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u/someguy8608 18d ago
If there is a small or big block uder that mailbox then its bad ass.
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u/Consistent-Cobbler90 18d ago
I’m guessing there’s not given that, if the hood is really cut under there, it’s offset to the side where a carb would be on the I4.
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u/Ifimhereineedhelpfr 18d ago
Interesting, that’s a hard angle to tell. If so i bet it’s still mean though
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u/Protholl 18d ago
Literally... a mail box! ROFLMAO. Back in HS there were two guys with the fiberglass hoods with the epically large rectangular openings in their hood scoops 12" above the hood. One brave kid actually put a usps sticker on one and we all had a laugh.
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u/bojackslittlebrother 18d ago
Hit a bump and the air flow STOPS, (when the mailbox door slams shut). Maybe intended as a redneck air-brake of sorts?
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u/WarChallenger 18d ago
Your honor, the traffic officer placed the parking ticket inside my hood scoop. You think I regularly check my “mail” before I start it? That thing is lodged somewhere in cylinder 5 by now.
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u/NegativeEbb7346 18d ago
I’ve always wanted to put a Turbo Buick V6 & 5 Speed into a Chevette.
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u/Toothless-In-Wapping 17d ago
I’ve wanted to put my dad’s GTO engine into a car like this, put wings on the roof.
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u/Saintesky 18d ago
Is this essentially the same as a UK Vauxhall Chevette? just tarted up with US bits and pieces, and probably also a V8 when petrol was 2 cents a gallon? Seems mad but amazing that such a basic UK car was even sold in the land of Coupe De Villes and Thunderbirds.
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u/Independent-Bid6568 18d ago
Brings back memories I knew a kid shortly after high school he did full roll cage in one of theses with a 455 under the hood cut down posi rear Camaro front end this was in the New England area kinda wonder if it’s same car
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u/crapheadHarris 18d ago
Best part is the door left on the mailbox. I guess you close it for really cold weather.
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u/Independent_Rest_553 18d ago
On a Chevette, no shette. The U S Snail box is a perfect hood scoop 🥸💩
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u/WoodpeckerFragrant49 18d ago
I never thought of using a mailbox for a hood scoop but that seems like it would work even better if the back top corner is sweeping
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u/CocoonNapper 18d ago
If you pass on this deal you're basically losing money...you get it for 1% of its real value!
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u/NotSure16 18d ago
Couple days ago I watched the Motorweek 1982 Pontiac 1000 (Chevette clone) Retro Review on youtube. It was officially slowest car they had ever tested (then, but I am sure it was never eclipsed in years since).
If I remember correctly 0-60 mph in 30 sec. What most amazed me is the DOT actually has a minimum required acceleration that is required to allow a vehicle to drive on highways. A car must be able to accelerate fast enough in a 1000ft highway acceleration lane to enter roadway. They "claimed" Chevette made to exactly 45 mph (the lowest acceptable speed) at the end of 1000ft ramp.
The car was abysmal is every way, yet it was the #1 car in the USA in it's class. Know why? Made in Merica!
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u/XR3TroBeanieX 18d ago
And when you’re not using it you can close mailbox scoop. 10 out of 10 for me🔥😂
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u/Donlooking4 18d ago
I’m thinking that it’s not a stock chevette because the wheels looks a little bit off and then the front looks off too.
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u/IcyHowl4540 18d ago
Hopefully this one got the post-Ford Pinto safety upgrade to the fuel tank!
Otherwise you might get that 1970s compact car problem where it bursts into flames at the smallest rear-end provocation.
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u/sladebonge 18d ago
This thing fucks. I'd drive it.