CHOPTOP CHRONICLES (Page 17/147)
Fastback 86 APR 22, 03:33 PM

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Originally posted by madcurl:


Areed....priceless.

I was hanging out with a friend in Altos CA. (outside Santa Cruz) getting some gas. Two kids in a import revving his motor as he stopped for gas. He gets out and says, " what you got in there"? I say, "it's stock." I got my $2.79 gas and got in and started the motor. The kids soon followed.

Whats so stupid is the kids wanted to either race or follow me on Mission st (hwy 1 PCH). It's heavy with traffic bumper to bumper and they were in hot pursuit! They gave up after following me a mile or so.


Altos? Where's that?

madcurl APR 22, 03:43 PM

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Originally posted by Fastback 86:


Altos? Where's that?



hehehe. Sorry, it's Aptos. I was thinking of the other city outside San Jose, CA. Maybe that's why those kids where following me...they needed to get to Los Altos? hehhe

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Fastback 86 APR 22, 04:03 PM

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Originally posted by madcurl:

hehehe. Sorry, it's Aptos. I was thinking of the other city outside San Jose, CA. Maybe that's why those kids where following me...they needed to get to Los Altos? hehhe


Hehehe I figured it was a typo. You mean to tell me the Silver Chop Top was in Aptos and I missed it? Bummer!

madcurl APR 22, 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by Fastback 86:


Hehehe I figured it was a typo. You mean to tell me the Silver Chop Top was in Aptos and I missed it? Bummer!


Sorry, I was in the "bubble Top Fiero." You didn't miss #11

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exoticse MAY 25, 11:23 PM

No new tales to tell ??

GMGW3 ?
DL10 ?
Jscott ?
Madcurl ?
Stinger owner ?
Jim88GT ??
Dowdian ?
Sharkman ?
New owner of the PPE ???

jscott1 MAY 26, 12:31 AM

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Originally posted by exoticse:


No new tales to tell ??

Jscott ?


Well, my chop top has moved to #2 priority in my hopes of getting the Indy on the road in time for the 21st anniversary of the Fiero pacing the 500, (May 27th). There is no way it will be street legal by then but I might have the new rear brakes installed by then.

Sharkman MAY 26, 03:30 AM
Will take mine out next week. Still have some things too fix. Like the 6x9 speakers. Almost ready.

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Regards SHARKMAN
86 GT, 3.4 Camaro engine,
choptop # 1 in Europe/Sweden

Jim88GT MAY 26, 10:50 PM
After many months of saving, I finally called Ronal to order the custom wheels. Contrary to their earlier statements that they could build a set of chrome LZs to my specs, they now claim they can't go beyond 40mm offset due to strength concerns. BUMMER ( Turned out to be a blessing, because I found some BUDNIKs I like better and they cost less I'll be ordering the wheels and big brakes this weekend.

Jim

DL10 MAY 27, 08:35 AM
I will share my latest story with everyone……….. I let a friend of mine take a friend of his for a ride in the GBCT. {Boy that car does look and sound really good going down the road} anyway when they got back my friend said is your headlight supposed to come up on it’s own…………I smiled and said not until you hid 120 MPH. They both just smiled and said we never got out of 4th gear.

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madcurl MAY 29, 03:28 PM
UPDATE: Picks of #11 & #15 causes temporary “lock jaw.”

Late last night while at a local gas station I was in "incognito" mode rolling on 19-inch shoes. A Pontiac enthusiast spotted me on my approach. He was driving a late white Pontiac Lemans or something? As I proceeded to leave he approached my "bubble top" drivers side window.

Guy: Hey, what do you got in there?
Me: N*.
Guy: Huh?

From the look on his face it seemed that he didn't understand me correctly or maybe it was the sound from the pipes interfering with the guy's hearing? So I got out of the car and I had to show him. There was a brief pause while he looked. After several times he still thought the N* was a V6? (no problem if I had a LT1 in the back, hehe) Fortunately I had two emergency business cards in my wallet for times when I really don't have time to talk. It was around 00:30 hrs and it were chilly.

I handed him V8 Archie and Design 1 System’s business cards. The guy owns an 87 GT and felt the need for more speed. I quickly informed him about what types of engines that V8 Archie installs and Design 1 System. I also told him about WCF in Marina Del Ray too and what they are doing. Although I was in the "Stealth" Fiero I did show him picks of #11 & #15. For a moment I'd thought he had been sniffing the gas fumes or had "locked jaws" from the chilly weather? He didn’t recognize that #11 and #15 are chopped…Priceless! He couldn’t understand how #15 body seemed different? I told him to write down Pennock’s Fiero Forum.

The most interesting question this guy had was the best I'd ever gotten from someone. He said, "Which one is the best"? I said, using a quote from Archie... "How fast do you want to go" and "how much money is in you're wallet"? He then said, "What’s out there"?

I then pulled out the big gun examples. CAKID, Jims88Gt, D1S turbo, and WCF NSX monster. From looking at the guys back molars...I'd could see then that the info was too much to digest late at night especially at 01:00 hrs.

Episode II: Bakersfield CA.

After getting a upgraded cell phone, the sells rep wanted to see what I had in the back of my car because he seen the picks on my previous phone and just couldn't believe it. Three other customers saw us and they too wanted to see after the sells rep said, "this guy has a N* in here."

One of the guy said, "yeah... right." The guys father too said, "yeah...right prove it." After several cuss words later…they too suffered from “lock jaw syndrome and continued to be baffled as to how a N* could be installed in such a small car? I decided not to show them the picks of #11 or #15. It was nearly 95 degrees and showing the picks might have resulted in premature lock-jaw.

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