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The Boat
by Raphial
Anthro Artist
11 years ago
Thought I'd submit a better picture...
My '73 Buick Electra with a 455 built big block. Mild cam, Edelbrock Performance RPM intake, 750 Holley, straight pipe, and a few other things. Scored it for $800, and put it back together from a guy's backyard, then drove it back home. Powered windows, powered locks, etc. Gonna hopefully be putting in a simple, decent stereo system in soon. I use this old car as my daily, and it's a lot fun. It gets a lot of looks, especially being straight pipe...sounds like a drag car going down a 35mph road lol. It's a lot of fun, and pretty reliable. Still doing little things here and there with it, but I plan to slowly restore it to (mostly) original spec/look. I personally absolutely -love- the hub caps that were kept (reasonably) safe. They look pretty good...
Love my mafia boat. c:
My '73 Buick Electra with a 455 built big block. Mild cam, Edelbrock Performance RPM intake, 750 Holley, straight pipe, and a few other things. Scored it for $800, and put it back together from a guy's backyard, then drove it back home. Powered windows, powered locks, etc. Gonna hopefully be putting in a simple, decent stereo system in soon. I use this old car as my daily, and it's a lot fun. It gets a lot of looks, especially being straight pipe...sounds like a drag car going down a 35mph road lol. It's a lot of fun, and pretty reliable. Still doing little things here and there with it, but I plan to slowly restore it to (mostly) original spec/look. I personally absolutely -love- the hub caps that were kept (reasonably) safe. They look pretty good...
Love my mafia boat. c:
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I still recall all those teaser pics of the engine
Raphial
~raphial
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lol
Foxonian
~foxonian
Glad you decided to restore it rather than doing the engine swap you had planned.
Raphial
~raphial
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I've come to the conclusion if the car ends up being way too much hassle to deal with, then yes, I'll be saving the engine, and parting out, or selling the car as just the body without the trans or engine. However, so far, the car has been pretty good to me. I have to fix little things here and there, and do some beyond-normal maintenance on it right now seeing as it is is old -and- used, but so far, it's been a good purchase. I plan on keeping it for a long time, and restoring it to a (mostly) original condition.
MiketheFoxMN
~mikethefoxmn
thats a nice looking car, fun engine there, love that its a daily driver
Raphial
~raphial
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Thanks c: It's definitely fun, grabs lot of good attention. I personally just love how obnoxiously big it is lol
Gearwolf
~gearwolf
i really miss mine now. looks great! just do me a favor keep an eye on the throttle retun spring that broke on mine and it damn near killed me and my lady http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7072713/
Raphial
~raphial
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I'm really sorry to hear that >: I see the drivetrain is still good; should try and reuse it! I rebuilt the engine and nearly everything under the hood in this. I'm hoping I never have this problem though...everything is new under the hood.
