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Here are some pictures of my old truck and the car being taken apart . A little more cutting on the car then I can start welding the truck to it . This is fun . If you haven't cut up a car you should do it once in your life .
 

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I just sold my classic '73 VW Beetle. Loved the car but didn't drive it enough. And with a baby coming somewhere soon I had to prioritise...

Did a lot of work on it, repaired the engine for example. Although most people thought it must be my husbands car, because young blond women are not supposed to work on classic cars...

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Midnight blue '75 Camaro 350 with 10.9:1 dome pistons, Holley 750 double pumper, edelbrock performer intake, Competition Cams stainless steel roller rockers, pushrods ect. Accel super coil, stainless headers, electric fans B&M megashifter, 373 Richmond posi-traction..... To much to go on.... I have to run 110+ octane or she wants to detonate with that compression. Love the bikes to... I have a CBR600rr as well. :)
 

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Here are some pictures of my old truck and the car being taken apart . A little more cutting on the car then I can start welding the truck to it . This is fun . If you haven't cut up a car you should do it once in your life .
You're putting a truck chassis on a Caddy?
 

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Midnight blue '75 Camaro 350 with 10.9:1 dome pistons, Holley 750 double pumper, edelbrock performer intake, Competition Cams stainless steel roller rockers, pushrods ect. Accel super coil, stainless headers, electric fans B&M megashifter, 373 Richmond posi-traction..... To much to go on.... I have to run 110+ octane or she wants to detonate with that compression. Love the bikes to... I have a CBR600rr as well. :)
I did that with my Z - 1 , had to run 109 octane so the valves wouldn't rattle ! My mechanic told me the only thing I could do to make it faster was "lose weight" ! :D Finally sucked a valve , running that hot doesn't do a lot for engine life ! :(
 

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You're putting a truck chassis on a Caddy?
Nope I'm putting a f100 body on a Lincoln town car chassis. Everything the Lincoln has the truck will have . Using all the running gear ,wiring, suspension ,dash ,and everything . Here's the last one we did .
 

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I did that with my Z - 1 , had to run 109 octane so the valves wouldn't rattle ! My mechanic told me the only thing I could do to make it faster was "lose weight" ! :D Finally sucked a valve , running that hot doesn't do a lot for engine life ! :(
You mentioned Kawasaki Z?
Blue is 1974 stock engine.
Green is 1976 MTC 1340 MOTOR.
Black is 1977 1000A
 

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Wish I lived somewhere nice year round!
You can pretty much ride year round here , can get too darn hot in the summer ! But you can always ride up into the mountains to cool off ! Florida is warmer overall , but they don't have mountains and they only have about 3 curves ! :D :D

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You can pretty much ride year round here , can get too darn hot in the summer ! But you can always ride up into the mountains to cool off ! Florida is warmer overall , but they don't have mountains and they only have about 3 curves ! :D :D

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Don't forget out 3 months of rain each day.
Flat roads have an advantage. If high speed is your thing.
Since I've had the ZX1441r, I've gone a little too fast a few times.
More like way too fast many times.
 

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Don't forget out 3 months of rain each day.
Flat roads have an advantage. If high speed is your thing.
Since I've had the ZX1441r, I've gone a little too fast a few times.
More like way too fast many times.
After riding from Gainesville to Leesburg at night , in the pouring rain , getting there at 5:00 AM and finding that my reserved room had been rented to someone else I will NEVER forget about rain in Florida !
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I still find getting into the twisty's ;


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and being ready for whatever might be around the next corner ;

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to be the most stimulating riding for me ! ;)
 

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Just thought I should put a car picture back in this thread. Here are a few of my 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia. I acquired the car in 1986. After considerable restoration work I put the car on the road in 1987. It was my daily driver until 1992. Since then I have just maintained the car, made a few upgrades to it, and enjoyed driving it.

The cars in the background are also Alfa Romeo.
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The car in the background is and Alfa Romeo 4C. It is rumored to be a little faster than my car.
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This one is so that @maggie3fan can see the "hemi" under the hood.
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