Re: 7 slot grilles ...
 

Dave Milne wrote:
> I agree - sounds like the 5.7l is the one to go for. Over here they are as
> rare as hen's teeth, though. I might just save up a bit more and go for a
> later model, or perhaps the Pontiac Transam to which the Camaro seems
> suspiciously related .. or is it the other way round, who knows.

They are, they're basically the same cars for most of their history. GM
= Chevy and Pontiac. They share chassis and engines in most cases
interior bits and pieces of all sorts.

> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara

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"a mild facelift to resemble an old Jeep" ROFLMAO!!!
"cheap, odd-looking and unrefined." LMFAO!!!!
*whew* Thanks for the best laugh I've had since Dieter's bones of the
rubicon comments!


"PLB49" <plb49@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >That's a joke right? Photoshop right?
>
> see, sadly,
>
> http://www.tiscali.co.uk/motoring/ro...est_117_1.html
>
> Paul B.

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Approximately 8/9/03 21:01, Simon Juncal uttered for posterity:

>
> Dave Milne wrote:
>> I agree - sounds like the 5.7l is the one to go for. Over here they are as
>> rare as hen's teeth, though. I might just save up a bit more and go for a
>> later model, or perhaps the Pontiac Transam to which the Camaro seems
>> suspiciously related .. or is it the other way round, who knows.
>
> They are, they're basically the same cars for most of their history. GM
> = Chevy and Pontiac. They share chassis and engines in most cases
> interior bits and pieces of all sorts.

The mouse and rat motors used in the old Camaro had nothing in
common with the engines used in the Trans Am. Different
blocks entirely.

Re: 7 slot grilles ...
 

I've seen some weird full sized Pontiacs from the fifties and
sixties, that where made in Canada, but for everything else, GM shares
nothing between their Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Chevrolet
divisions, not even a tire rim from the muscle car err.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Simon Juncal wrote:
>
> They are, they're basically the same cars for most of their history. GM
> = Chevy and Pontiac. They share chassis and engines in most cases
> interior bits and pieces of all sorts.
>
> > Dave Milne, Scotland
> > '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara

Re: 7 slot grilles ...
 

In article <3F369B30.EC549EA@cox.net>, L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) ------ III
<----------@cox.net> writes:

> I've seen some weird full sized Pontiacs from the fifties and
>sixties, that where made in Canada, but for everything else, GM shares
>nothing between their Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Chevrolet
>divisions, not even a tire rim from the muscle car err.

Weren't the Trans Am and the Camaro of the 70's/80's/90's based on the same
platform?
* * *
Matt Macchiarolo
www.townpeddler.com
www.wolverine4wd.org
http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html

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"Matt Macchiarolo" <mlmacchia@aol.comspambgon> wrote in message
news:20030810173559.04207.00002227@mb-m01.aol.com...
> Weren't the Trans Am and the Camaro of the 70's/80's/90's based on the
same
> platform?

very similar platforms from day 1, but didnt start sharing drivetrains until
the 3rd generations came out in '82. prior to that, pontiac had their own
engines/trannys that were nothing like gm's.


--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com

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Hi Matt,
You mean like bolt on a front clip from, the other I, really really
doubt it. I remember we used to do that with old Fords and Mercury's ,
you have one of those, right? The Canada Merc?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
>
> In article <3F369B30.EC549EA@cox.net>, L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) ------ III
> <----------@cox.net> writes:
>
> > I've seen some weird full sized Pontiacs from the fifties and
> >sixties, that where made in Canada, but for everything else, GM shares
> >nothing between their Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Chevrolet
> >divisions, not even a tire rim from the muscle car err.
>
> Weren't the Trans Am and the Camaro of the 70's/80's/90's based on the same
> platform?
> * * *
> Matt Macchiarolo
> www.townpeddler.com
> www.wolverine4wd.org
> http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html

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Was that the same model year as the independent rear suspension and
speedometer cable drive?

Earle

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Did you every see the overhead cam six the Fire Bird originally
> brought out?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>
> Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
> >
> > Weren't the Trans Am and the Camaro of the 70's/80's/90's based on the
same
> > platform?
> > * * *
> > Matt Macchiarolo
> > www.townpeddler.com
> > www.wolverine4wd.org
> > http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html

Re: 7 slot grilles ...
 

I think you're thinking of that thing they brought out with one
half their V8.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Was that the same model year as the independent rear suspension and
> speedometer cable drive?
>
> Earle

Re: 7 slot grilles ...
 

In article <3F36BDC9.47511260@cox.net>, L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) ------
III <----------@cox.net> writes:

>I remember we used to do that with old Fords and Mercury's ,
>you have one of those, right? The Canada Merc?

Nah, it was my dad's. The Mercury Marquis/Ford LTD.

Right now I'm kinda looking for an early 70's Cadillac Deville convertible.
Would make an awesome tow vehicle. I saw the Top 10 Used Tow Rigs article in
one of the new mags, and even though it seemed to be a "tongue in cheek"
portion (they also included a Peterbilt tractor) an old Caddy towing a Jeep
just has a certain cool factor in my mind.
* * *
Matt Macchiarolo
www.townpeddler.com
www.wolverine4wd.org
http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html