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1970 LT-1 350 cubic inch, 370 hp, 380 lb-ft torque
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Edit: discovered original LT-1 engines have a dash between LT and 1, 1990s revived the name but removed the dash (just LT1).
 
Hehe! Yeah, I remember the old land yachts. Had a couple. Buddy of mine still has one. Got about an acre of hood. You don't steer them as much as aim them.

I had one of those old Chrysler Cordobas with a 318 under the hood and the "fine Corinthian leather" interior. Got about 4 miles to the gallon. Don't know what it did with all that gas, but it sure was comfy.

Funny thing about those 318s - everybody I've ever known who had one had the same complaint: sucked gas like it was free. I had a Chevy Super Sport and a Monte Carlo that both had engines 100+ cubes larger that didn't do as badly. Not that they were without sin, but at least you got something for it.
 
Cagey said:
Hehe! Yeah, I remember the old land yachts. Had a couple. Buddy of mine still has one. Got about an acre of hood. You don't steer them as much as aim them.

I had one of those old Chrysler Cordobas with a 318 under the hood and the "fine Corinthian leather" interior. Got about 4 miles to the gallon. Don't know what it did with all that gas, but it sure was comfy.

Funny thing about those 318s - everybody I've ever known who had one had the same complaint: sucked gas like it was free. I had a Chevy Super Sport and a Monte Carlo that both had engines 100+ cubes larger that didn't do as badly. Not that they were without sin, but at least you got something for it.
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The 318 I had experience with was the same. It was the Carter carb. Replaced that with a Holley and an Edlebrock manifold and both mileage and performance improved.
 
If it had been a Duster or a 'Cuda or something, I might have been tempted to play around with the induction system, but being a Cordoba, I just assumed it was a pig. Thing probably weighed about a million pounds, so whaddaya expect, right? Thing was, the company I worked for at the time moved way outside the city, so cruising from deepinahearta Detroit suddenly turned into a hardship.

As it was, I bought it during the Arab oil embargo days when gas suddenly shot up to a whopping budget-busting $1.25 a gallon and you had to wait in line to get it, so I got the car for next to nothing. After driving it for about a year, I think I only lost about $200 selling it  :icon_biggrin:
 
Hows this for non musical equipment. Carried 2 weeks of food and me and my girl did over 70 miles with these bad boys. Saw a couple passes and a dozen lakes and a waterfall.
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That walking stick was pretty awesome too  :laughing7:
 
I saw my first Black Bear. About 300 pounder by my estimate. Ranger said that is a small one but I was still happy he was lumbering off. Also saw a Hawk hit the water and disappear for 10 sec. He came up with a trout and flew away. Me and my girls jaws dropped. Never knew they could dive into the water. Always thought they just skimmed it and nabbed em on the fly. It was awesome. 
 
Hawks are awesome. I almost wrecked a car once watching one grabbing a rabbit. You really see their wingspan when they flare out to keep from killing their own damn selves, then they take right off carrying a pound or two of dinner. Almost makes you proud for some reason. So majestic.
 
Nice pic! Kinda looks like he's got a bat, but it seems unlikely during the day. Who knows?

We used to have a hawk in our neighborhood that ate pretty well. Lotsa rabbits and squirrels running around. Guy on the lot across from us hated the critters for munching down on his vegetable garden, so he kept a live trap nearby to thin the herd. Every once in a while the hawk would sit on the cage thinking he could get the little rascals somehow, but basically all he did was make the trapped critters piss their fur.
 
I realized since this was a photo thread, I better state - that's not my pic. I just stole it fom the interwebs for the bad pun. It's a mouse.
We do have hawks that nest in trees near our house, front and back yard (depends on the year). I got to see one swoop down real close - I was standing behind the door to my shed, so he didn't see me until he just shot by about 8 feet away, 4 feet off the ground. Impressive creatures indeed.
 
Cagey said:
Hawks are awesome. I almost wrecked a car once watching one grabbing a rabbit. You really see their wingspan when they flare out to keep from killing their own damn selves, then they take right off carrying a pound or two of dinner. Almost makes you proud for some reason. So majestic.
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Hahah They are majestic. When we saw that we were totally lost in it. Gald I wasn't  in a car cause I surely would have wrecked. We were totally in awe. He came up from the water. Floated a bit. Shook his head and wings a bit and gave a couple flaps and came out with a trout. I was ohhing and awwhhing like a little kid. It was great.

Great photo Swarfrat.
 
Growing up on a prairie farm, I spend many hours in the fields on various slow-moving equipment. One of the most boring jobs was driving grain truck at harvest time, which often meant waiting while the combine slowly filled up to be ready for another dump. In the still dry air under a scorching summer sun. About the only excitement all day would be to see a hawk wheeling way up above, like a tiny speck doing small orbits. So high that it was so small that I could barely make out the wingbeats - not that there were a lot of 'em. And my eyes were good then. But at some point those binoculars they have for eyes would finally detect something - mouse, gopher, rabbit. And it'd fold up and go into a stoop, comin' down like a Stuka. Sometimes they'd manage a bit of an angle and sorta swoop up their prey. But usually they'd just fall like a meteor, with a puff of dust. And shortly thereafter beat off laden with dinner.

Still cool to this day.
 
Prometheus said:
Growing up on a prairie farm, I spend many hours in the fields on various slow-moving equipment. One of the most boring jobs was driving grain truck at harvest time, which often meant waiting while the combine slowly filled up to be ready for another dump. In the still dry air under a scorching summer sun. About the only excitement all day would be to see a hawk wheeling way up above, like a tiny speck doing small orbits. So high that it was so small that I could barely make out the wingbeats - not that there were a lot of 'em. And my eyes were good then. But at some point those binoculars they have for eyes would finally detect something - mouse, gopher, rabbit. And it'd fold up and go into a stoop, comin' down like a Stuka. Sometimes they'd manage a bit of an angle and sorta swoop up their prey. But usually they'd just fall like a meteor, with a puff of dust. And shortly thereafter beat off laden with dinner.

Still cool to this day.
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Awesome story!!
 
The latest chopper I built
 

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