In The Beginning

[GM Powertrain]

Originally Posted by ZiggyL78

LOL. Yes, I did. I never heard it called that though. If a TH400 was stock it had a built in safety where it shifted on its own from 1ST to 2ND just before the motors redline. I never tried it on any Muscle Car but it was a riot in my tow car. If a passenger didn't know that a 400 had this function, they would flip out the first time it happened. If you look at the pics I just posted you will see my old blue 67 Olds 98 down the street from the Nova. On the outside it was let's say rough, but on the inside it was rough. LOL. It had a 425 Olds with a TH400. That motor was a stump puller that would not die.

Thanks for posting.

I used that feature often in my L34 '67 SS Chevelle I had in '85 and my '66 396 Caprice I also had. Drop it in first and stand on it and wait for that Turbo 400 to "blow shift" into second with a satisfying bark from the tires. Always fun.

Love the BB Nova you had as well as the Turbo Buicks ( I have both currently.) You have great taste in cars!

[EZ Nova]

Ziggy, Funny, I just picked up a Nicely done 1970 W30 convert clone. NEVER heard that you can't kill a OLDS BB.

[useless tony]

I remember Mike P and his white Toyota Celica from way back. He used to call the Warden and Sheppard guys "hamburger racers"

Met Serge T (from Rolling Tz) when I was in my teens, we were friends for years. He drove his parents 4 door '78 Delta 88 and when he blew up the 307 (I think that's what it had), he installed a healthy 396 BBC in it. Had a lot of fun and a ton of good times with Serge over the years. Sadly, he is no longer with us. You meet a lot of people during the course of your life and I can honestly say Serge T was truly one of the good ones.

Last time I saw Serge L's Challenger, it was a gutted shell, up in the loft at a chassis shop in Scarborough (Don P's). It wasn't too long after that the shop closed up. No idea what happened to it.

[EZ Nova]

Tony, yes, unfortunately Serge T passed away. I meet him and Ned about 2005. I have worked WITH Rolling Thunderz since about 2016.

Ned has taken Serge's son Sasha under his wing and he now works for Ned learning the high performance game. BUT there is a lot of things happening and that I can't get into, due to ongoing legal proceedings.

As for Mike Celica? That car probably had the BEST name for any car I can think of!!!!!!!

[ZiggyL78]

I was on YouTube and found this vid. I can't believe I forgot it in the C5 chapter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNuKidXK8TY

[CamaroNOS]

Originally Posted by ZiggyL78

I was on YouTube and found this vid. I can't believe I forgot it in the C5 chapter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNuKidXK8TY

Now your a movie star Ziggy, what else are you holding back on......lol.

Paul

[LT1vette]

Zig... Did you ever run down on Eastern Avenue below the "new" Gardner Exp?

I had a 72 Riviera GS, I would run 5.0L Mustangs and beat them. They'd be PO'd getting beat by their Grampas car... LOL

[useless tony]

Originally Posted by LT1vette

Zig... Did you ever run down on Eastern Avenue below the "new" Gardner Exp?

I had a 72 Riviera GS, I would run 5.0L Mustangs and beat them. They'd be PO'd getting beat by their Grampas car... LOL

Are you sure you mean Eastern ave?

Commissioners street (south of Eastern/south of the Gardiner) was a popular location for street racing.

[LT1vette]

Originally Posted by useless tony

Are you sure you mean Eastern ave?

Commissioners street (south of Eastern/south of the Gardiner) was a popular location for street racing.

You are RIGHT. I knew what I meant !!! LOL

[EZ Nova]

Ziggy, looks like you were racing Steve "splash" Damianidis's street car with the SSRE power. His '68 Camaro race car was quick back in the day. Small world as that same '68 Cararo used to be John Carinci's car.