Wednesday, February 20, 2008

a rare winter time blast

Normally you don't see classic muscle cars being driven in the dead of winter. Especially with the crazy snowfalls we've beeen experiencing. I'm content to store my babies until April or May. This time something weird came up. My storage place suddenly went on the real estate market with pending renovations and what not happening. Basically, it meant my slot was gone. I frantically called around looking for storage but in this neck of the woods, everything good is filled up. Fortunately, my sister has a garage and she generously offered it to me. I took it of course! Next was arranging a shot gun rider to come along and help take the GTO to the garage and shuttle me back home. It was a 3 and a half hour journey all told plus a final drive to home. Ray stepped up to the plate and cheerfully helped out. We were blessed with good weather today and managed to pull into town, dry and safe. I washed the body off with soap and rinsed it before storage to remove any salt dust. Once we closed the door, it was entombed in a wood lined garage.Perfect for sucking out excess moisture. The GTO rode like a champ and had plenty of power to spare. I suspect the rear axle is a 3.55 ratio or lower because even with massive 15 inch radius by 27 1/2 tall tires out back, at 60 mph she revs around 2,400 rpm. If I change the tires to the proper size, it'll pick up revs and become a traffic light terror. The high fives and envious stares on the 401 were priceless. I'm looking forward to showing this bad boy off comne spring!

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