Strange Cars

[@tomeighty]

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[@JoseMorales-pq9yu]

Cyclone GT? Absolutely beautiful

[@Baldo600]

So back in the day I had a 1970 Cyclone Spoiler. That car is pretty rare as far as I know. It had a 429 SCJ with a top loader 4 spd, and a Detroit Locker rear diff with a 373 gear. Now that car was heavy and did a respectable 1/4 mile run, but where it really shined was it’s top end. Just like driving a NASCAR stock car on the street.

[@padie2006]

Nice collection of oddities. I love what you’ve done with the new Tom Eighty headquarters building!

[@tomeighty]

Thank you, I wanted a small little place to feel comfortable. ha ha

[@bobcatforever3485]

@tomeighty. Good and interesting video. Back in the late early 60's my brother-in-law had a 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk and Golden Hawk. If I remember correctly, one of those actually had a factory blower in it and a I think a 289 cubic inch V8. (Not sure, been a while). Thanks for sharing and take care.

[@tomeighty]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. And yes I have heard one of those Studes did have a blower on it. I always wondered how powerful the blower actually was on there.

[@bobcatforever3485]

@@tomeighty Thanks, I appreciate you commenting back.

[@garyslentzii2796]

Back in the 90s, a guy in a 70 Cyclone went down the track in like fast forward. I went back to the pits to see what was under the hood, a 302, how? It was unreal. The engine looked so small in that engine compartment. It was amazing.

[@tomeighty]

I'll bet that looked small in there.

[@413x398]

The standard engine in the base Cyclone was a 429 non-CJ. The GT's base engine was a 351 Cleveland. No 302's in a Cyclone.

[@garyslentzii2796]

@@413x398 They may have had the 351, sure wasn't big enough to be a 429.

[@413x398]

@@garyslentzii2796 Cleves were runners, for sure, if geared. Edit: However, the Montegos had a standard 302, so it might have been that. They are sometimes mistaken for Cyclones. I have a Spoiler and a 302 Montego MX.

[@garyslentzii2796]

@413x398 You're a lucky guy. I had a 68 Cougar way back in the late 80s early 90s. It was the coolest car I've ever had in my younger days. My 90 Cougar was pretty nice too.

[@nathanmcdonald5713]

The 1950 studabaker

[@DrinkyDanielandTheNightcaps]

I love the Grand Prix and the Catalina 🇺🇸

[@paulotoole989]

1967 Pontiac Grand Prix Hardtop production: 37,125 Convertible production: 5,856. 1967 was the only year Pontiac made a factory Grand Prix convertible.

[@nivekkrg]

I remember seeing one or two at car shows so that’s about it. I like the car except for the grill. The grill doesn’t belong in anything on the road except for maybe a med Max movie

[@davidandrews9670]

My Uncle had one just “vanilla” orange..

[@Trindal]

Wonder if gmc had any trouble when they used the Cyclone name…

[@tomeighty]

Good question. Maybe that is why they went with the different spelling of the name (Syclone).

[@413x398]

@@tomeighty Exactly.

[@Baldo600]

Also the P38 was NOT a fighter jet. It had 2 gas burning engines.

[@mykec.selene8302]

I had a good friend who had a 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT with a 4 speed. He took me for a ride in it and I wasn't very impressed with it! Yeah it was a very nice car but it didn't go very fast! He said that I wouldn't be able to grab a 5 dollar bill off the dash during acceleration? I could have done it no problem at all!!!

[@tomeighty]

That's awesome, love to hear stories like that. Real world stuff. ha ha