a REALLY interesting thing happend today.

[muthstryker]

well today there is a block sale were every one is out trying to make a quick buck for a 12 pack. well anyways i was sitting in my garage and this guy walks up to me and says to me ill give you $800 for your "chevelle". i told him that it was a 67 GTO and it was not a chevelle, and it is not for sale. Well, he tries to tell me that it is a chevelle and im wrong that its not 67 gto.., he started getting mad tone in his voice i finnaly had to tell him to leave.

just thought i would share this little experience and see if anyone else has had someone tell them their car isnt what they say it is.

-Matt

[WS6]

no, and that's pretty damn weird. What a nut job

[68Formula]

Fine, I"ll give you $800 for your "GTO."

[muthstryker]

put a 9 in front of the 8 and we have a deal!

[BA.]

I've not had *that* happen, but today I had a friend swear up and down that the 302 engine was a 2.875 stroke..
I think I pushed too far when I said that a 3.25" crank from a 327 put into a 4.125 bore (like a 400 block) would be a 348 or 350cid engine.

I think his head started smoking!

[vanzuuk1]

The worst part is you are in your driveway so he knows where you live.The rules of engagement are way different than if you were in a gas staion or parking lot,you have to be a little more diplomatic.

My problem seems to be the guy who wants to tell me my car should be put back to stock, or tell me to sell it on "barry jason"...

....as in Barret Jackson.

[Bandit]

What a head case! I think you should keep one in the chamber and an eye on your garage for awhile. Not to be an alarmist but you can't be too careful these days!

I don't think I have ever had anyone insist my car isn't what it is...but I have had people insist that I do not have a big block Chevy engine in my car because "Pontiac never put a BBC in the TA's..."
...and this is after explaining in detail that the engine is not factory...some people's kids.

[muthstryker]

What a head case! I think you should keep one in the chamber and an eye on your garage for awhile. Not to be an alarmist but you can't be too careful these days!

ooo we have quite a few locked and loaded in the house.

[go-fish]

I guess Mopars are really not known very well from where I grew up. I was 17 and had my Challenger in a local show. A guy walked up and told me that he had a Charger just like it years ago. I told him it must have been one helluva car. That was the first time.
I get " I had a 383 Hemi" or "I had a 340 Hemi" all the time. All you can say is "Cool" or "Wow".
All these rare vehicles and engines these people have and it's a wonder that they haven't surfaced on the collectors market yet. All those E-body Chargers must be sittin' in barns somewhere still.

[velozo]

Yeah, I get the same thing. 70 Z sits in the driveway, but the "need to be restored" 70 Challenger is in the garage kinda buried under junk and tools. People drive up, walk up to the garage, and ask me if I want to sell the Charger. By habit, I always turn and look at the Challenger emblem on the grille. I then look back at the guy and all I say is "no" Now, I KNOW people used to watch the Dukes of Hazzard. Uhm, the General doesn't look anything like my Challenger.

I guess Mopars are really not known very well from where I grew up. I was 17 and had my Challenger in a local show. A guy walked up and told me that he had a Charger just like it years ago. I told him it must have been one helluva car. That was the first time.
I get " I had a 383 Hemi" or "I had a 340 Hemi" all the time. All you can say is "Cool" or "Wow".
All these rare vehicles and engines these people have and it's a wonder that they haven't surfaced on the collectors market yet. All those E-body Chargers must be sittin' in barns somewhere still.

[406 Q-ship]

Years ago when I had my 70 GS350 Buick I used to get all the time that those cars only came with 455's (some even said 430).....I would look them straight in the eye and ask..."Then what does the GS350 on the side of the front fenders mean?"

[Steve68]

I stored my Camaro at my dads house for 6 months one time, his wife had a yard sale, after the 25th round of questions he decided to put it back in the garage, and it was covered with blankets, couldn't tell what it was, but people wouldn't leave it alone.

[Mike Holleman]

These same kinda folks lead to my license plate. It's done three Power Tours and you cannot imagine how many times we have to explain that it's not a GTO. ( just like the one my bud Eddie's third cousins next door neighbor had back in 65. Had that 421 six pack too.)
Oh Boy!
Mike Holleman

[Bandit]

These same kinda folks lead to my license plate. It's done three Power Tours and you cannot imagine how many times we have to explain that it's not a GTO. ( just like the one my bud Eddie's third cousins next door neighbor had back in 65. Had that 421 six pack too.)
Oh Boy!
Mike Holleman

^^Ha ha that was good!

[Steve Chryssos]

These same kinda folks lead to my license plate. It's done three Power Tours and you cannot imagine how many times we have to explain that it's not a GTO. ( just like the one my bud Eddie's third cousins next door neighbor had back in 65. Had that 421 six pack too.)
Oh Boy!
Mike Holleman

I get that with my Camaro. I intentionally built the car without any emblems whatsoever. Every so often, while parked in town, I get some bozo who is trying to impress his girlfriend: "I just sold a GTO almost EXACTLY like this one. Had it for years....." I never miss the opportunity to educate bozo in front of the GF: "Really? You had a Pontiac GTO just like this? This is a Chevrolet Camaro"

[Bow Tie 67]

I get that with my Camaro. I intentionally built the car without any emblems whatsoever. Every so often, while parked in town, I get some bozo who is trying to impress his girlfriend: "I just sold a GTO almost EXACTLY like this one. Had it for years....." I never miss the opportunity to educate bozo in front of the GF: "Really? You had a Pontiac GTO just like this? This is a Chevrolet Camaro"

One more reason to get my dam car finished. I'm shaving the emblems because I like the clean look, but this side benefit will be fun.

[442]

The only time I ever had anyone ever argue with me about what kind of car I had was when I had my 91 camaro this black guy I was talking to about his monte SS kept arguing with me that it was a corvette finally I just let him have the argument...

but the thing that really bugs me is when people ask me about my 442 they are always like "is that a real 442? does that have a 442 in it?" then I tell them that in 86 they only put 307s in cutlasses even in the 442s and that there is no such thing as a factory 442ci motor form the factory and that 442 stands for 4bbl carb, 4 speed tranny, dual exaust. 9 times out of ten people walk away or shake their heads saying its not a real 442...

so the last few times ive been asked I just say yep its a 442 and if they ask if its got a 442 in it I just tell them yep its a real 442 from the factory lol

and it still holds true, never argue with an idiot they will just drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!

[68Formula]

These same kinda folks lead to my license plate. It's done three Power Tours and you cannot imagine how many times we have to explain that it's not a GTO. ( just like the one my bud Eddie's third cousins next door neighbor had back in 65. Had that 421 six pack too.)
Oh Boy!
Mike Holleman

Dude it sounds from you're profile that you have a Tempest. Do you really expect all non-car people (or maybe non-Pontiac people) to know the difference between two trim levels especially one that has been moded? Besides there are so many Tempest/Lemans converted to GTOs that no wonder people don't realize the former exist. And it's not like a 421 could not have been swapped (the engine at least existed and is a Pontiac).

Lighten up a little. At least they got the Make right (see my posting in dumbest questions asked about your car).

[4birdman]

One of my wife's friends always asks me how my Mustangs are, just to poke at me a little.

In the 79 I always got "my buddy in high school had one just like that, but he wrecked it one night drinking" or "I used to own the exact same car, but it was a blue 1970 and it had the big block"

[Bandit]

One of my wife's friends always asks me how my Mustangs are, just to poke at me a little.

She should be burned at the stake as a heretic. The blasphemy must cease!