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1" alum spacer rear spring lift kit on an 89GT

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faust_151@hotmail.com - 23 Jun 2006 16:17 GMT
Im thinking bout putting this on my 89GT.  They are spacers that go on
the spring seat. Does anyone have these and could post  or link a pic
of a car with them installed?

Im thinking it would look to "70s jacked up" but just curious.

Thanks,
.boB - 23 Jun 2006 16:47 GMT
> Im thinking bout putting this on my 89GT.  They are spacers that go on
> the spring seat. Does anyone have these and could post  or link a pic
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Thanks,

   Yeah, it would look "Jacked Up" al right.  But maybe not the way you're thinking.

   Unless you're going stuff big drag slicks under there and spend time at the drag
strip, I wouldn't do it.  It will degrade handling, and look absurd.

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Big Iron - 25 Jun 2006 15:49 GMT
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...is a big ol spoil sport!

Kate
Big Iron - 25 Jun 2006 15:48 GMT
> Im thinking bout putting this on my 89GT.  They are spacers that go on
> the spring seat. Does anyone have these and could post  or link a pic
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Thanks,

Being a child of the 70's myself, I have ALWAYS loved that look.
Put big meats on the rear and dump it on it's nose... it makes me grin just
thinking about it.

When you do it, be sure to post some pics!

Kate
Michael Johnson, PE - 25 Jun 2006 17:40 GMT
>> Im thinking bout putting this on my 89GT.  They are spacers that go on
>> the spring seat. Does anyone have these and could post  or link a pic
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Put big meats on the rear and dump it on it's nose... it makes me grin just
> thinking about it.

I had a 71 Nova that had the rear end hiked up in the air.  I thought it
looked killer.  A set of air shocks on your ride was a must in those
days.  I remember the rear end would bounce around like the tires were
made of solid "super ball" rubber.  The shock were so tight they may as
well have been solid steel tubes.  Ahhh... the good old days.

> When you do it, be sure to post some pics!
>
> Kate
veegerNO SPAM@snowcrest.net - 25 Jun 2006 18:01 GMT
>>> Im thinking bout putting this on my 89GT.  They are spacers that go on
>>> the spring seat. Does anyone have these and could post  or link a pic
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>>
>> Kate

1978, wife had a 72 Nova hatchback...bright orange,  air shocks, deep
dish chrome rears with huge cheaters on the back and stocks up
front... leetle tiny steering wheel, thumping stereo, pipes dumped
just ahead of the rear wheels... HUMONGUS 305 2V... OK, so it was a
small V8, but is sure sounded BIG :0) LOL She bought it from a
Hispanic kid who had just joined the USAF and couldn't afford it.
--

Spike
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback 2+2, Vintage Burgundy
w/Black Std Interior, A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok;
Vintage 40 16" rims w/225/50ZR16 KDWS BF Goodrich
gForce Radial T/As, Cobra drop; surround sound
audio-video...
See my ride at....
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Michael Johnson, PE - 25 Jun 2006 18:35 GMT
>>>> Im thinking bout putting this on my 89GT.  They are spacers that go on
>>>> the spring seat. Does anyone have these and could post  or link a pic
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> small V8, but is sure sounded BIG :0) LOL She bought it from a
> Hispanic kid who had just joined the USAF and couldn't afford it.

I wasn't fortunate enough to have a V-8 in my first car.  It had a 250
straight six with a two-speed automatic.  I can say it was dependable,
and I am still alive, so maybe it was for the best after all. :)
veegerNO SPAM@snowcrest.net - 26 Jun 2006 03:08 GMT


>I wasn't fortunate enough to have a V-8 in my first car.  It had a 250
>straight six with a two-speed automatic.  I can say it was dependable,
>and I am still alive, so maybe it was for the best after all. :)

Lets see.... first car was a 54 Ford V8.

Then I got a class act... a Morris Minor, 4 dr, 4 cyl, 4 spd.... for
$75... caught fire on the way home. Apparently the old bare copper
wire TV twin lead with the glass insulators connected to the radio out
of a 52 Dodge wasn't the previous owners best idea. But it was freshly
painted... Unfortunately it was driven on the beach and not
cleaned;first. You could still pick the paint brush hairs out of the
paint, and if you popped a bubble, sand rolled out. Piece of regular
plumbing pipe for the exhaust, oil that wouldn't come out when you
pulled the drain plug... Yep, not having a V8 is sad. LOL :0)

Then it was a 56 Crown Vicki w/272 V8. and a chipped tooth in the
steering gear. Brother borrowed it and blew a tire. Went to the
wrecking yard and got me a matched pair for the rear. Imagine my
surprise when I put it in gear and it just sat there....

Next was a 5 year old 65 Mustang fastback I picked up when I got back
from Vietnam. $1060 WITH financing. That was followed by an MG Midget,
a 72 Mustang Sprint Cpe with an FMX and CJ. Left it in Portugal. The
wife got the Nova about then. Sold the MG and she got a 74 Mustang II
with a 302 4v that was a dog to beat all dogs. Back from Portugal, she
bought a monstrous Cutlass. Nice echo when someone in the back said
something to someone in the front. The an 84 Escort, 85 Camaro w/305.
Dumped that for a 91 Firebird GTA. Got the 87 Escort, rid of the GTA,
added a 66 Mustang Fastback 289 2V, and sold that for the 65 Mustang
Fastback A Code I have now.

And I'm still alive! :0) Broke, but alive... LOL

--

Spike
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback 2+2, Vintage Burgundy
w/Black Std Interior, A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok;
Vintage 40 16" rims w/225/50ZR16 KDWS BF Goodrich
gForce Radial T/As, Cobra drop; surround sound
audio-video...
See my ride at....
Feb 2004- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/003_May_21_3004.jpg
Feb 2004- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/005_May_21_2004.jpg
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Kate - 29 Jun 2006 16:56 GMT
>>I wasn't fortunate enough to have a V-8 in my first car.  It had a 250
>>straight six with a two-speed automatic.  I can say it was dependable,
>>and I am still alive, so maybe it was for the best after all. :)
>
> Lets see.... first car was a 54 Ford V8.

COOT!
k.

> Then I got a class act... a Morris Minor, 4 dr, 4 cyl, 4 spd.... for
> $75... caught fire on the way home. Apparently the old bare copper
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> Jul 2005- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/davescar_7_11_05_002.jpg
> Jul 2005- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/Engine_rebuild_006.jpg 
WindsorFox - 30 Jun 2006 00:19 GMT
>>> I wasn't fortunate enough to have a V-8 in my first car.  It had a 250
>>> straight six with a two-speed automatic.  I can say it was dependable,
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> COOT!
> k.

   The pot is on line 3....

:-p

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one80out@hotmail.com - 29 Jun 2006 21:31 GMT
veegerNOSPAM@snowcrest.net wrote:

> Next was a 5 year old 65 Mustang fastback I picked up when I got back
> from Vietnam. $1060 WITH financing.

Now there's an original piece of nostalgia -- three figure and low four
figure car loans.  My first financed car was also in that range, $1700
for a '66 Corvette.

180 Out
veegerNO SPAM@snowcrest.net - 29 Jun 2006 22:25 GMT
>veegerNOSPAM@snowcrest.net wrote:
>> >
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>
>180 Out

IIRC my payments were just over $100 per month on a short contract.

And gas; full service with goodies and stamps; was going for around
25-35 cents a gallon. Gas stations were having price wars to draw in
customers from the competing stations.

Ah, the good ol days...
--

Spike
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback 2+2, Vintage Burgundy
w/Black Std Interior, A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok;
Vintage 40 16" rims w/225/50ZR16 KDWS BF Goodrich
gForce Radial T/As, Cobra drop; surround sound
audio-video...
See my ride at....
Feb 2004- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/003_May_21_3004.jpg
Feb 2004- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/005_May_21_2004.jpg
Jul 2005- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/davescar_7_11_05_002.jpg
Jul 2005- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/Engine_rebuild_006.jpg
Michael Johnson, PE - 25 Jun 2006 18:36 GMT
>>>> Im thinking bout putting this on my 89GT.  They are spacers that go on
>>>> the spring seat. Does anyone have these and could post  or link a pic
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> small V8, but is sure sounded BIG :0) LOL She bought it from a
> Hispanic kid who had just joined the USAF and couldn't afford it.

I wasn't fortunate enough to have a V-8 in my first car.  It had a 250
straight six with a two-speed automatic.  I can say it was dependable,
and I am still alive, so maybe it was for the best after all. :)
Big Iron - 25 Jun 2006 18:05 GMT
> I had a 71 Nova that had the rear end hiked up in the air.  I thought it
> looked killer.  A set of air shocks on your ride was a must in those days.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>>
>> Kate

Mine was a 69 Camaro RS. I remember I had Cragar Mach 8 wheels.. which were
very hot then.

Do you remember "striped twice pipes"?
Never had them myself, but got burned on a set once getting out of a guy's
Firebird.

Gawd DAMN I wish I was 17 again! If I knew then, what I know now...
I'd be even more dangerous than I already am LOL.

Kate
Michael Johnson, PE - 25 Jun 2006 18:21 GMT
>> I had a 71 Nova that had the rear end hiked up in the air.  I thought it
>> looked killer.  A set of air shocks on your ride was a must in those days.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Mine was a 69 Camaro RS. I remember I had Cragar Mach 8 wheels.. which were
> very hot then.

I'm jealous, I had to make do with cast metal (yes they were heavy)
Chevy hubcaps.  I kept them when I sold the car because they were
rumored to be valuable.  I sold them to a guy for $200 while I was in
college.  That $200 bought a lot of beer.

> Do you remember "striped twice pipes"?
> Never had them myself, but got burned on a set once getting out of a guy's
> Firebird.

I guess that trend never made it to small town Indiana.

> Gawd DAMN I wish I was 17 again! If I knew then, what I know now...
> I'd be even more dangerous than I already am LOL.

I wish I was too.  I gave up a lot of "good stuff" because I thought I
was in love during my senior year of high school.  Plus if we all had
known AIDS was on the horizon maybe the easy love days of the 60s would
have had a brief revival. :)
Kate - 25 Jun 2006 21:54 GMT
>> Do you remember "striped twice pipes"?
>> Never had them myself, but got burned on a set once getting out of a
>> guy's Firebird.
>
> I guess that trend never made it to small town Indiana.

It may have been a norCal thing too - and southern Oregon.

>> Gawd DAMN I wish I was 17 again! If I knew then, what I know now...
>> I'd be even more dangerous than I already am LOL.
>
> I wish I was too.  I gave up a lot of "good stuff" because I thought I was
> in love during my senior year of high school.

Oh yea! I have the scars still from THAT episode.
If I had known better, I would have skipped that first marriage altogether.

Plus if we all had
> known AIDS was on the horizon maybe the easy love days of the 60s would
> have had a brief revival. :)

heh heh heh... this is ONE 70's gal, that carried on for ya *WEG*
Glad I had fun then, cause now-a-days... well... like you said.
Michael Johnson, PE - 25 Jun 2006 23:22 GMT
>>> Do you remember "striped twice pipes"?
>>> Never had them myself, but got burned on a set once getting out of a
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> Oh yea! I have the scars still from THAT episode.
> If I had known better, I would have skipped that first marriage altogether.

At least I didn't go as far as marriage.  In fact, I just got married
for the first time about 1-1/2 years ago.  If I were the impulsive type
I would have been divorced a couple of times by now. :)

> Plus if we all had
>> known AIDS was on the horizon maybe the easy love days of the 60s would
>> have had a brief revival. :)
>
> heh heh heh... this is ONE 70's gal, that carried on for ya *WEG*
> Glad I had fun then, cause now-a-days... well... like you said.

For me, growing up in a small mid-western town didn't provide a lot of
"opportunities" anyway, if you know what I mean.  That's why missing a
few really made me sorry.  Then after high school I went to an all male
engineering college so it wasn't like I was wild in crazy through my
college years.  Even the 50 year old female English professors looked
good to us horny nerds.
Kate - 29 Jun 2006 16:58 GMT
>> If I had known better, I would have skipped that first marriage
>> altogether.
>
> At least I didn't go as far as marriage.  In fact, I just got married for
> the first time about 1-1/2 years ago.  If I were the impulsive type I
> would have been divorced a couple of times by now. :)

That would explain my divorces.

>> Plus if we all had
>>> known AIDS was on the horizon maybe the easy love days of the 60s would
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> college years.  Even the 50 year old female English professors looked good
> to us horny nerds.

No WONDER you waited all this time to get married
Michael Johnson, PE - 29 Jun 2006 23:24 GMT
>>> If I had known better, I would have skipped that first marriage
>>> altogether.
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>
> No WONDER you waited all this time to get married

Hmmm... you may be on to something here.
Michael Johnson, PE - 25 Jun 2006 18:23 GMT
>> I had a 71 Nova that had the rear end hiked up in the air.  I thought it
>> looked killer.  A set of air shocks on your ride was a must in those days.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Mine was a 69 Camaro RS. I remember I had Cragar Mach 8 wheels.. which were
> very hot then.

I'm jealous, I had to make do with cast metal (yes they were heavy)
Chevy hubcaps.  I kept them when I sold the car because they were
rumored to be valuable.  I sold them to a guy for $200 while I was in
college.  That $200 bought a lot of beer.

> Do you remember "striped twice pipes"?
> Never had them myself, but got burned on a set once getting out of a guy's
> Firebird.

I guess that trend never made it to small town Indiana.

> Gawd DAMN I wish I was 17 again! If I knew then, what I know now...
> I'd be even more dangerous than I already am LOL.

I wish I was too.  I gave up a lot of "good stuff" because I thought I
was in love during my senior year of high school.  Plus if we all had
known AIDS was on the horizon maybe the easy love days of the 60s would
have had a brief revival. :)
Michael Johnson, PE - 25 Jun 2006 18:32 GMT
>> I had a 71 Nova that had the rear end hiked up in the air.  I thought it
>> looked killer.  A set of air shocks on your ride was a must in those days.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Mine was a 69 Camaro RS. I remember I had Cragar Mach 8 wheels.. which were
> very hot then.

I'm jealous, I had to make do with cast metal (yes they were heavy)
Chevy hubcaps.  I kept them when I sold the car because they were
rumored to be valuable.  I sold them to a guy for $200 while I was in
college.  That $200 bought a lot of beer.

> Do you remember "striped twice pipes"?
> Never had them myself, but got burned on a set once getting out of a guy's
> Firebird.

I guess that trend never made it to small town Indiana.

> Gawd DAMN I wish I was 17 again! If I knew then, what I know now...
> I'd be even more dangerous than I already am LOL.

I wish I was too.  I gave up a lot of "good stuff" because I thought I
was in love during my senior year of high school.
Max C. Webster III - 25 Jun 2006 18:50 GMT
"Michael Johnson, PE" <cds@erols.com> done said:

>>> Im thinking bout putting this on my 89GT.  They are spacers that go on
>>> the spring seat. Does anyone have these and could post  or link a pic
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> "super ball" rubber.  The shock were so tight they may as well have been
> solid steel tubes.  Ahhh... the good old days.

I had a '73 Nova in 1980.  The guy I bought it from had oversized mags on the
rear wheels, so it have a butt up, nose down look.  I loved it.  I remember
when I bought my first set of new tires, how disappointed I was when the car
was "on the level" afterwards.

That car was the only one I had worthy enough to be called "The Maxmobile."

Other Car Names:

Vince - 1973 Plymouth Valiant.
The Maxmobile - 1973 Chevy Nova
The 'Vette - 1977 Chevy Chevette (POS would be more accurate)
Elsie - 1985 Mazda GLC
Unnamed - 1993 Mitsubishi Galant
Unnamed - 1997 Mitsubishi Galant
El Imán de Chicas - 2001 Ford Mustang (although she was originally supposed to
be Sally, The Green Manilishi)

- Max -
=======
My vision would turn your world upside down,
tear asunder your illusions and send the
sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing
down around you. - Huey Freeman
Kate - 25 Jun 2006 22:00 GMT
> I had a '73 Nova in 1980.  The guy I bought it from had oversized mags on
> the rear wheels, so it have a butt up, nose down look.  I loved it.  I
> remember when I bought my first set of new tires, how disappointed I was
> when the car was "on the level" afterwards.

It would have been wrenching. I took decades for me to get used to cars that
were level.
I still think that 'hot rods' should be dumped.
Luckily during those years I drove mostly 4WDs, that made it a little
easier.
Chevy trucks and Jeeps.
I kind of laughed the other day when I suddenly realized, this Rubicon is my
FOURTH Jeep!
I've had two CJ-5s  - the Liberty (it kinda counts as a Jeep, in name only)
and now "Ajax"

I name my cars too, it makes it easier not to call them "you
%%&&^X^$$#&*(*^!!!!!" when things go awry LOL.

Oh, I have a little cat named Elsie. Actually, it's L.C. short for Little
Cat. ye, I know, not too original, but trust me, it suits her.. she's
little.

K.

> That car was the only one I had worthy enough to be called "The
> Maxmobile."
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
> sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing
> down around you. - Huey Freeman
veegerNO SPAM@snowcrest.net - 26 Jun 2006 18:26 GMT
>> I had a '73 Nova in 1980.  The guy I bought it from had oversized mags on
>> the rear wheels, so it have a butt up, nose down look.  I loved it.  I
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
>
>K.

Wife's Nova was so jacked up you watched the ants crawling on the road
surface if you looked straight out the windshield... Of course that
was after we got the right rear airshock leak fixed... Don't recall
what the tire size was but those things were like 12 inches wide at
least. I thought it was bad until I saw a guy with a 4X4 65 Mustang
convertible that looked like it came straight from a Monster Truck
Rally. I swear they needed a cherry picker to get in and out.
--

Spike
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback 2+2, Vintage Burgundy
w/Black Std Interior, A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok;
Vintage 40 16" rims w/225/50ZR16 KDWS BF Goodrich
gForce Radial T/As, Cobra drop; surround sound
audio-video...
See my ride at....
Feb 2004- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/003_May_21_3004.jpg
Feb 2004- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/005_May_21_2004.jpg
Jul 2005- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/davescar_7_11_05_002.jpg
Jul 2005- http://207.36.208.198/albums/86810/Engine_rebuild_006.jpg
Michael Johnson, PE - 25 Jun 2006 23:14 GMT
> "Michael Johnson, PE" <cds@erols.com> done said:
>
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
> when I bought my first set of new tires, how disappointed I was when the car
> was "on the level" afterwards.

Mine never had the real wide tires on the back or mag rims so it was a
little lacking in the looks area.  At least it was a two door model so
it could have been worse.  It was also in pristine condition since my
uncle owned a large body shop in Indianapolis and he had worked it over
for me.

> That car was the only one I had worthy enough to be called "The Maxmobile."
>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> El Imán de Chicas - 2001 Ford Mustang (although she was originally supposed to
> be Sally, The Green Manilishi)

The only car I owned and named was a Triumph Spitfire that I called a
"Royal Pain In The a.s".  I swore the British sent it hear to finally
get even for the Revolutionary War.
 
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