I had a 68 Cutlass 2 speed. After I blew the trans on my trip to Alaska, it was the first car I conerted to a THM400. But definitely not the last. Later I discovered switch pitch, which took a second off my 0-60 time.
Bruce Roe 9 Mar 2006 "77W30442" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > lets see i was 9 yrs old my mother had just gotten her new used car, > dad > wanted to get rid of the 1968 olds f-85. > after a few days of mom explaining why i should get the car to > learn how > to work on cars. i was handed the keys and the car was moved on the > side of > the house where i would play with it. at 14 i stole the 1969 98 out > of the > drivway. and was tearing up my neighbor hood. it was the first time > i ever > seen or heard that ocean linner spin the tires off the rims. > i was set on dumping my massive 250 cubed inline six with my 2 > speed > jetway trans for a big block.but found a 1970 w-31 that was mangles > so i > bought its driveline. was impressed that a 350 could get the job > done.than i > eventually went 455 and never wanted anything else under the hood. > back > then who knew that one day i would be looking for another 1968 olds > f-85 > with a 6 cyl and 2 speed trans in average condition. ever since my > mom > passed away in 1997 i have been looking for the car she fought so > hard with > my dad to give me. > threw out the years as a adult and even as a small child there has > allways > been oldsmobiles around from 1966-1988 model yrs. my father must of > owned 12 > 1969 cutlass's sme 4 doors some spoer models. so i guess for me > its been > in my blood. > but if any one had leads on a decent 68 olds f-85 pls let me know. > i have many other models and aside of my hurst olds i owned this 68 > would > be the most important car in my stable once i aquire it. > take care > ron
