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Old 02-26-2008, 03:17 PM
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Default Who drives their conversion in the winter?

I do, at least sometimes







Old 02-26-2008, 04:35 PM
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I will if I ever finish it

looks like you had an issue backing it up to that point! LOL

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We drove the 67 down to World of Wheels and back this year. We had the trailer, but the roads were decent, and we figured it could use a good drive. It was between -15 and +13 for the trips, and it ran just fine. These engines fire right up!
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every day, and the rust keeps getting worse on the body and frame lol. Engine fired right up when it was 2 below.
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I drive my conversion every day....rain, snow, sun, towing. It doesn`t do very good donuts in the snow though, theres too little weight in the backit makes traction interesting too, light back end + instant throttle response
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I will when im done, minus the slicks.
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I'm gonna daily drive mine, but I live in Socal
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I walk to my front door and hit the remote start button for my 67 pickup every morning .... toasty warm by time I leave for work...
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My old car is almost a daily driver.....but then SoCal weather allows alot more hot rod drive time opportunity.
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I am glad to see this
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Drive my car everyday. I dont build cars to just look at them.
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i drive mine all the time, but we don't get a real "winter" here in GA.
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All the time. The more snow the better!
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When I first swapped the LS1 in I drove it all winter to shake it down, didn't go real well in the snow though, too much power I think, or that could have been my right foot! Still drive it as long as its not snowing. Swap has 122,000 miles on it, in almost 8 years, still going strong.
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Mine is my daily driver as well. Sun, rain, wind, fog... no snow around here though. Sits in traffic, college parking lots, everywhere.
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Here is an update - this winter I got some snow tires



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We don't get snow around here.. but I drive mine here in Calif...
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Is that Legacy GT yours?

I drive mine year around, well we dont really have a winter in NC either...
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I don't drive mine in snow or wet, but I have no problem driving it in the cold, at least since I put the VA GEN-IV system in so I have heat now .
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Originally Posted by rao
Here is an update - this winter I got some snow tires
I was too lazy to put the snows on this year. I normally run snow tires during the winter, but didn`t have time to swap them when the first storms hit. Surprisingly there doesn`t seem to be that much difference....I don`t have much traction either way.


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