I walk by a Pantera and hear a lady asking the owner about his car.

I was at the weekly car meet this past weekend, and there was a guy with a Pantera there. While I was looking at his Pantera, a lady was asking him about his car. Here are some of the questions she asked that I can remember.

Her: Is this a new car? I have never seen one before.
Him: No, it's a 19XX model.

Her: This is the coolest looking Japanese car I have seen.
Him: It's Italian.

Her: How come it doesn't have a motor? Is this one of those new electric cars?
Him: The motor is in the back. It's not new, it's a 19XX model.

Her: Oh yeah, you just said that. Is it a back engine electric car?
Him: No, it runs on gas.

Her: How eco-friendly is it?
Him: It's not.

Her: How do you fit groceries in it?
Him: I don't.

It looked like he was getting annoyed. I couldn't stop laughing and had to walk away. When she said "back engine electric cars", even my girlfriend started laughing.


What are some of the strangest things you've heard at a car show?

 

A man and his son looking at my car;

"Dad, look; this one doesn't have spark plugs."

"It's been converted to Diesel, son."

 

Him-"Is that one of those 350 Rocket motors"
Me-"nope, its a Buick"

Him-"Cool, how'd you get the distributor on the front like that?"
Me- ou:

 

LOL. lmbo. this is good stuff!!

 

Him: Hey man, Is that a chevelle?

Me: Yes, it is actually a Brazilian Chevelle. They had different noses and bumpers than the US counterparts, and they were called "Skylarks" down there...

KFD

 

Laugh...in Brazil they relabeled the Dodge Dart to a Charger.

How did that spark plug to glow plug thing work out for you, bhambulldog? :laugh:

 

the olds with a the original motor and its a buick 350 :spank:

 

lol thats good

 

ou: I get the "Rocket" thing ALL THE TIME! it drives me NUTS


"What motor do you have in that thing? "
"455 Buick "
"*Excited voice* Oh a 455 Rocket!?!? So and so had one of those in his *Blah Blah Blah-*"
"No, its a Buick 455, not an Oldsmobile. They are better."
"Oh....."


The Chevelle thing irkes me too, but not as bad. You'd be amazed how many people thought my old blacked out 83 Regal was a Monte Carlo, and stopped to look at it while it was for sale, only to find out that it wasn't a Monte Carlo and suddenly they weren't gaga-eyed and interested anymore.

 

One of the guys I play tennis with started asking me how much horsepower my car had and could it beat this and that. I told him it was right at 500 horsepower and would beat just about anything you can buy except for the new ZR1 Corvette and some exotics. He then went on to say he had a GTO when he was in high school with a 4 barrel carburetor and that it was "faster than anything on the streets these days". He said "now that was a fast car". This seems to be a common fantasy for the older guys. The young guys always want to tell me about their buddies Honda with a turbo kit that has 700 Horsepower that will walk away from ZR1s.

 

ohh I know the feeling, customer at worked asked me what engine i have in the olds so I say its a 455, not original to the car so he tells me oldsmobile never put 455's in their A body cars and I say sure they dd, the 442, standard engine in 1970 and he starts arguing with me that nope never happened. so now when people ask about the car i answer yes to everything instead of getting into some stupid arguenment because they know more then me yet they are asking me the questions. so yes my 1970 cutlass is an SS, yes my 1970 cutlass is a camaro, yes my 1970 cutlass has a hemi in it, yes my 1970 cutlass is a GTO a Chevelle, a GS, etc. etc.

 

I've heard a bunch of them.

Nothing quite like the pantera story, but all the usual "experts".
Usually I'm having a good enough time at a car show that I don't even register those guys any more.

 

When i was pulling out of the store parking lot yesterday,i heard an older guy say"WOW!....nice looking old car"...worked for me!:TU:

 

I like to tell people I spun the motor 180 degrees to get the distributor to the front. Only problem is now I have to put the car in reverse to go forward and have three gears going backwards.

The ones that get it laugh. The ones that don't get a very confused look on their face as they think about how akward it must be only having one forward gear.

 

I pulled up to a gas station one time, and as I was walking up to the pump, some old guy fueling on the opposite side of the pump, fueling a beater chevy truck says "Nice old chevy you got there." I said " it's even nicer because it's a Buick, not a Chevy." My wife did her "eye roll" and told me to be nice.

-JOsh

 

In Switzerland this older gentleman was looking at my Boattail, after a while he asked me (in German) if it was a 1968 model.
I told him: "No it's not a 1968 model".

Next he asked: "A 1969 model ?"
"No".

"A 1970 model ?"
"No".

"A 1971 model ?"
"No".

"A 1972 model ?"
"No".

"A 1973 model ?"
"Yes, that's right, it's a 1973 model year car".

"Ah, just like I thought !"
And he walked away.....

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 

A guy and his son walk up to my Riv at the BOPC show in Old Town and asy...See here son, these were made front wheel drive but this ones converted to rear wheel drive. Another day guy walks up and says "nice GTO" yet another very common question..... Why are the lights pointing up? I always say back home we use em fo spottin coon up in da trees. They always say, Ooooooo! like they know and understand. LOL Love it!

 

I thought about saying the engine was in backwards, but just walked away. I do like the 3 gears in reverse thing though!! I'll use that next time (cause rest assured, there will be a next time ...unfortunately...)