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Here's the deal. The hood on my sedan has actually rusted through right at the spots where the braces contact the underside of the sheetmetal. And trying to find a replacement hood of any sort seems a slim to none chance. Here is my question. On http://www.vfnfiberglass.com , I see a ram-air...

First off, it's "he." Absolutely! As sturdy a vehicle it is, his safety comes first. Anything that could help him escape injury is worth the effort. NY might say it's ok, but I want the extra piece of mind. Aaron

Has anyone made a direct kit for retrofitting shoulder belts into a g-body? I'm looking to try to add 3 point belts to the back of my '83 Cutlass sedan so my 6 year old can legally ride in it. If no kits, has anyone done a custom belt swap, and how did you do it? Any help is greatly appreciated...

I've had a pretty potent 305 before, in my '78 Landau. It had an Edelbrock Performer intake with a Qjet, Crane cam (.425 lift, 268 duration from what I was told), and duals off the manifolds with Flowtech mufflers. It was surprisingly quick, but the engine was tight and right. It had over 100k...

Kinda what I thought. I figured pulleys would be different, but what's different about the pump? Is it like a SBC with the short and long pump setups? Aaron

Well, picked up my brother in law's '83 Cutty Supreme, which had the 1970 W31 350 Olds swapped in. The car has a belt squeal that won't go away. When he put this engine in the car he had no accesories, so he used all the brackets and such from the old 307. Now it squeals like a b*tch when the...

I'm kinda going Mad Max meets rat rod on the '81 Century. Matte/satin black paint, old Cragar S/S rims, dual exhausts out the side (or sidepipes), and a splash of diamond plate for accent. For the '83 Cutlass, it's muscle/restomod right now, and it will probably stay that way with just a few...

I like to subscribe to the Olds in an Olds, Poncho in a Poncho, Chevy in a Chevy universe. But my emotions become mixed when it comes to anything newer than the mid-70's. I'd never swap a Chev 350 into a '71 Skylark or a mid-70's T/A, but in the case of a 2+2 I'd say it's fair game for either a...

My dad's '81 'Bu wagon and my Century have the windshield antenna, but all my Monte's (minus my '78 ) had the fender antennas. As far as rarities go, my '78 Monte had T-Tops and a Landau roof. Usually I see one or the other, but mine and one other car were the only ones I've seen with both...

Love the combo of the two, job well bloody done! :D Aaron

Just the muffler for now, but yes! Can't stand to drive anything bone stock. Love the looks when people hear it, and soon as spring gets here I'm gonna split the pipe after the rear axle and run dual slash cut outlets just so people say "WTF?" I might toy with a small hood scoop as well, just to...

Well, here's my list: Black '84 Monte: 229, TH250, Cherry Bomb turbo muffler (eventually replaced with '81 350/TH350). First car on road, second Monte. Blue '83 Monte: 229, TH250, gutted cat, Thrush turbo muffler, open air cleaner. Third Monte. White/Primer '83: 229, TH250, stock. Fifth...

Related to what Blake442 had mentioned, I believe you can get a replacement for the factory single speaker from Custom Autosound, which already has the plate with 2 3" speakers mounted and ready to go. Check out JCWhitney, that's the last place I saw it. My dad and I mounted 6.5" coax...

Does anybody know what the original EPA mileage figures are for their vehicles? I'm curious as the post-'85 cars are listed on the EPA website, however older cars are not listed. Closest thing I could find to mine was a 1981 Pontiac GP with a 265, which was rated at 19/27 but I couldn't find the...

Thanks all for the suggestions. :D Just to make a point, I'm well aware the 265 isn't gonna pull the fronts off the ground. I'm just trying to make the engine a little more efficient, and get a few extra ponies along the way. My reason for doing it is I don't feel like routing the exhaust...

I'm toying with eventually swapping to true dual exhausts on my '81 Century. It's got the 265 Ponti engine with the metric 200. I looked at Summit and they have a dual hump crossmember for a TH350 or a 200-4R. Will either one work with my 200 transmission, or am I stuck with working with the stock...

I think (because the speedo needle was bouncing a bit) it topped at about 70 mph. Zero to 60, well, I didn't quite need a calendar. A sundial was perfectly adequate! :lol: Aaron

Hmmmm.....an interesting list so far! :D Can't say I agree with everything on this list so far, but then again, I like strange/odd vehicles! The one I will add to this would be the Ford Escort diesel! Have the experience (for lack of a better word) of having rode in one. I honestly think...

I'm at a crossroads of sorts. I'm toying with modifying my '81 Century a bit, but I'm finding these cars to be somewhat rare as I cannot find any! Does anyone have any idea how many Century's were produced on the A/G body platform in '81, or even just in general? This is my second '81 Century...

Here is my collection. Although not 4 cylinder cars as stated in the beginning, these cars can classify as "shitboxes." 1) 1981 Chevy Monte Carlo, 229 V6, 250C. This car had 128k on it, no lockup, rotten trunk floor and rear parcel shelf, rotten core support (where it bolts to the fenders)...