#206321 - Tue Oct 05 2010 08:41 AM
Re: Another old truck
[Re: Thunder II]
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Registered: Wed Jun 02 2004
Loc: PECONIC BAY, L.I., NY, USA
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SPOTTED THESE WHILE OUT PICKING YESTERDAY.... A FORD F-1 @ BEDELL CELLARS VINEYARDS:  AND A RUST BUCKET STUDE: 
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#211661 - Sun Nov 07 2010 11:26 AM
Re: Another old truck
[Re: itsagas]
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Registered: Wed Jun 02 2004
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THANKS, I WAS ACTUALLY CHECKING OUT A YARDSALE THIS MORNING WHERE I WAS ONLY ABOUT 200' FEET AWAY FROM THOSE LAST TWO TRUCKS I POSTED. COINCIDENCE? MOST LIKELY LOL!
GREAT BOOK, BOB! PICKED IT UP LAST YEAR. HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!
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#215343 - Fri Nov 26 2010 07:43 PM
Re: Another old truck
[Re: bruzer75]
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Registered: Tue Feb 22 2005
Loc: Longview, WA
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Now that's a truck I would like to have, especially loaded with it's cargo of "liquid gold". LOL
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#215885 - Mon Nov 29 2010 07:28 AM
Re: Another old truck
[Re: HI-OCTANE]
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WIKIPEDIA....
425 425 cu in (7.0 L) 425 This was the largest version of the "Nailhead". It began as an option in 1963 on the Riviera and it was later available on the Wildcat and Electra models too. The 1964 and 1966 Riviera had the 425 engine as standard equipment. 4 barrel carburetion was standard on all 425 "Nailheads" that were called "Wildcat 465". The "465" sticker on the air cleaner did not denote engine displacement as many thought, it denoted the torque rating. It was possible to order two 4 barrel carbs, which were delivered in the trunk along with the intake manifold and installed by the dealer. This version was called "Super Wildcat" and could be ordered on the 1965 Riviera Gran Sport and the 1966 Wildcat GS as RPO Y48. Toward the end of the 1966 model year, approximately May 1966, Buick offered the Super Wildcat 465 with dual 4BBL Carter AFB's as a factory installed option. This engine is coded "MZ" while the dealer installed dual four barrel setup was a "MW" coded engine. There were only 179 1966 Riviera GS cars built with the MZ coded factory dual four barrel setup, making it a very rare car. Rarer still was the 1966 Riviera GS, MZ coded engine, in Riviera Red exterior color.
MORE ABOUT THE CAR.....
Skylark Gran Sport
The 1965 Skylark Gran Sport was the intermediate Buick Skylark with the Gran Sport option added. Although a 300 cu in (4,916 cc) V8 was already offered in the Skylark, the Gran Sport had the largest engine permitted by GM - a 400 cu in (6,555 cc) Buick V8. This engine was actually 401 cu in (6,570 cc), but called a "400" by Buick because that was the maximum engine size limit set by General Motors for the intermediate body cars. This engine produced 325 hp (242 kW) and 445 ft·lbf (603 Nm) and was known as the "nailhead" engine. Buick sold more than 15,000 Skylarks with the Gran Sport option that first year, and almost as many the next. It was renamed the GS 400 in 1967, and the Gran Sport became its own model in (about) that same year along with a new "400" engine quite different from the notoriously reliable but growingly obsolete nailhead engine design that was first introduced in 1953. Sales fell somewhat in the face of increasingly higher-performance and more popular muscle cars from other marques when compared to those from the more stodgy and expensive Buick. Buick, however stepped it up a notch when introducing the Stage 1 option in 1969. This limited production (less than 1,500 cars in 1969) version delivered 340 hp (253 kW) and 440 ft·lbf (597 Nm). The name Gran Sport replaced the GS moniker with the 1973 Gran Sport, and was again revived in the late eighties on the FWD Skylark model with various performance options added.
Edited by THE AMERICAN GARAGE (Mon Nov 29 2010 07:32 AM)
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