True story

[moparcanuck]

I was getting gas the other day and the guy on the pump beside me complemented me on the GTX. Without missing a beat he said "Is it a four or a six?" At first I thought he was pulling my leg but he stood there waiting for an answer. I said it was an eight. To which he said "WOW!!!"

I got in the car and drove away before he asked another question.

 

[Phantom440]

I was thinking, maybe, POSSIBLY, he could have been asking about how many carb barrels. But I doubt it.
This reminds me of the time I was in the DMV in Georgia. I saw the guy ahead of me in line pulled into the lot in a nice '71 Charger. I told him that was a really nice Charger, and I asked what he had in it. And he says, "About $40,000."
I meant what engine, but I let it go at that.

 

[ws27]

just a sign of the times. The average Joe will never experience a v8 anymore.

 

[kiwigtx]

In the late '80's when I registered my 70 Roadrunner, I told the lady it was a 7.2 litre engine. She asked if it was a car or an airplane. :icon_eyes:

 

[ilm65]

At a recent cruise, a father stood in front of my car and said to his young son: "You're looking at the most powerful engine Chrysler ever made...the HEMI." (I have a 440 wedge) Not to make him look bad in front of his son, I said nothing.

 

[kb67mopar]

At a recent cruise, a father stood in front of my car and said to his young son: "You're looking at the most powerful engine Chrysler ever made...the HEMI." (I have a 440 wedge) Not to make him look bad in front of his son, I said nothing.

Poor kid....to think he has to start with a mental handicap due to genetics

 

[Funship32]

At a recent cruise, a father stood in front of my car and said to his young son: "You're looking at the most powerful engine Chrysler ever made...the HEMI." (I have a 440 wedge) Not to make him look bad in front of his son, I said nothing.

"And yes son, I will continue to talk out of my :icon_butt:

 

[coloradodave]

At a recent cruise, a father stood in front of my car and said to his young son: "You're looking at the most powerful engine Chrysler ever made...the HEMI." (I have a 440 wedge) Not to make him look bad in front of his son, I said nothing.

That's good karma. It'll come back to you many times over. Put another way, it's "what goes around, comes around". Good for you...

 

[Lowhound]

I once got into a street race with my old 74 Charger against a 72 Olds Cutlass. After I beat him by about 5 lengths, He was impressed & wanted to know if my car had a 3 bolt main. I said yes it does & the 3rd bolt goes rite in the center of the crank. Also had someone tell me that their car had a 30-30 cam & hollow point pistons. The funny thing is that if you can hold a straight face & act like you believe some people they will tell you even bigger lies.

 

[steve817]

As others, I try my very best to educate younger people regarding the old Mopar iron. It's great to help build the confidence of a young boys/girls (high school age) when they are asking questions and showing an interest in my Mopars. Six years ago, my good neighbor boy (age 17) walked across the street to my garage to see what I was working on. After he was there for a few minutes, he commented "nice mustang" as I was finishing the removal of the steel crank 440 and 727 from a Chrysler New Yorker. I truly didn't know what to think at that moment, however, just calmly corrected him. He is now in college and studying to be a surgeon. We still talk about this today and he will probably be my doctor to fix a broken part of my body!

 

[64BEL]

Back in '83 I had a guy at a stop light ask me where I got my hood ('70 GTX Air Grabber). When I told him it was factory, he didn't believe me. I also used to have people ask me to honk my horn. Disappointment ensued when they didn't get the Road Runner beep beep they expected.

 

[Photon440]

'hollow point pistons' sound like someone's a gun fan. Wanting to shoot the cylinder heads off.

30-30 cam used to be one of the more popular Chev. cams though. Usually known as a Duntov 30-30.

 

[64BEL]

Is a 30-30 cam anything like a 3/4 cam? :laughing7:

 

[Durandal25]

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That's good karma. It'll come back to you many times over. Put another way, it's "what goes around, comes around". Good for you...

......I like to educate, but also to fan the flames of good mopar karma. The pride one dude has to pass on to a child is the only true way a dad can be a dad. I run into three or four guys a week that call my bee a Cuda or a Charger. I have no issue with it, as long as they don't confuse it for a Chebbie, hehe.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Well,
Everyone knows the 4-cylinder GTXs' and the 6-cylinder GTXs' are extremely rare but the 8 cylinder GTXs' are quite common.

 

[kb73rr]

You guys are right about the good Karma by not embarassing the dad in front of his son.

I drove my RR to work yesterday. This morning my buddy and lead project engineer (car guy) came in and told me how one of his engineers (not car guy) asked him who drove the Starsky and Hutch car to work. My buddy knows how that one particular stupid question always really bugs me and he straightened his engineer out.

At least he did it, not me, and my Karma is still intact.

 

[Photon440]

Is a 30-30 cam anything like a 3/4 cam? :laughing7:

Short answer = probably

It was named for it's .30 hot and cold lash (solid cam). It is mentioned under the 302 section here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_small-block_engine

 

[Warpspeed]

Getting gas for my 70 Challenger TA, kid drives up and said he admired my hot rod! He and his dad had a machine shop at home where they worked on Hondas. BUT, he had two 427 Hemis! One came with a Pontiac Satelite. I just asked him what he was doing with the engine? He was puting it in another car. Oh, I said, "you realize that the car is worth more with the orginal engine in the Satelite". It was funny how his girlfriend in the car was nodding as I was telling him this. I finally had to go. I couldn't hold my laughter anymore. He claimed he had more than $12,000 in his 427 hemi.

 

[kb67mopar]

You guys are right about the good Karma by not embarassing the dad in front of his son.

I think this is incorrect. I agree in not embarrassing the guy but you should correct him. What WILL eventually happen if his son takes a liking to cars, is he will start to research and remember that moment. Then when he finds out his dad was completely full of **** he will lose some respect for him.

Moral of the story in my book is just be courteous and help correct those who have it wrong politely, if they try to rub it in your face or call you a jackass just laugh it off and let them remain obliviously stupid.

 

[coloradodave]

Different strokes for different folks....it's all good.