The Colony Park is in Michigan! - Page 2 - GrandMarq.NET

Blaze86Vic · 06-10-2007, 02:36 PM

Well that's why it took 6 years of shopping to find em. And I think yours have a couple more fins than mine too. They all look so damn good though.

1987cp · 06-28-2007, 12:37 PM

You know a funny thing I noticed while I was cleaning the turbines? On the two 15x8.5s, the centers are styled slightly differently. One has kind of a groove around it - I'll have to try to get some good pictures of the difference. Doesn't really bother me, since a person won't normally notice it, but I thought it was kind of odd!

Mr. Land Yacht · 07-06-2007, 12:44 PM

Very ncie Mike!
I'm liking the wheels!

1987cp · 07-06-2007, 11:13 PM

Thanks, as usual! :blushes out of modesty:

I'm enjoying the thing a little more with the addition of my free "resonators" and the rejetting of the carburetor back to its stock configuration. It's doing surprisingly well even with 87 octane and 12 degrees of initial timing. It's too bad I didn't bring a camera with me on this Indiana trip I'm on right now, because the stance is really settling out pretty well .... though a recent pavement-scraping incident during some low-RPM acceleration testing in a parking lot suggests that I'm in slightly more dire need of heavy-rate front springs than I realized.

P72Ford · 07-16-2007, 11:14 AM

One has to love the cop wheels...I think they make any car look better. I'm a big fan of both cars!

1987cp · 07-16-2007, 12:56 PM

Thanks, man! I'm always flattered when folks notice my little Reader's Rides threads.

Which reminds me, I should put a link in here to the pics torquelover took at our NW Indiana mini-meet last weekend. We had a great time, and I was really impressed with his car, and he seemed to think mine was okay.

http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?t=17434

And finally, a couple extra pics I took when we went for the inspection at our new house. With any luck closing will be this Thursday. The last pic is a Vic that appears to live a few doors down the street. How's that for cool neighbors?

1987cp · 07-31-2007, 01:17 AM

Fun pic of the Colony Park in my new garage. Unfortunately, the angle of the light really highlights the nasty rattlecan paint touch-ups all over the car.

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Nathan in MI · 07-31-2007, 02:31 AM

Hey, your nasty rattlecan paint touch-ups still look WAY nicer than my nasty rattlecan paint touch-ups, where the color doesn't even come CLOSE to matching.

And, mmm...new garagey goodness...

I'm guessing that's a detached garage since it looks like it's a pole barn style deal. Yes?

1987cp · 07-31-2007, 02:33 AM

I guess shades of white make it easier to touch up with Rustoleum without it looking super-crazy-obnoxiously-obviously-wrong .....

Yep, apparently polebarns are legal construction in Holt. That'll make things lots easier when we get around to adding a second one.

Did I mention that this is the first time I've had access to a garage since 1999?

Nathan in MI · 07-31-2007, 02:37 AM

Sweeeet...now get teh wifey's car out of there so you have room for some tools!

1987cp · 07-31-2007, 02:40 AM

hehe. Actually, the LTD is in the right side right now, with the tailgate malfunctioning and the intake off. And the left side is currently cluttered with a couch and a kitchen cart that hasn't yet been unboxed. I'm really chomping at the bit to drive down and get all my junk from my mom's shed (more tools, ramps, big jack, extra doors, new windshield, 351 block, engine hoist, etc.), but alas, that has to wait till we're moved in.

Nathan in MI · 07-31-2007, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by 1987cp

but alas, that has to wait till we're moved in.

Not if you don't mind sleeping in the car...

torquelover · 08-02-2007, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1987cp

Thanks, man! I'm always flattered when folks notice my little Reader's Rides threads.

Which reminds me, I should put a link in here to the pics torquelover took at our NW Indiana mini-meet last weekend. We had a great time, and I was really impressed with his car, and he seemed to think mine was okay.

http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?t=17434

And finally, a couple extra pics I took when we went for the inspection at our new house. With any luck closing will be this Thursday. The last pic is a Vic that appears to live a few doors down the street. How's that for cool neighbors?

Hey man. Dunno how I missed this thread. Your car was a lot better than just okay. Loved the wheels and the high RPM pull. Too bad it was too late when we met up, man was I tired. When I went to work a couple of hours after getting home from this, I wouldn't have made it without the Nine Inch Nails playing on the Mark's JBL. My car is just a low-end torque monster, with a trans that wants to shift higher than the motor likes. Now off to check out your new house. Wow, that's a clean garage!

1987cp · 08-03-2007, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by torquelover

Hey man. Dunno how I missed this thread. Your car was a lot better than just okay. Loved the wheels and the high RPM pull. Too bad it was too late when we met up, man was I tired. When I went to work a couple of hours after getting home from this, I wouldn't have made it without the Nine Inch Nails playing on the Mark's JBL. My car is just a low-end torque monster, with a trans that wants to shift higher than the motor likes. Now off to check out your new house. Wow, that's a clean garage!

Thanks for the compliments! I just swapped on the Performer 289 manifold yesterday, and the entire torque curve is much fattened and fairly flat. I think I'll save the Offy for a motor with better heads and a fatter cam. Surprisingly (or maybe not for those familiar with this manifold), the top end is as much improved as the low end, with a steady pull all the way from idle to at least 5500 and less of the lazy-then-peaky nature you observed.

And yeah, the garage was a lot cleaner before I started piling junk in there, such as a ratty LTD awaiting a used factory 4V intake and tailgate repairs. If I ever finish with the bathroom plumbing (ick ... does this nasty drain water even come off?

), I'll have to get more pics showing the mess!

Mr. Land Yacht · 08-03-2007, 02:42 PM

hmm..I never noticed before...but I just saw that you have the 88-91 style hood emblem...nice.
but I personally like the 83-87 a little more.

but I'm guessing yours got ripped off or it was gone when u bought the car...yes/no?

moneypit · 08-03-2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 1987cp

I did see an older gentleman sitting outside the insurance company two doors down in a 1963 Studebaker truck. I hadn't known Studebaker had made trucks, and the guy said it had a 289-cid Studebaker V8 (I hadn't known they did V8s, either!) with a three-on-the-tree and that the sheetmetal forward of the bed was identical to the Studebaker Lark. I didn't get any pics, but had a great chat.

GASP! You didn't know stude made v-8s?!?!?
The following are pictures of my dad's 1963 Studebaker Avanti R2 supercharged. The Avanti was responsible for crushing quite a few land speed records at bonneville at its inception.

Here's a picture of my 1957 President Classic, under the hood: a 4-bbl studebaker 289 that runs better than my '01 Impala.

My dad also has a '64 pickup like the one you described. Studebaker made MANY trucks. They were the ones who made a mojority of the 2 1/2 ton trucks used by Allied Forces durring WWII. They also produced many of the engines that powered B-17s. Need to know anything more about studebakers? Just ask me!

1987cp · 08-03-2007, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Land Yacht

hmm..I never noticed before...but I just saw that you have the 88-91 style hood emblem...nice.
but I personally like the 83-87 a little more.

but I'm guessing yours got ripped off or it was gone when u bought the car...yes/no?

Nope, still got the original hood ornament somewhere, plus an extra I got off the replacement nosecone. (One of them I tried painting black, but it didn't work very well.) But I like the later ornament so much better I couldn't resist even when the junkyard dude wanted $5 for it.

(the '90 Vic hood ornament on the LTD was basically free at a different yard)

And Moneypit, is there any brand of automobile you don't know about? You must know about Packards and Auburns and everything!

Got any underhood pics of that Avanti?

Nathan in MI · 08-05-2007, 11:17 PM

Dude, Michael, you shoulda knowed Stude had a 289...

And I'm your Packard mang, just so you know. Have a look see at my avatar.

1987cp · 08-06-2007, 06:25 PM

Okay, hm.... trying to think of questions to ask about Packards ..... like when I was in first-semester calculus, I almost don't know enough to ask questions .... don't even know what year they went out of production!

Nathan in MI · 08-07-2007, 12:18 AM

More complex question than you'd think--the last "true" Packards came out in about '56, but they were bought out by Studebaker, and Stude started selling their cars with the Packard nameplate on 'em...they're referred to as "Packardbakers". The last car to come out with the Packard nameplate was in '58--the Packard Hawk. And lemme tell ya, that car done got whupped wit de uuuuugly stick...

Okay, I'll de-hijack your thread now. How's teh CP liking Michigan?

06-10-2007, 02:36 PM	#21
Blaze86Vic Has-been that never was. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 8,203	Well that's why it took 6 years of shopping to find em. And I think yours have a couple more fins than mine too. They all look so damn good though. __________________

06-28-2007, 12:37 PM	#22
1987cp Irish-American Dingo Whacker and Certifiable Retrogrouch Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 13,417	You know a funny thing I noticed while I was cleaning the turbines? On the two 15x8.5s, the centers are styled slightly differently. One has kind of a groove around it - I'll have to try to get some good pictures of the difference. Doesn't really bother me, since a person won't normally notice it, but I thought it was kind of odd! __________________

07-06-2007, 12:44 PM	#23
Mr. Land Yacht from 5.slow to 5.Oh YEA! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Auburn Hills, MI Posts: 6,492	Very ncie Mike! I'm liking the wheels! __________________ '88 Mercury Grand Marquis LS-current 1/4mi time 15.37@93mph at Lapeer http://www.cardomain.com/ride/411357/1 http://www.supermotors.net/vehicles/registry/11285

07-06-2007, 11:13 PM	#24
1987cp Irish-American Dingo Whacker and Certifiable Retrogrouch Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 13,417	Thanks, as usual! :blushes out of modesty: I'm enjoying the thing a little more with the addition of my free "resonators" and the rejetting of the carburetor back to its stock configuration. It's doing surprisingly well even with 87 octane and 12 degrees of initial timing. It's too bad I didn't bring a camera with me on this Indiana trip I'm on right now, because the stance is really settling out pretty well .... though a recent pavement-scraping incident during some low-RPM acceleration testing in a parking lot suggests that I'm in slightly more dire need of heavy-rate front springs than I realized. __________________

07-16-2007, 11:14 AM	#25
P72Ford "take a look, its in a book" Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In the 860 Posts: 4,982	One has to love the cop wheels...I think they make any car look better. I'm a big fan of both cars! __________________ 2004 Dodge Ram 1500

07-16-2007, 12:56 PM	#26
1987cp Irish-American Dingo Whacker and Certifiable Retrogrouch Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 13,417	Thanks, man! I'm always flattered when folks notice my little Reader's Rides threads. Which reminds me, I should put a link in here to the pics torquelover took at our NW Indiana mini-meet last weekend. We had a great time, and I was really impressed with his car, and he seemed to think mine was okay. http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?t=17434 And finally, a couple extra pics I took when we went for the inspection at our new house. With any luck closing will be this Thursday. The last pic is a Vic that appears to live a few doors down the street. How's that for cool neighbors? Attached Thumbnails __________________

07-31-2007, 01:17 AM	#27
1987cp Irish-American Dingo Whacker and Certifiable Retrogrouch Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 13,417	Fun pic of the Colony Park in my new garage. Unfortunately, the angle of the light really highlights the nasty rattlecan paint touch-ups all over the car. __________________

07-31-2007, 02:31 AM	#28
Nathan in MI Working with half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Big Rapids, MI Posts: 7,369	Hey, your nasty rattlecan paint touch-ups still look WAY nicer than my nasty rattlecan paint touch-ups, where the color doesn't even come CLOSE to matching. And, mmm...new garagey goodness... I'm guessing that's a detached garage since it looks like it's a pole barn style deal. Yes? __________________ 2001 Ford Crown Victoria P71 - "The Fire Engine" But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

07-31-2007, 02:33 AM	#29
1987cp Irish-American Dingo Whacker and Certifiable Retrogrouch Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 13,417	I guess shades of white make it easier to touch up with Rustoleum without it looking super-crazy-obnoxiously-obviously-wrong ..... Yep, apparently polebarns are legal construction in Holt. That'll make things lots easier when we get around to adding a second one. Did I mention that this is the first time I've had access to a garage since 1999? __________________ Last edited by 1987cp; 07-31-2007 at 02:35 AM.

07-31-2007, 02:37 AM	#30
Nathan in MI Working with half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Big Rapids, MI Posts: 7,369	Sweeeet...now get teh wifey's car out of there so you have room for some tools! __________________ 2001 Ford Crown Victoria P71 - "The Fire Engine" But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

07-31-2007, 02:40 AM	#31
1987cp Irish-American Dingo Whacker and Certifiable Retrogrouch Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 13,417	hehe. Actually, the LTD is in the right side right now, with the tailgate malfunctioning and the intake off. And the left side is currently cluttered with a couch and a kitchen cart that hasn't yet been unboxed. I'm really chomping at the bit to drive down and get all my junk from my mom's shed (more tools, ramps, big jack, extra doors, new windshield, 351 block, engine hoist, etc.), but alas, that has to wait till we're moved in. __________________

08-03-2007, 02:42 PM	#35
Mr. Land Yacht from 5.slow to 5.Oh YEA! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Auburn Hills, MI Posts: 6,492	hmm..I never noticed before...but I just saw that you have the 88-91 style hood emblem...nice. but I personally like the 83-87 a little more. but I'm guessing yours got ripped off or it was gone when u bought the car...yes/no? __________________ '88 Mercury Grand Marquis LS-current 1/4mi time 15.37@93mph at Lapeer http://www.cardomain.com/ride/411357/1 http://www.supermotors.net/vehicles/registry/11285

08-05-2007, 11:17 PM	#38
Nathan in MI Working with half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Big Rapids, MI Posts: 7,369	Dude, Michael, you shoulda knowed Stude had a 289... And I'm your Packard mang, just so you know. Have a look see at my avatar. __________________ 2001 Ford Crown Victoria P71 - "The Fire Engine" But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

08-06-2007, 06:25 PM	#39
1987cp Irish-American Dingo Whacker and Certifiable Retrogrouch Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 13,417	Okay, hm.... trying to think of questions to ask about Packards ..... like when I was in first-semester calculus, I almost don't know enough to ask questions .... don't even know what year they went out of production! __________________

08-07-2007, 12:18 AM	#40
Nathan in MI Working with half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Big Rapids, MI Posts: 7,369	More complex question than you'd think--the last "true" Packards came out in about '56, but they were bought out by Studebaker, and Stude started selling their cars with the Packard nameplate on 'em...they're referred to as "Packardbakers". The last car to come out with the Packard nameplate was in '58--the Packard Hawk. And lemme tell ya, that car done got whupped wit de uuuuugly stick... Okay, I'll de-hijack your thread now. How's teh CP liking Michigan? __________________ 2001 Ford Crown Victoria P71 - "The Fire Engine" But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

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