1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

I’ll creep by his house, not sure which years he fancies, but he’s had a light blue and two champagne colored ones. He used to do insurance actions, so he was always on the lookout for one, and always scored a good one!

 

Other variant:

 

Yep! I think they have air bag suspension in the rear? I could be imagining that too

 

You're thinking of the bonneville ssei. Same engine in both though.

 

Good info ... fo' SHO!


























What about the last gen SHO? Was it the different engine too? I liked the last Taurus they made, and was even considering looking for the SHO for the added power, but I had no idea it was a different engine.

 

My gf has a 15 SHO. It's just the 3.5 ecoboost with a 6 spd auto and awd. It's pretty damn fast. 365hp, but it's a fatty. 4400 lbs. Compared to mine at around 3400lb.

But that ecoboost is like @Sirfive and his LS motors, they stuck it in everything. Awd system too.

 

I caught a couple of these in my LS4 reply, mighta missed the Buick though. Buicks are too damn expensive, didn't want to list.

I'd still love to airbag one on 17s or 18s though, shave it, would probably look awesome.

 

Ah! Here we go.

 

Saw an 80's Gran Nat at a gas station a week or so ago and it was mint. Gentleman in what appeared to be his late-50's/early 60's behind the wheel. Prolly owned it since new. It takes a lot to impress me since I see so much beautiful/well-maintained/restored/modded/insane foreign and domestic stuff out here I rarely bat an eye anymore but I did sit and watch him roll out onto the main road when he was done filling up.

 

sirfive’s swap of the day is for you: mr yamaha powered taurus. And it comes in 2 flavors.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274974058001

https://www.ericsoutboard.com/new-models/2022-yamaha-xf425a-28432232b

 

I love those supercharged 3.8 GM cars. If I ever go into private investigstion, I'm buying one.

 

When I think of the ultimate grandma sleeper car, the 69 dodge dart comes to mind with the slant 6 engine.

Only Dodge produced some of these cars with the 426 Hemi and 440 six pack. Now those were fast!

 

Oh wow. I didn't even know they made a Buick one. And there's 8 of them for sell on carfax.....

 

Still fwd with glass transmissions

 

NOW back to our paid programming.

so my seat belts were delivered to the company today at 6:30am my time. 3 hours later they were boxed back up and shipped out. Hoping to have them when I’m off work Friday morning and will throw them back in. Wonder what the HP gains are gonna be

 

I hear rebuilds are good for 1-2HP. I hope they don't rattle.

 

Buick all about that comfort. More lux than my 1st Gen. I hear @CodyP is a big Buick fan.

 

Did buick get the ls4? Pretty sure buick got the northstar.

 

At minimum, the '08-'09 LaCrosse "Super" had it. I swear one other might've had it, but ...

 

I noticed my seat belt doesn’t retract yesterday.

so there is a place which refurbishes them?

 

Wasn't there an Oldsmobile version of the small Chevy blazer with that same motor?

Never mind, it was a 4.3 vortec

 

The bravada did get the fancy awd t-case.

 

Just had a good laugh at this one

 

I immediately found that on YT and shared it with my painter friend.
He said, "You do know this is how we're painting your car."

 

I was reading some where here that you should clean the straps with soap and water and spray pblaster teflon coating on them. I forget who posted it.

 

The Oldsmobile Aurora got the Northstar. Not sure on the Buick’s, but platform wise, they shared with Chevy and Pontiac, so likely LS.

 

Just ordered a new cabinet (and casters) for the mini-lathe.
I expect this will be rigid enough once I bolt the lathe to the top. If not, I'll buy a plate of steel and put it on top the wood, but under the lathe.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-H...n-W-x-32-in-H-x-21-5-in-D-HTC100007/306903547

 

Don't give some people here ideas.

Who am I kidding, please do. I want to see someone here do this...

 

Well of course she does………

 

The roof of my GTI needs paint... looking at the big beam that spans my garage... hmm