not a race story, but I wanted to kill the guy

Ditto...i've been to many a car show and they wouldn't even acknowledge me. Like it's been said, we have the Rodney Dangerfield of muscle cars: "No respect I tell ya! No respect at all!!":ball:

 

I don't know if it's my car or my age, maybe both, but alot of these guys have really turned me off to car shows and cruise ins.

 

I try to be as polite as possible with people on the street interested in our cars, I realize that Chevelles outnumber our cars by probably a 1000 to 1. So I pretty much expect the Nice Chevelle or Cool 442 thing. That being said, the internet has saved many a partsmonkeys life. I will not even pull into a parts store parking lot without a printout of part numbers off the respective stores web site (helps to know if its in stock anyways). Funny thing is after looking up the number they always ask what its for and I still get the old line of, all GM 350s are Chevy, Buick never made a 350 or my personal favorite only Pontiac and Olds made a 455.

Wow I just realized I have a 350 Stage 2, a 350 Stage 4, and a 455 Stage 4 in the garage, maybe I will retire early after all!!!!ray:

 

Haha... i have a story close to that one... I went some where with My EX's family, and they brought me home, we pull up... and he(her moms boyfriend) ask me...is that a "GN" or "GNX"... and went on to tell a story about how he or one of his friends had one... didnt pay much attention... I just thought... if he had one...or his friend had one... he would have noticed it wasnt a gn or gnx....:moonu:
because, to me it looks just a tad older than one of them o No: ...Yeah, she didnt stay around long either...

one more... i didnt really want to kill the guy(maybe a litte)... he almost killed himself though.

I was driving over the levee, well about a 1985 Chebby comes up behind me flashing his lights and such, and proceeds to pull around me... I assumed he was following the ambulance that was in front of me... no lights or siren,just heading on at a faster than norm clip... well he pulls up beside me. 100% focused on MY CAR not the freaking ROAD... well I noticed him drifting and he noticed it too, and increase his speed just enough to be one full car length ahead of me... while he was in front of me i looked up and notice that the DRIVER was TURNED 180 DEGREES AROUND IN HIS SEAT! Looking at MY CAR... He did it 3 TIMES all atleast 15- 20 seconds in length... i would have been more than happy to pull over, and after i saw him turning the thrid time I dropped my speed for 55 to 35... I just dont feel comfortable driving near people like that... im glad they like to look at... but save that kind of looking for while its parked, ya know? people are just CRAZY...

that is the only time I'll ever be glad my Buick wasn't clean :bglasses: ...

 

GS-Chevelle
Marine-soldier
Both get my blood going

 

How's this for an insult...

About 15 years ago, I walked into a car parts store and asked for an upper radiator hose for a 1963 Chrysler 300.

Guy pours thru the parts book for about 10 minutes, and then says "I cant find it". The older model 300's were sort of scarce as only about 8000 total were built from 1954 thru 1970,,, I guess it was reasonable they may not have been included in the parts book, so I politely ask for a hose to fit a '63 new yorker with the 413 engine.

The parts guy looks at me all confused and says "Are you sure that's gonna fit?" I tell him "Yea, it's the same body and engine... It will fit"

Then he says "No it's not, the new yorker is a car, the 300 is a truck... Like a Ford F-250, or F-300"....

I was thoroughly insulted, and walked out... Never even told the guy why I was ticked.uzzled:

 

"Twin four barrels!? Buick NEVER did that!" "Really? Then come out here and tell me what's under this air cleaner." An exchange I had with a "counter mechanic" at a parts store. All I needed was an air filter...

 

OK, I'll toss a quick story out. My new neighbor comes over to chat earlier tonight, nice enough guy, he's retired, and loves to talk. Start off discussing our home A/C units, (I've got the best system on my bay:Brow: ), when he wants to look at my car.

So, I pop the hood, and............."that's a 445 engine, isn't it".ou: So I properly educate him, and he now tells me about the 68 Wildcat he bought brand new, which had "solid lifters"uzzled: My attempt to correct him goes nowhere, since he was certain about it. So I let it drop, as he tells me about how the dealer had to overhaul the motor (his words).

He goes on to say that he tried telling them to add some STP to quiet the engine, but since it was warranty, they didn't listen. He says he added STP after he got it back, and suddenly, no more solid lifters.:laugh: :laugh:

Oh well, as I said, he's a friendly guy, who has I believe, a single daughter.:Brow: :Brow: So I'll stay on his good side, at least until I meet his daughter anyway.

 

That reminds me of my frist wife's dad.......when we were first just dating, he had this '71 Olds delta 88. It had warped rotors, and the brakes pulsated real bad.

He insisted it was bad shocks, and refused to listen to me when I told him it was rotors and that he needed front brakes. ou:

So then a few months later when the material came off the inner brake pads, he took it into a shop (I wasn't good enough I guess:af: ) and had the front brakes replaced AND 4 shocks.

The pulsation problem naturally was gone.........and he still INSISTED it was the shocks! :af: :spank: :blast:

That bastard never liked me and I never liked him either. :moonu:

 

I've heard "nice GTO". What year 442 is that? And "has that got a 454 in it? Every once in awile I'll run across someone that knows what it is.

 

I love Buicks but there is a little too much chevy hating going on in here for my taste. At least your cars arent being call mustangs or chargers!!

 

you shoudn't get pi$$ed. Its an opprotunity to educate the unwashed. they like your car or they wouldn't have said anything. Just say it is a Buick which is rarier than a chevy, was more expensive, faster,:bglasses: etc,etc.