classic v8 mussle cars

I tend to like the old MOPARs. Over the years I have had a '68 Dodge Dart GT, and a '66 Charger. I wish I still had them. Now though I like older water cooled VW's, earlt 80's Golf,Jetta. I have an '87 Scirocco 16v. Still gets 30mpg and will spank a lot of new cars out there when the light turns green.
 
I had a '69 Plymouth Road Runner 440, six pack, with 4 speed Hurst. It was dark green and so were my friends with envy because I had the fastest car in town. My old man hated that car and swore I was going to kill myself with it. He was almost right. I sold it when I went in the Army.
A little while after I got out of military life, I bought a '67 Chevelle SS and totally restored that. It had the original 396 big block with 4 speed. Then family life set it's priorities in and the Chevelle got sold. :cry:
 
thats funny 'cause my Charger was dark green. It also had a 440 but with an auto tranny. I always wanted a muscle car with a manual trans. The closest I can get is my Hemi Ram which has a 6sp tranny.
 
i recently sold my '72 vega. 10 point cage. wheeltubs. backhalf. 434 small block. powerglide tranny. dana 60 rear with 4:56's. weighed 2,175 with me in it. ran a best time of 9.08 at 160 through mufflers on dot tires.
scarier than sh!t going that fast in a 95 inch wheelbase car.
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im glad to see that some off u guys are or were rev heads that was one quick car im more into street cars ones u can drive anywhere i have a ford xt gt 1968 the fastest time was 13,00s on street tyres pump fuel and a single wheel diff i have changed the camshaft recently but have never gone back hoping for high 12s well i still have my first car which was my dads its unrestored in the shed when i work out how to paste pics on here ill show u :love:
 
my 1st car was bought in 1977 after i graduated from H.S. and managed to save up some money(far easier back then than today!!!).it was a 1968 camaro rs.copper colored body w/ a black vinyl top,all white interior,cragers all around.it had a 327 w/auto for power.the only thing it needed done when i bought it was the hide-away headlights fixed.i paid $800 for it.8 months after i had it a friend rear-ended it while it was sitting in front of my parents house and totaled it.i thought about beating him over it but self control got the better of me.i hate to look them up on e-bay because of their value now! here is a pic of exactly what it looked like ecpect for this ones ss emblem on the grill.

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I guess everyone's had a special car during their life. Mine was a 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback 2+2 :love: Blue with the white pony interior with the rally pac on the steering column. 289 high performance engine with the high rise intake manifold and the stock from the factory 4 barrel. God I loved that car. The engine finally blew @ 115,000 miles and I sold it for $1200 in 1978 with the blown engine. Zero rust on the floorboards... the PO had it undercoated from day one. I miss it to this day. :sad:
I still have the Rally Pac... took it off before I sold the car... Someday I hope to mount it on another 66 stang. :sun:
 
Destroyer said:
I guess everyone's had a special car during their life. Mine was a 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback 2+2 :love: Blue with the white pony interior with the rally pac on the steering column. 289 high performance engine with the high rise intake manifold and the stock from the factory 4 barrel. God I loved that car. The engine finally blew @ 115,000 miles and I sold it for $1200 in 1978 with the blown engine. Zero rust on the floorboards... the PO had it undercoated from day one. I miss it to this day. :sad:
I still have the Rally Pac... took it off before I sold the car... Someday I hope to mount it on another 66 stang. :sun:
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i tried for so many years to get one of those 289hp they were solid cam too back in those times it was hard to ship things over and no ebay i hope u have some pics to share with us:love:and your a ford man too
 
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my 1st car was bought in 1977 after i graduated from H.S. and managed to save up some money(far easier back then than today!!!).it was a 1968 camaro rs.copper colored body w/ a black vinyl top,all white interior,cragers all around.it had a 327 w/auto for power.the only thing it needed done when i bought it was the hide-away headlights fixed.i paid $800 for it.8 months after i had it a friend rear-ended it while it was sitting in front of my parents house and totaled it.i thought about beating him over it but self control got the better of me.i hate to look them up on e-bay because of their value now! here is a pic of exactly what it looked like ecpect for this ones ss emblem on the grill.

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nice car
 
The Muscle car era was a bit before my time(I'm only 30), but I didn't say I wasn't interested in them. When I was a kid my dad had a 67 CHEVY II NOVA and I still to this day have a soft spot for a nice well done CHEVY II. If I could afford it I would have one now. I've still got a drag car out in the garage that was my dad's before he passed away, I just can't afford to play with it as it is one EXPENSIVE ride. It's capable of running well into the 7 second range in the quarter mile as it ran a 4.91 in the 1/8th mile first time out with no doors on it for a test and tune trial run. I'm now into diesels and have my SUBURBAN which is pretty much a VERY unexpected sleeper for a street vehicle. Something that weighs almost 7,000 pounds shouldn't get up and go like it does, and it's only running a small tune right now.
 
Guess I an old man here. When I was in High school muscle cars were out of flavor and easy to buy. I bought my friend's Dad's 1970 442 and immediately wrecked it. Bought a 73 Chevelle SS with a small block and couldn't understand why it was so slow. We had GTO's,Camaros, mustangs, Impalas, etc. that we treated like crap. No one knew or could have predicted that these cars would later become so valuable. Cripes, I remember one drunkin night offroading in a big block Impala convertible laughing as we bounced what wasn't all that rough of a car off nearby trees. Gas crisis quickly had me in European cars and owned a string of em. Lived in Mexico and got the VW fever (bug) , returned to the States and immediately sold off all my British cars. I had recently restored a cherry 68 Austin Healy BJ8 3000 and thought I was D. Trump cause I got 16k for it and bought my first house in 1986, ugh. Sold Porches for a time and built a lightweight non sunroof 73 911 with a weber carbed 3.0 liter not a drag car but with the lsd and different ring &p certainly embarrased a lot of stop light jockeys. Life happened, mortgages, kids, jobs etc. and the cars got sold or parked. Happy for right now just to fly a boat every now and then nothing like twin whatevers screaming behind you and all your cares disappearing with the wake. With three kids to put through college looks like the closest muscle car experience for me for some time will be driving the family suburban with a 6.0.

Brian
 
brisboats said:
Guess I an old man here. When I was in High school muscle cars were out of flavor and easy to buy. I bought my friend's Dad's 1970 442 and immediately wrecked it. Bought a 73 Chevelle SS with a small block and couldn't understand why it was so slow. We had GTO's,Camaros, mustangs, Impalas, etc. that we treated like crap. No one knew or could have predicted that these cars would later become so valuable. Cripes, I remember one drunkin night offroading in a big block Impala convertible laughing as we bounced what wasn't all that rough of a car off nearby trees. Gas crisis quickly had me in European cars and owned a string of em. Lived in Mexico and got the VW fever (bug) , returned to the States and immediately sold off all my British cars. I had recently restored a cherry 68 Austin Healy BJ8 3000 and thought I was D. Trump cause I got 16k for it and bought my first house in 1986, ugh. Sold Porches for a time and built a lightweight non sunroof 73 911 with a weber carbed 3.0 liter not a drag car but with the lsd and different ring &p certainly embarrased a lot of stop light jockeys. Life happened, mortgages, kids, jobs etc. and the cars got sold or parked. Happy for right now just to fly a boat every now and then nothing like twin whatevers screaming behind you and all your cares disappearing with the wake. With three kids to put through college looks like the closest muscle car experience for me for some time will be driving the family suburban with a 6.0.

Brian
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well alot of us r in your situation i would look for a cheap project car and slowly build it buy parts as u can aford it it may take 10 years to build but at least u have something to play with
 
charlie_the_tuna said:
aussie, that was a street car. just a bit faster than most. close that differential and get another 1/2 second out of that old ford.
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well by a street car i mean one that is registed and can pass a roadworthy check sorry was and is are 2 different things and locking the diff wouldnt suit my driving in mc donalds car park with the whole family in the car lol
 
it wasn't a true mc yr but after the built 355 went init was it ran 6:90 1/8 mile

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this one is fast but not an old mc yet

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this one was fun too

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here 2 of my current projects thefirst a 54 chevy with a Big Block and an L80 Trans plus narrowed 9" ford rearend

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and this 51 Parkard but it's original

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