What's Your Daily Driver

Holly · Post by **Holly** » Sat Jul 22, 06 10:38 am

Powerail wrote:You can't do that anymore

You can if you still drive an old car

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sun Jul 23, 06 10:50 am

M POWER 850csi

Powerail · Post by **Powerail** » Sun Jul 23, 06 12:14 pm

Wow... I always wanted an 850CSI. Had a bit of a thing for Bimmers at one point after owning a 540 which was enough to make anyone love them

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Jul 23, 06 8:19 pm

The Oldsmobeater. 1965 Ninety-Eight town sedan, 425 "Super Rocket" big block & 4 barrel. currently with a sickly trans, so I've been pilfering Em's '95 Toyota Celica 2.0GT instead.

As soon as my mate sticks the new flex plate in I'll be pressing the Buick back into daily service while I get the trans in the Olds fixed.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 26, 06 2:24 pm

Incursus wrote:Renault 19 diesel.

But I'm saving for a 1995ish Mustang 3.8 V6 for a daily

Well I did it, she's mine now

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Wed Jul 26, 06 3:52 pm

Subaru Forester S-Turbo ...

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 26, 06 5:26 pm

Work for porsche but get a Merc!
2nd one now tho! first one went into a ditch.... oops..

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 26, 06 7:32 pm

Quality Escort van. Can't be missed as it has a big mopar performance sticker on the back door. Oh and Sierra RS500 wheels on it

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 26, 06 7:59 pm

my 67 Dart.

When that breaks though i drive my wifes 99 Wrangler TJ Sahara.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 26, 06 9:48 pm

Hurrah

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 26, 06 10:39 pm

badly shimmed starter ate the flex plate - litterally the day I drove her home from the MOT station. Should be back on the road for the weekend. Maybe.

She's a "Custom 400", which means a 340 high compression 4 barrel motor dual exhausts and the "super turbine" switch pitch ST400 trans (with altitide compensation apparently). I have all the paperwork with her from new, dealer PDI, the lot. She was spec'd with a lower ratio diff as well which is nice. Someone obviously wanted a bit of a family hot rod sedan. She now has a Postons cam, Carter AFB 625, B&M vacuum modulator and a few other bits I don't recall now. Goes bloomin well for a small block big car.

Thats all the dust from sitting in the garage over winter on there.

This is more what she looks like when clean:

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 26, 06 10:49 pm

Can't beat the old switch pitch TH400. Had a friend in the US who had a '79 Deuce and a quarter with a built 455 and a switch pitch. He activated it with an extra main beam floor switch for racing purposes. He had four of us in the car when we went Hootering the only time the GS Nats were held at National Trails and killed a big block Chevelle off the line on Bryce Road. Car ran 11s.

340/350 Buick is under-rated. Driven a couple of GS350's and they motored well, but the 430/455 is so lightweight most folk went for the cubes.

Cool car, Alistair.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jul 27, 06 8:54 am

The Olds has a very similar trans. I think the switch pitch works slightly differently on that though, or so someone was tryig to tell me. I also think the SP doesn't work and its stuck in low stall. When its sorted I'll check all the switch gear out. But thats another story. It certainly doesn't feel anywhere near as lively as the 'lil Buick does, but gearing does play a huge part in that I guess. (the olds is like a 2.93 rear, excellent f you mash the edal at like 50 and it just pulls like a trooper in top, but it lacks that low speed feel that a lower geared car has)

Interestingly the ST400 is quite a different box to the TH400. I got a bunch of TH400 service parts and guess what - they don't fit! pan gasket, filter, valve body, all different and thats before you pull anything else.

The only thing I don't like about the ST400 is theres no part throttle down shift, its full throttle only. part throttle only activates the high stall mode. Apparently theres a trick to use an Oldsmobile valve body used in certain years which will operate the S/P correctly and give automatic part throttle down shifts.

crikey thats a whole lot of irrelevant blah isn;t it.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jul 27, 06 7:08 pm

My daily driver is a 1989 Dodge Ramcharger LE 150 4X4 318EFI 727. And it's for sale. If anyone intrested. But You have to pick the car up in Norway. 94000 NOK for it.

Holly · Post by **Holly** » Thu Jul 27, 06 7:28 pm

Thats a nice looking truck