am with the car running like $hit, a 4.56 gear, and no working headlights. I could barely contain myself and couldn't believe that I actually owned a Yenko Deuce. THATS what it is all about.

[SamLBInj]

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I tore down the street at 1:15 am with the car running like $hit, a 4.56 gear, and no working headlights. I could barely contain myself and couldn't believe that I actually owned a Yenko Deuce. THATS what it is all about.

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Your my kinda guy Frank, I wish you owned an original motor ZL-1!

[SamLBInj]

When starting your car say these 4 simple things to yourself,
1. I may not be alive tomorrow
2. This is a really cool car
3. I wonder how high an RPM I can shift at
4. I may not be alive tomorrow

I bet after saying this to yourself you will have alot more fun with your car..