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Old Jun 16, 2014 | 07:27 PM
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All kidding aside the car runs very well without that 1970s trendy device. The Chevelles were even worse with a little door that popped up.
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Old Jun 17, 2014 | 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by paul 74
Just remove the assembly and enjoy all that extra hp all the time, not just at WOT. It was a gimmick back then to appease the woossshh fans. My 1974 woosshes at any gas pedal setting.
Maybe what Duntov said was the car SOUNDS LIKE it's cut a full second off the 0-60 times.

In that case he was right and I fully agree. If GM had put wire wheels on the '73s, they could have offered baseball cards and clothes pins. That would have sounded like the cars cruise at 250 mph.
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Old Jun 17, 2014 | 11:58 AM
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If GM had put wire wheels on the '73s, they could have offered baseball cards and clothes pins. That would have sounded like the cars cruise at 250 mph.

That takes me back a long ways to my CCM bicycle days!
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