[elky] Re: Some interesting (and fun) motor swap/race links
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:19:22 -0500
Were they loaded with gold bars (Italian Job)?
JC
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 10:39 AM, <STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> **
> A Mini car club just went down my street, I counted 25.
>
> Smokey Mt Frank
>
> In a message dated 7/23/2011 11:00:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> elcam84@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> If you like driving that mini try a Fiat 500( built on
> the Panda). Bigger inside more power and handles better too. Surprising
> considering it's a Fiat. They are starting to really advertise in DFW now
> too.
>
> Those chevettes were interesting cars. Decent size inside
> and gas mileage that is rarely matched today other than with eurpoean
> diesels but it had no power... You could look at the chevette as more of a
> london city car but on the big side.
>
> Oh on our way to Oklahoma a wile back we passed a
> pugeot... Who would buy one of those, especially here?
>
>
> Robert Adams
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 6:09 AM, John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I used to have a 1986 Chevette. It was a great little 5 speed 4 door with
>> air. Cindy loved it. Part of the reason we went with the Mini Cooper this
>> time around. They were gutless though.
>>
>> JC
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> My friend Wes from the Nova list is racing a Chevette in a series called
>>> Chumpcar:
>>> http://www.chumpcar.com
>>>
>>> Absolutely crazy. Here he is after the last race:
>>> http://the-wes.com/images/chumpcar-award.jpg
>>>
>>> Then there's a guy who wrote up a how-to on dropping a 2.8 V6 into a
>>> Chevette:
>>> http://www.angelfire.com/extreme3/v6chevette/SWAPSTEP1.html
>>>
>>> Interesting writeup. Makes me think about turning the Camaro into a race
>>> car and building a sleeper.
>>>
>>> r
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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