David,
You? ask astute questions, all will be revealed in later
installments.
But, no, I don't recall how much the rims or tires cost me.
I must have come with the money somehow.
At the time I was working as a Switchman for the Canadian
National Railway before I became a Locomotive Engineer
and Union Rep.
Pete from the Loops
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On 2020-11-28 8:29 p.m., D. Hadley via
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Yup, ditto here too. Keep em coming. :)
What if any engine performance hop up "tune ups" or "mods" did
you do the the Boss 9? And IF any did they help & how much
did they help and cost for that matter.
Do you remember how much those tires cost & how much the
custom rims cost?
David from WNY
On Saturday, November 28, 2020, 08:28:43 AM EST,
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Yeah, I agree.
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Saturday, 28 November 2020, 06:45AM -06:00 from Linc
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Nice story Pete !
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On Fri, 2020-11-27 at 19:33 -0800, Peter
Mahaits wrote:
Linc, very observant,
yes, they were L50-15 Concorde Tires.
From here on in, everybody please keep in
mind that I owned this car from
age, 19 to 23, and was, to put it
politely, "uneducated", in so many things
that I know now.
I was living in Port Moody, B.C. That is a
community at the east end of
the main inlet that is the Port of Vancouver, B.C.
I was living in, "the house", on the main drag of
Port Moody,
with a bunch of other people who also had nice
cars.
Just down St. John's St, the main drag, was,
"Talisman Tire".
He told me that the Concorde Tires had just been
winners at
the Winter Nationals, or top Superstock, or
something like that.
With the stock F60-15 tires on the Boss, I was
experiencing some
severe wheel slip from time to time, so, Talisman
Tire had some
10 inch wide, plain steel wheels made up, and the
Concorde L-50 15
tires made it onto the back of the Boss 429.
As I was experiencing some undesired chaffing of
the tires on the upper
inside of the wheel wells, I later installed
longer shackles on the back
of the leaf springs. That decreased the chaffing
of the tires quite a bit.
Also changed the weight distribution forward a
bit.
On launch that was a plus for sure.
Those tires hooked up like crazy compared to the
stock tires. At least on
the street they did. I know how slippery the drag
strip is, but I never tried
them there. On the street they were great.
Because I had those L50-15's on the back, when I
sold the Boss, I still had
the original Boss 429 Magnum 500 wheels in my
possession. They now
reside on the back of my 69 Cobra, complete with
Mustang Horse center caps.
I'm still being pushed around by Boss 429 wheels.
That will do for today.
More to come.
Pete from the Loops
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2020-11-27 12:04 p.m., Linc wrote:
It is unlikely with those vintage L50's on
the back. Not really known for traction. :P
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On Fri, 2020-11-27 at 08:43 -0500, jay Rush
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Very cool car. Did it beat the Olds?
Jay
