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Art & Inspiration Songs that got car stuff wrong

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  1. sunbeam
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    Brooks and Dunn the line shackled up GTO
     
  2. DDDenny
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    They must have been referring to this one, and by the way, this one's got it all wrong, not just the shackles.
    upload_2024-5-4_8-19-56.png
     
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  3. Johnny Gee
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    It’s song writing. The words flow more than make sense.

    Try understanding Manfreds Mann’s cover of Blinded by the Light.
     
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  4. sunbeam
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    Its got tags so it must see some street use, I'll bet it's got a spool and with that Ackerman I bet turning corners are a experance
     
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  5. Unkl Ian
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    "Racing in the Streets" also by Springsteen.

    "I've got a '69 Chevy with a 396, Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor."
     
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  6. Tim
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    I 100% of the time picture longer shackles in the back to put the ass of that GTO up higher but I guess being the same base as a chevelle they’d have coil springs. Surprised I missed that lol.

    that being said I’ve yet to hear one that didn’t have something amiss
     
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  7. DDDenny
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    Not all Chevelles had rear coils.
    65 Chevelle drag car.jpg
     
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  8. lostone
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    That's like some movies, one I watched some time back had a guy open the hood, there was a small block with a single 4 bbl. The guys look at it and one says ' yeah its got a big block with dual efi holley carbs" I just shook my head.....

    Or the torch where a guy is supposed to be cutting metal and the flame is yellow and couldn't cut nothing....

    ....
     
  9. Johnny Gee
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    Ok, Red Dirt Road. That line is about being held back from being free, as in “shackled”, not raised up suspension.
     
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  10. TCTND
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    Tell Laura I love her...."He drove his car to the racing ground". Racing ground? Ovals, yes..road courses, yes..drag strips, yes.. racing grounds, no. There are proving grounds, coffee grounds, grounds for divorce, but no "racing grounds". the rest of the song is equally idiotic but it was a big hit. Don't get me started on Teen angel.
     
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    "Little Deuce Coupe". It may have been "ported and relieved" and "stroked and bored", but "a hundred and forty on the top end floored" is a stretch for a street driven coupe.
     
  12. Johnny Gee
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    ^^^^^ There is reference to a water box within the song. :D
     
  13. 302GMC
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    And nobody had figured out how to put a 4 speed behind a flatmotor yet ....
     
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    Emmy Lou Harris has a better version.
     
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    "And all the Jag could see were my six taillights", unless they were racing Mark @Moriarity they only had four! o_O
     
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    But he had the “pink slip ready”
     
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    If it was bought from Harry Mann Chevrolet it had 6 tail lights. Since the song was a SoCal original I’m sure many saw 6 tail light Corvette as Harry Mann was a top seller in LA.
     
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    ^^^^ Really? Harry Mann did those taillight installations?
     
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    Maybe I should've stated unless otherwise modified???
    You all knew what I meant!:rolleyes:
     
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    To be fair the original Jan and Dean version sang “hundred and four” in the top end floored. They also said it would wax a Stingray rather than a Thunderbird like it was standing still.
     
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  25. bchctybob
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    Harry Mann Chevrolet was a local performance-oriented dealership, "Corvette Headquarters" so to speak, when I was growing up in the LA area. Big on Dealer Installed performance options, I didn't realize that they also did some popular body mods. My boss, Carman Pisano, was their "outsource" for Rochester F.I. service and tuning in the '60s.
     
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  26. 5window
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    "I can hear you" :)
     
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  27. That looks like one of those Garlits hats over a four barrel.
     
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  28. Like mentioned greased lightning lol. One minute they're talking a couple carbs then the next minute fuel injection. Then one minute an automatic before saying four on the floor lol. Mebbe they were talking about two different cars? Roflmao
     
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  29. Deuces
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    Great tune!....
     
  30. Deuces
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    Maybe he was singin' about a big block with the Can-Am aluminum heads and a Hilborn stack injection.....:confused:;)
     
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