Lets see your Yank tanks!

[alabbasi]

I think that this is the problem with the QJET. Most of them are just worn out and poorly rebuilt. The one I bought was a knock off, likely from the far east. It was a great looking car and looked well made but just didn't function right. Every time I've bought an Edelbrock, it just worked.

[AdeTuono]

I bought this a couple of years ago, but it's just had a bit of a refresh. That's a, NYC school bus, ambulance, Crown Vic and now the Checker. Just need a La France fire engine.

[Google [bot]]

That’s great

[RoadToad84]

Does this count?!

[AMGSee55]

Not my first classic car, but my first classic American. Loving every minute - not fast but super smooth and comfortable. Structurally and mechanically excellent - dry state import hence baked roof, seats, dash pad etc, but only superficial surface rust. A great rolling project and room for all the family

[DodgyGeezer]

A land yacht - excellent stuff! How does it compare to your non-Yank classics?

[roscobbc]

AMGSee55 said:

Not my first classic car, but my first classic American. Loving every minute - not fast but super smooth and comfortable. Structurally and mechanically excellent - dry state import hence baked roof, seats, dash pad etc, but only superficial surface rust. A great rolling project and room for all the family

Gotta be a great alternative to a MPV or SUV for those with larger families!

[ZedLeg]

roscobbc said:

Gotta be a great alternative to a MPV or SUV for those with larger families!

Aye, if you don't mind struggling to find parking and 8mpg

Great car though, love a big caddy.

[some bloke]

Nice old Caddy. I would use mine a lot more if I could be guaranteed a park, ie, had a driveway. We have an area behind our block for parking but it gets filled up early afternoon, and the road is a bit challenging at times too.

[roscobbc]

ZedLeg said:

roscobbc said:

Gotta be a great alternative to a MPV or SUV for those with larger families!

Aye, if you don't mind struggling to find parking and 8mpg

Great car though, love a big caddy.

Not all are 8mpg lumps though are they?

[ZedLeg]

depends on the engine I guess but you wouldn't want anything but the 425 would you?


Can't imagine how miserable it would be with the Olds diesel.

[LeighW]

roscobbc said:

Not all are 8mpg lumps though are they?

My Firebird's only a 350 but I'm pretty sure that if you watch carefully enough you can see the fuel gauge going down.

[aeropilot]

ZedLeg said:

depends on the engine I guess but you wouldn't want anything but the 425 would you?


Can't imagine how miserable it would be with the Olds diesel.

The anemic 425 is just a method of converting dead dinasours into glacial momentum

[ZedLeg]

aeropilot said:

ZedLeg said:

depends on the engine I guess but you wouldn't want anything but the 425 would you?


Can't imagine how miserable it would be with the Olds diesel.

The anemic 425 is just a method of converting dead dinasours into glacial momentum

It was the best of a bad lot . That gen of caddy is ripe for a cheap LS swap, even the weakest truck engine would be a huge improvement.

[aeropilot]

ZedLeg said:

That gen of caddy is ripe for a cheap LS swap, even the weakest truck engine would be a huge improvement.

I suppose.
I just can't get past the looks of pretty much everything from 1970 onwards.

[ZedLeg]

I'm a weirdo who loves malaise era styling.

The 80's G body cars are probably my favourite American cars.

[RoadToad84]

ZedLeg said:

I'm a weirdo who loves malaise era styling.

The 80's G body cars are probably my favourite American cars.

I'm with you there. I do love the 50s for that ridiculously OTT style, but the utilitarian boxy shapes of the late 70s into the 80s just resonate with me. Probably because I'm a child of the 80s. Lot more practical to live with too. I can park my El Camino pretty much anywhere and it'll fit.

[roscobbc]

ZedLeg said:

depends on the engine I guess but you wouldn't want anything but the 425 would you?


Can't imagine how miserable it would be with the Olds diesel.

TBH........my eyes glaze over once past early 70's unless its an earlier pre 'bustleback' rwd Seville.......even then tudors too many........

[aeropilot]

roscobbc said:

ZedLeg said:

depends on the engine I guess but you wouldn't want anything but the 425 would you?


Can't imagine how miserable it would be with the Olds diesel.

TBH........my eyes glaze over once past early 70's unless its an earlier pre 'bustleback' rwd Seville.......even then tudors too many........

My eyes glaze over much past 1965/6 apart from a handful of exceptions

[AMGSee55]

DodgyGeezer said:

A land yacht - excellent stuff! How does it compare to your non-Yank classics?

Compared to our early 70s Alfa for example, very spacious, quiet and comfortable, but not a fraction of the performance - 120bhp propelling 1100kg vs 140 propelling 1850kg tells its own story - but hey, that’s not what a 70s Cadillac is about