-- Edited by DonSSDD on Friday 28th of October 2022 10:38:55 AM
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
My son bought me this 10000lb winch and receiver mount a few months ago. Little did we know how much it will come in handy when we start to clean out the dozens of fallen trees in our woods. The weather has been unseasonly warm lately so we decided to install it. Installation was easy and I can feel the Testosterone levels increase in my body just from looking at it.
That looks like exactly like the 12,000 lb winch I use on my car trailer. I tell people that thing will pull ANYTHING it's ever been asked to pull. Tons of fun but boy are they heavy!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Went to fix a front flat on my Cavalier and found this little critter "baked" to the caliper. He was wedged between the caliper and the rim. Thinking I picked him up on the road....
Yep, in about a months time. That's the great part about having the winch on a recieiver mount. It takes 2 minutes to disconnect and we'll pull it off and install the plow (which takes a minute to install)
Hopefully we won't need the plow for a few weeks yet!
It was but it's a very enthusiastic young man who bought it. His dad is a distant cousin of mine. "Dad" emailed me tonight saying when he was beside son on 4 lane driving home to Winnipeg, son had a massive grin! We gave him a pretty screamin' good deal on it, affirmed by anyone I have asked who knows G8's, their value etc.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Why not park? The pawl wont hold it without the parking brake?
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
Must have been a tough decision ? Probably 200 hp more than the impala and better fuel mileage? Hope you wont regret selling it?
Actually the G8 is 101 hp more than the Impala, G8 is a bit over 300 pounds lighter than the Impala. G8 is a far superior handling car, it would do circles around the Impala in an autocross race. But I can't get B bodies out of my system. I ran about 15 miles tonight round trip (it's almost all highway miles) and I'll take the Impala over the G8 100 times over for a highway cruiser. This Impala is no slouch either. When we owned it previously from 2000 to about 2010 I did a K&N intake setup to delete all the stock restrictive stuff, 160* thermostat, reprogrammed PCM and 3.73 gears. It's no G8 but those few mods woke it up nicely.
We didn't want to sell it but the same as with our 97 Trans Am convertible we sold earlier this year, we had no choice. My wife has a neuromuscular disease and the G8 was getting to be a challenge for her to get in and out of. The Impala will be our second vehicle. It's a bit better to get in and out of, and there's more to the story I won't get into but it helped someone out that we bought the Impala from him. We are shopping for a GMC Canyon 4X4 to be our primary vehicle. We road tested one back in June and we really liked it. She found it nice to get in and out of.
This getting old thing.................makes us even more thankful for all the good years we've enjoyed. So far this year we've sold our cabin on the lake and these 2 cars to facilitate the physical changes in her life. Any of you guys who are happily married like I am know you gladly give up anything for the best wife in the world. It's just "stuff".
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
carl i hear all of that my wife also has health issues we sold our cabin also she has a 03 monte its easy to get in cabin too much work worst cars to get in and out of besides lifted trucks ive owned/own are my old 81 z28, my monza spyder and by far my 57 tr3 even for a able body!
Big job of the year lol. Changed the 5/8 heater hose on the 65. Had a on and off drip at the core nipple that wouldn't resolve by tightening the clamp (vintage good quality Tridon, not China). Leaks when there is no pressure and the car is cold. Weird. It doesn't appear to be the core itself. Discovered a little river had run out from under the car two days ago. Time to fix.
Cut the old hose off, scrubbed up up the nipple with fine scotchbrite, giving it a hatched surface, and installed the new. Hopefully that solves it. I just hate coolant leaks. Such a mess.
And yes, I do have the proper clamp, just have to paint it. (thanks guys!)
I do like how they look, and I've tried using re-using old original towers, and they just wouldn't work very well. Are they intended as single use only?
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
I do like how they look, and I've tried using re-using old original towers, and they just wouldn't work very well. Are they intended as single use only?
Luckily they aren't the size of trees in BC! The winch makes pulling them up the ravine where they are much easier. 
and we used to throw it into park at 20 mph just to listen to it...was a waiting game to see if it would bust or grab....