Pics from Back in the Day

[69 Sleeper Bee]

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

These 2 I have a little info on, world of wheels in NYC early 80s

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

 

[Coelacanth]

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Ahh, I remember that "Corvette Summer" fiberglass hood. When I was looking to buy my first car, before I ended up with my '70 Charger, I looked at a red third-gen Charger that had that same hood on it. Boy am I glad I passed on that one...

 

[RemCharger]

 

[YY1]

I was gonna say-

I've never seen an "ls-1" hood on a 73 Satellite.

...and...

"Corvette Summer" hood was asymmetrical.

EDIT- L88 hood, not LS1.

 

[Coelacanth]

I was gonna say-

I've never seen an "ls-1" hood on a 73 Satellite.

...and...

"Corvette Summer" hood was asymmetrical.

I was joking with the "Corvette Summer" reference, not being specific. That LS-1 fiberglass hood is a sacrilege to have installed on a Charger--or Satellite. Along with the Corvette Summer sidepipes.

 

[guy gadbois]

I was gonna say-

I've never seen an "ls-1" hood on a 73 Satellite.

...and...

"Corvette Summer" hood was asymmetrical.

Hate to let my - according to some here - Corvette and Dog owning superiority complex show, but that hood 'scoop' is an L88 style protrusion. Never heard of an "LS1" scoop. This first appeared on the 68 L88 cars and from the factory, was used on those for 68 and 9, as well as the two ZL1 cars. Not only does it look good, it was very functional. BUT... it should NOT be put on a 73 Satellite, nor any nonChevrolet, imnsho. Looks like that Satellite may have a 71-up Z28 spoiler on the back too...Sorta like the early Camaro 'cowl induction hood' ; people put em on Mustangs, Dusters, Dakotas, whatever. Yes its a nice design and yes it works, but no, you don't put it on Chryslers, Fords AMCs or nonAmerican cars. It simply is not done.
As far as the 'corvette summer' car... whomever did that obviously hates Corvettes and probably their owners ; sheesh...what an abomination!

 

[Photon440]

As far as the 'corvette summer' car... whomever did that obviously hates Corvettes and probably their owners ; sheesh...what an abomination!

Hey, it was the 70's, just a cheap summer flick. Lots of goofy custom cars back then. I actually read the book before I saw the movie...

 

[Coelacanth]

Hate to let my - according to some here - Corvette and Dog owning superiority complex show, but that hood 'scoop' is an L88 style protrusion. Never heard of an "LS1" scoop. This first appeared on the 68 L88 cars and from the factory, was used on those for 68 and 9, as well as the two ZL1 cars. Not only does it look good, it was very functional. BUT... it should NOT be put on a 73 Satellite, nor any nonChevrolet, imnsho. Looks like that Satellite may have a 71-up Z28 spoiler on the back too...Sorta like the early Camaro 'cowl induction hood' ; people put em on Mustangs, Dusters, Dakotas, whatever. Yes its a nice design and yes it works, but no, you don't put it on Chryslers, Fords AMCs or nonAmerican cars. It simply is not done.
As far as the 'corvette summer' car... whomever did that obviously hates Corvettes and probably their owners ; sheesh...what an abomination!

Yeah, that's the one, the L88 hood.

 

[YY1]

Hate to let my - according to some here - Corvette and Dog owning superiority complex show, but that hood 'scoop' is an L88 style protrusion. Never heard of an "LS1" scoop. This first appeared on the 68 L88 cars and from the factory, was used on those for 68 and 9, as well as the two ZL1 cars. Not only does it look good, it was very functional. BUT... it should NOT be put on a 73 Satellite, nor any nonChevrolet, imnsho. Looks like that Satellite may have a 71-up Z28 spoiler on the back too...Sorta like the early Camaro 'cowl induction hood' ; people put em on Mustangs, Dusters, Dakotas, whatever. Yes its a nice design and yes it works, but no, you don't put it on Chryslers, Fords AMCs or nonAmerican cars. It simply is not done.
As far as the 'corvette summer' car... whomever did that obviously hates Corvettes and probably their owners ; sheesh...what an abomination!

Crap, that's what I meant.

L88

...and the 68 L88 was the featured engine in my Sr HS Vocational Auto Mech term paper.

Shame on me.

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

 

[YY1]

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Is that a KZ-440/454?

 

[Coelacanth]

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Now that's a great photo, in so many ways.

 

[Fran Blacker]

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Cold beer, hold my gun!

 

[Rusty knuckles]

Always thought these were neat pics.

 

[guy gadbois]

Is that a KZ-440/454?

Quite possibly; I was never into 'cruiser/customs' or jap street bikes, but have seen thousands and had friends that had them. Were not those called KZ 500/whatever "LTDs" or similar?

EDIT - sent the pic to a friend who is pretty knowledgeable on things from japan with two wheels and he contends that the bike in the image is most likely Yamaha "XS-whatever-size Special" as far as he can tell; says the engine looks pretty "Y" as opposed to "K"...

 

[guy gadbois]