bpoc ??? Lost me with that one.
What do you want for Christmas?
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TEXASforLIFE
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The Night Rider
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The 302 Chevy engine came about for Trans-Am racing. Same as the Ford 302 Boss engine. Chrysler de-stroked the 340 engine for the same reason.
I think it was the late 70's to early 80's that GM started putting Chevy engines in all the different brands of GM makes . Before that Pontiac , Buick , Olds , And Cads all had their own engines.
Keystone19250
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I grew up driving Buick’s
Learned to drive in the family Buick LaSaber V-8 350
Owned a Buick Wildcat 455
And a Buick Centurion with a 455
Ahhh those were the days when gas was about a dollar a gallon.
KillerFord1977
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Yeah, but the avg US hourly wage was about $3.00, so it all equates out
Keystone19250
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In 1977 I went to work for the
(Olin ski company) right out of high school, in two years I was a certified master ski maker making close to $20 hourly.
Big money back then.
I custom made skis for Olympic skiers that won multiple gold medals in Downhill and Giant Slalom.
HayesGreener
Ronin
Been practicing my leer!And she's probably going to say no like the last 43 years.
Keystone19250
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I had to dig deep for this picture.
Although they were silkscreened with basic model designation these were custom assembled and pressed to flex and react to a specific skiers weight and capabilities in specific skiing conditions.
Although they were silkscreened with basic model designation these were custom assembled and pressed to flex and react to a specific skiers weight and capabilities in specific skiing conditions.
TEXASforLIFE
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I bought some 190's about '81 and I was maybe 5'4 and 150#. They were fast enough for me until I got some 215's. Dang! Talk about speed! I would've got some 235's, but the 215's were fast enough for a 5'8 180# person that just pointed skis downhill and hit every mogul possible for airtime. Usually got in trouble with the ski patrol for doing that.
Keystone19250
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I skied for years after high school and made myself some custom Giant Slalom skis that I could rip the slopes up with.
I quit the day a very good friend that I had grown up with was killed on a slope in Vermont, we were skiing in a group of about 12 friends and he lost control, went off trail and hit a tree.
I never skied again.
TEXASforLIFE
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A little brother to a classmate of mine hit a tree on a skiing accident and was hospitalized then died lated from bone marrow complications. Not sure exactly what it was?
