Blonzz's...Fathers Oldsmobile !!

[427TJ]

I'm tellin' your dad you were burning rubber...

Nice Olds!

[mockingbird812]

Although I had test driven John's car during the restoration, I had never really DRIVEN the car mostly because the engine had not been broken in properly yet. After the restoration was completed and the drive train was broken in John handed me the reins one day to put it thru the paces. As you can see John likes to be informed in the cockpit and has all systems monitored (As I recall, one gauge measures heart rate). Once all gauges were a "go" I asked John if I could get on it. I got the nod. We were at an intersection in a remote part of Maricopa County and we would be turning left. I knew the suspension was taut and responsive and I was not let down. The engine came to life and catapulted us around the turn with a nice tail wag to the right. With the front wheels pointed down the road she predictably wagged to and fro for a moment and then hooked up beautifully. She has gobs of power. What a pleasant sensation that was. Thanks John.


Sam

P.S. John hasn't asked me to drive his car since.

[blonzz]

Thanks for the compliments.

Sam,

I remember right after your drive I looked over and made the comment... "I haven't even driven it that hard yet!"

And you wonder why I won't let you behind the wheel again?

Here are a couple of pictures from the past.

The first is shortly after the car was resurrected in 12/03 after 18 years of garage storage.



1973 - It's amazing what the AZ sun can do to paint in just a few years. We didn't have a garage back then.



And in the early 80's. Just doing some work on the car.

[Belair62]

Dang I forgot about that old pic ou sent me !!! Cool...who is that in moms arms ?

[mrtimstik]

Hey Blonzz, Checkout my 72 Olds smokeshow shot on my cardomain link. 2 shots I got there, a burnout in one pic an my darlin in another. Had one fine Olds in the day, back in the early 80's. Your car is friggin sweet. All your cars make me jealous.

[blonzz]

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Hey Blonzz, Checkout my 72 Olds smokeshow shot on my cardomain link. 2 shots I got there, a burnout in one pic an my darlin in another. Had one fine Olds in the day, back in the early 80's. Your car is friggin sweet. All your cars make me jealous.

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Thanks for the compliment.

Nice tire toasting!

John

[blonzz]

I assembled an album with some pictures of the restofication process.

Album

John

[blonzz]

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Dang I forgot about that old pic ou sent me !!! Cool...who is that in moms arms ?

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That is my oldest sister holding one of my other sisters daughter, Tracy. One of my now many nieces.

John