The Chicken's little brother

[myfirstbonnie]

We have been looking at cars to replace the Chicken as Wendy's daily driver. We looked at a few Regals and Lacrosses from Buick, but when we saw this, she fell in love.

Introducing the Rubber Chicken's little brother aka Wendy's DD:


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One of the requirements for her new car was a moonroof, this one has the 4 stage and she likes it a lot.

[00Beast]

Very nice! Still sucks what happened to the chicken, but now you won't be as rushed to finish it, as you will have enough cars for you two and the kids.

[myfirstbonnie]

The 89 will be getting passed on to Kathy. She pretty much has it all the time now. I will get the Chicken running again and then we will most likely get rid of the Suburban.

This means I get to do whatever I want to the Chicken. Thinking of the next mods now!

[gonzo4191]

how about you fix it right first :-p

maybe stick with series II parts hahahaha

[myfirstbonnie]

We don't even know what's wrong yet, so how can you say that? My gut feeling right now and what happened, I am thinking it did a Haro and broke a valve spring.

We will know by Sunday night as long as we get back Saturday night.

[swampthing]

So what's smaller then a chicken? Im thinkin this should be a kiwi bird

Btw what year is it? 3.9 or 3.6?

[myfirstbonnie]

It is a 2006 with the 3.9L.

[repinS]

2006 was the year you could get that 3.9 GTP sedan with a six-speed manual Pretty rare to see one though.

[00Beast]

Matt, that's exactly what I was thinking, you broke a valve-spring and grenaded it.

[myfirstbonnie]

No manual trans. This has the 4T65-e with the manual shift mode.

[00Beast]

No, we figured that, lol.

Drew, a kiwi is way bigger than a chicken, lol.

How about the Pigeon?

[myfirstbonnie]

I told her I would name it after a male chicken and I don't mean rooster. (keeping the language family friendly). She quickly said no to that.

[00Beast]

Foghorn Leghorn?

[2000Silverbullet]

Wendy's DD Daffy Duck


I like that song......"Like a G6"


quack quack

[PRD2BDF]

How does it move?

[myfirstbonnie]

Updated original post with a few more pictures.

As for moving, I think it moves as well as the 2k did stock. The DBW does take some getting used to. Hard to explain, but you can tell a difference.

[00Beast]

I noticed a BIG difference w/ DBW on our new suburban, it's a lot harder to feather it, as there's a lag. I plan on getting a tuner for it to reduce that.

Does it have XM?

[myfirstbonnie]

For those interested, here is the RPO codes:

AY0 ; RESTRAINT SYSTEM SEAT, INFLATABLE, DRIVER & PASS, FRT & SIDE, ROOF SIDE
A51 ; SEAT FRT BKT, CUSTOM
C3Y ; ROOF SUN, GLASS, SLIDING, PANELS, ELEC
C68 ; HVAC SYSTEM AIR CONDITIONER FRT, AUTO, ELECTRONIC CONTROLS
DL5 ; DECAL ROADSIDE SERVICE INFORMATION
D49 ; MIRROR O/S LH & RH, REMOTE CONTROL, ELECTRIC, MANUAL FOLD
FAD ; TRIM, SIMULATED WALNUT BURL ACCENTS
FE2 ; SUSPENSION SYSTEM RIDE, HANDLING
FE9 ; CERTIFICATION EMISSION, FEDERAL
FR3 ; RATIO TRANSAXLE FINAL DRIVE 3.69
FX3 ; RIDE AND HANDLING AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED (USE F45)
IB3 ; TRIM INTERIOR DESIGN (B3) (99)
JA7 ; HANDLE PARK BRK RELEASE, LEATHER
JF4 ; PEDALS ADJUSTABLE, POWER
JL9 ; BRAKE SYSTEM PWR, FRT & RR DISC, ANTILOCK, FRT & RR WHL
KA1 ; HEATER SEAT, FRT
KB7 ; CONTROL MANUAL SHIFT, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
KG7 ; GENERATOR 125 AMP
LZ9 ; ENGINE, 3.9L VARIABLE VALVE TIMING V6 SFI
MX0 ; MERCHANDISED TRANS AUTO PROVISIONS, O/D
M15 ; TRANSMISSION AUTO 4 SPD, HMD, 4T65-E, ENHANCED ELECTRONIC
NT7 ; EMISSION SYSTEM FEDERAL, TIER 2
NW5 ; WHEEL 18 X 7, ALUMINUM
N34 ; STEERING WHEEL LEATHER, 3 SPOKES
ORN ; PLANT CODE ORION, MI, USA
QYH ; TIRES, P225/50R18 TOURING, BLACKWALL
R6P ; CONTROL SALES ITEM NO. 15
R6Q ; CONTROL SALES ITEM NO. 16
R7B ; CONTROL SALES ITEM NO. 27
R9C ; CONTROL SALES ITEM NO. 78
R9N ; CONTROL SALES ITEM NO. 89
SLM ; SALES PROCESSING STOCK ORDERS
UE1 ; COMMUNICATION SYSTEM VEHICLE, G.P.S.
UK3 ; CONTROL STEERING WHEEL, ACCESSORY
UN0 ; RADIO AM/FM STEREO, SEEK/SCAN, CD, AUTO TONE, CLOCK, ETR
U2K ; DIGITAL AUDIO SYSTEM S-BAND
U77 ; ANTENNA RR WINDOW, RADIO
U85 ; SPEAKER SYSTEM 8, QUAD FRT DR MTD, SHELF QUAD, AMPLIFIER
VK3 ; LICENSE PLATE FRONT FRT MOUNTING PKG
VY7 ; KNOB TRANS CONT LEVER, LEATHER
V73 ; VEHICLE STATEMENT USA/CANADA
1SZ ; DISCOUNT OPTION PACKAGE
19I ; INTERIOR TRIM BLACK (I) (96)
193 ; TRIM COMBINATION LEATHER, EBONY (3) (00)
41U ; PRIMARY COLOR EXTERIOR, BLACK (02)
6AY ; COMPONENT FRT LH COMPUTER SEL SUSP (6AY)
7AY ; COMPONENT FRT RH COMPUTER SEL SUSP (7AY)
8AB ; COMPONENT RR LH COMPUTER SEL SUSP (8AB)
9AB ; COMPONENT RR RH COMPUTER SEL SUSP (9AB)

[1oldman]

Nice! Wouldn't mind havin' one myself if I could get in and out of it. Name suggestion, because the the truncated trunk (ha ha) - the rumpless chicken - BC

[VBCSpangler]

Nice car, black for the win! I expect 1/4 mile times shortly...

I'm sorry to hear about the Chicken, I couldn't believe it had another catastrophic failure. I was also thinking you had broke a valve from either valve float or a broken spring. It happened to a friend of mine's turbo civic while it was on the dyno; sent shrapnel thru the whole engine and destroyed the head.