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I had the same 500ci engine in my '77 Olds. That was a long standing GM staple and it was only in '78 they they started to reduce the engine sizes.
Great engine. Very smooth and brilliant for highway cruising. We managed 18-20 MPG once in a fully loaded car (6 people plus luggage) on a cold winter drive from the Oklahoma border to Houston. I also idled a 1/4 tank trying to get out of a parking lot after a Def Lepard gig around my 16th birthday.
I loved that car. We got rid of it in the mid 90s. I found my old set of keys for it last week helping my parents clear out their house before selling it. A discovery that made me ridiculously happy.
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Aroogah
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I also idled a 1/4 tank trying to get out of a parking lot after a Def Lepard gig around my 16th birthday.
A memory like that won't exist for kids today... Does an electric car "idle"? No awesome gigs either probably
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Loving the nostalgia and memories triggered just by seeing the keys, great find.
And I saw this today, never heard of one before, a trials car apparently, a Dellow Mk2. Reckon this is just what @skinny needs and unlike the jacked 205 above, if it gets stuck in a ditch you can lift it out on your own.
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Nice condition 8th generation 1970 Cadillac Eldorado spotted today, the one with the huge 8.2 litre engine, delivering 400hp and 550 torquey things, which sounds loads for 1970. The OPEC fuel crisis a few years later put an end to these behemoths, I like the styling though for a barge, especially the rear lights.
