Coffee & Cars

[Rttoys]

Then there was this. Basically a Pontiac solstice with a LS and body work. He called it a Sorrari. It looked well done and clean

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Nice cars! That 69 Pace Car reminds me of when I worked for DeKalb AG (the corn people) during a summer in college. My manager had a 69 Pace Car with 1500 miles in his garage - this was in 1979. I know he got phone calls constantly wirh offers to sell it, turned them all down. Wonder whatever happened to it?

 

[Rttoys]

Nice cars! That 69 Pace Car reminds me of when I worked for DeKalb AG (the corn people) during a summer in college. My manager had a 69 Pace Car with 1500 miles in his garage - this was in 1979. I know he got phone calls constantly wirh offers to sell it, turned them all down. Wonder whatever happened to it?

His kids got it in the will and they sold it

 

[Joebob]

Looks like you were fighting for any shade you could get.

 

[Rttoys]

Looks like you were fighting for any shade you could get.

ugh. Yep. I left a little early. That sun was hard to get away from.

 

[Rttoys]

Met Joebob at a c&c this morning. Good mix of cars. Corvette club was there. Ironic we made a decent drive of it.

 

[Rttoys]

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[Rttoys]

this was interesting. It’s a supercharger technically, because belt driven, but like a turbo?

 

[Rttoys]

Then came home to this

 

[Joebob]

this was interesting. It’s a supercharger technically, because belt driven, but like a turbo?View attachment 49279

Same same, but different!!

 

[Rttoys]

Did you get a pic of your cars together? I totally forgot. It’s hard to be a vip sometimes.

 

[Ark :D]

That Stingray is hot stuff!

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

A flame job and chrome side pipes were the epitome of cool when I was in high school and if it was on a Corvette that was as cool as anyone could get!

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

If you want to see one if the coolest Corvettes ever built (at least in the 1970s), check out a movie called Corvette Summer.

 

[comegetjoe]

this was interesting. It’s a supercharger technically, because belt driven, but like a turbo?View attachment 49279

Centrifugal supercharger.

 

[Rttoys]

Definitely space saving, plus less complicated and expensive or labor intensive

 

[comegetjoe]

Definitely space saving, plus less complicated and expensive or labor intensive

Straight-cut gears can and lots of air movement sound absolutely sick! They do make quiet versions, though.

 

[Robinjo]

Centrifugal supercharger.

A turbo on a belt

 

[Rttoys]

Straight-cut gears can and lots of air movement sound absolutely sick! They do make quiet versions, though.

That one was very noisy. There were a few that were more noisy than they should be

 

[Sluggonaut]

this was interesting. It’s a supercharger technically, because belt driven, but like a turbo?

They're all superchargers, a turbo is technically a turbosupercharger.

Procharger and Vortech are the more common centrifugal head units on the market.

Now that you're a Corvette guy, you should know that A&A and Prochargers (both centris) seem to be the more common superchargers used on vettes. Mopar guys tend to go positive displacement more often and the Mustang guys are a mixed bag of positive displacement and centris.