Ooooh that smells so good!

September 24, 2021, 06:36 PM

p08

Got my old car out for a Rt 66 cruise today and had someone pull up next to me to say how much he loved the smell of the exhaust. What can I say 106 octane with lead does smell wonderful.

September 24, 2021, 06:42 PM

P250UA5

TTIWWOP!

September 24, 2021, 07:07 PM

p08

September 24, 2021, 09:57 PM

flesheatingvirus

Oh my god. You are my hero.

I
Want
Your
Car

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September 24, 2021, 10:02 PM

Ronin1069

Good God… I can smell it from here!

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September 24, 2021, 10:22 PM

Pipe Smoker

106 octane with lead … Hm.

Even as a little kid I liked the smell of diesel exhaust. My little home town was on US 40, and had a bus stop for Greyhound buses. I loved their aroma. Those big, sleek buses seemed so exotic. Yeah, I know I’m an outlier, but I am what I am.

September 24, 2021, 10:46 PM

ensigmatic

I detest the smell of diesel, but the smell of unburned hydrocarbons from performance engines running high-octane, leaded gasoline brings back memories of my old street-racing days

Nice ride, OP ^5

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September 24, 2021, 10:47 PM

p08

quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
106 octane with lead … Hm.

Even as a little kid I liked the smell of diesel exhaust. My little home town was on US 40, and had a bus stop for Greyhound buses. I loved their aroma. Those big, sleek buses seemed so exotic. Yeah, I know I’m an outlier, but I am what I am.

Lets just say that I have a connection for 100 LL. This tank was a concoction of 110 racing gas, mixed with the 100 LL and some 93 premium. In my youth when I built this engine I never gave it a second thought making the compression 13:1.

September 24, 2021, 10:58 PM

Orguss

Do you keep it locked up in a vault? That paint job still looks amazing!

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September 24, 2021, 10:59 PM

ASKSmith

Beautiful TA. Brings back many good memories, my brother devoted 30 some years of his life with a 455. He sold it a few years ago. I wish I would have bought it, but I didn’t have the funds.

September 24, 2021, 11:18 PM

KCFormula

"Trans-Am....what's yo pleasure?"

September 24, 2021, 11:38 PM

texassierra

Very nice! I don't recall ever seeing one that color...I like it. Gotta be a lot fun cruising around.

September 24, 2021, 11:44 PM

p08

quote:
Originally posted by Orguss:
Do you keep it locked up in a vault? That paint job still looks amazing!

Thanks, it was painted sometime around 1990 or so, Was garage kept, then went into long term storage for 19 years. Until I got it out and had it freshened up a bit.

quote:
Originally posted by texassierra:
Very nice! I don't recall ever seeing one that color...I like it. Gotta be a lot fun cruising around.

Factory color for 1980, called Burgundy Grape. The color and bird are the same as from the factory.

September 24, 2021, 11:46 PM

TXJIM

I have typed multiple post with too many inappropriate words and deleted them and will just say, wow

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September 25, 2021, 01:26 AM

Excam_Man

Sweet ride.

September 25, 2021, 07:33 AM

ridgerat

quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
106 octane with lead … Hm.

Even as a little kid I liked the smell of diesel exhaust. My little home town was on US 40, and had a bus stop for Greyhound buses. I loved their aroma. Those big, sleek buses seemed so exotic. Yeah, I know I’m an outlier, but I am what I am.

Ha! I also love the smell of diesel exhaust. I remember as a kid my grandmother and I would go to downtown L.A. on the RTD bus, amd I would hang my head out the window just to breathe it in!

Not so much anymore.....just ain't the same.

So while you might be an outlier, there are others.

September 25, 2021, 07:41 AM

P250UA5

quote:
Originally posted by ridgerat:
quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
106 octane with lead … Hm.

Even as a little kid I liked the smell of diesel exhaust. My little home town was on US 40, and had a bus stop for Greyhound buses. I loved their aroma. Those big, sleek buses seemed so exotic. Yeah, I know I’m an outlier, but I am what I am.

Ha! I also love the smell of diesel exhaust. I remember as a kid my grandmother and I would go to downtown L.A. on the RTD bus, amd I would hang my head out the window just to breathe it in!

Not so much anymore.....just ain't the same.

So while you might be an outlier, there are others.

My first 2 cars were early 80s diesel Mercedes, count me in the outliers.

September 25, 2021, 07:52 AM

V-Tail

Neat-O!

September 25, 2021, 08:59 AM

apf383

Nice car, I had a ‘75 back in the day, 400/400 silver over black. Sold it to buy my Roadrunner. Wasn’t Oldsmobile powering those later T/A’s? 6.9L is that an Olds 403 punched out or a stroker?