If you could have any old muscle car, what would you choose?

[JC]

Originally posted by: RaySun2Be
He did trade that in on an early Trans Am, 455ci, 4 speed, one that was marked 455 before they started using liters.

Trans Ams are cool

But the 455s were never identified in liters....you're thinking of the later cars, which used 6.6L (Olds 403 engine) T/A 6.6 (Pontiac 400) and the lowly 4.9L (Pontiac 301, also available turbocharged).

JC

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: AdamK47 - 3DS

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Any car I get in is a muscle car.

69 Camaro SS vs Shelby Cobra

That's unfair. Typing the year into a google search would make it more specific and have lesser hits. This is fair.

Not really, the SS spans over 30 years, yielding many more cars than the Cobra

Thats not true either. The SS was in the late 60s and early 70s and then brought back again in 1996 when SLP Engineering took on the task of making the new SS.

 

[Sluggo]

For 69 Camaros, you cant beat a Yenko Camaro

For me personally, maybe someting like this 1973 SD455 Trans Am

Link to some nice restoration pics of muscle cars

More restoration pics

 

[rival]

in august, they have this thing called 'hot august nights' where all the old cars come out of the woodwork and strut there stuff, and there were some amazing cars...shelby gt500, guy wanted $120k+ for it at auction...tons of camaros in mint condition..i shouldve taken pics. oh well

i'd take a camaro though, black on black

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: Sluggo
For 69 Camaros, you cant beat a Yenko Camaro

For me personally, maybe someting like this 1973 SD455 Trans Am

Link to some nice restoration pics of muscle cars

More restoration pics

How about a Berger 1969 Double COPO 427 Camaro valued at over $150,000 to beat that Yenko?

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: AdamK47 - 3DS

Originally posted by: Sluggo
For 69 Camaros, you cant beat a Yenko Camaro

For me personally, maybe someting like this 1973 SD455 Trans Am

Link to some nice restoration pics of muscle cars

More restoration pics

How about a Berger 1969 Double COPO 427 Camaro valued at over $150,000 to beat that Yenko?

Nice car, but its more of a one of a kind. At least you have a 1/1,000,000 shot at finding a real Yenko, as opposed to a 1/1,000,000,000 shot at getting your hands on that Berger.

 

[CantedValve]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
'67 Shelby Mustang GT500

That is not classified as a "muscle car"

...otherwise I would have chosen it, believe me. I'm a mustang fanatic.

nik

NOT a muscle car? What disqualifies it... the 428 under the hood!?

 

[CantedValve]

Oops... I TOTALLY misread that post.

 

[CantedValve]

Originally posted by: kamiam

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
'67 Shelby Mustang GT500

That is not classified as a "muscle car"

...otherwise I would have chosen it, believe me. I'm a mustang fanatic.

nik

What is the classification for the GT500?

Muscle car = big block?

actually, its true classification is Pony Car

In the same breath, the Camaro and Firebird are considered the same. However, I challenge you to sit in the seat of a K-code 4 speed car and deny its muscle car status

 

[CantedValve]

Originally posted by: JC
Muscle cars are, generally, defined as mid-size cars with big power (usually, 400+ CI engines)

JC

Did you get that from the same place you got your definition of a GT500?

 

[RaySun2Be]

Originally posted by: JC

Originally posted by: RaySun2Be
He did trade that in on an early Trans Am, 455ci, 4 speed, one that was marked 455 before they started using liters.

Trans Ams are cool

But the 455s were never identified in liters....you're thinking of the later cars, which used 6.6L (Olds 403 engine) T/A 6.6 (Pontiac 400) and the lowly 4.9L (Pontiac 301, also available turbocharged).

JC

heh, that's what I meant, not necessarily that the engines were 455, but that they had switched to designating the engines by liters instead of CI.

I really liked the looks of the early Trans Ams, especially the front/grill area.


This one reminds me of my best friend's car: SD455 1973 Trans Am

Funny I haven't seen anyone mention the ChevyII and SS Nova.

 

[CantedValve]

Originally posted by: RaySun2Be
Although most of the cars mentioned make me drool. Except for the Miata and the Dodge Dart.

Aww man... I LOVE Darts. I have a 1969 Dodge Dart 340 Swinger w/ a 4 speed sitting in the shop begging for restoration... but I gotta finish with the 53 F100 first (here's its heart), then I have my pony to finish, then I will get around to that one (in like 3 years). It can be seen (partially) in this picture of the 53's flathead before its makeover.

 

[RaySun2Be]

Originally posted by: CantedValve

Originally posted by: RaySun2Be
Although most of the cars mentioned make me drool. Except for the Miata and the Dodge Dart.

Aww man... I LOVE Darts. I have a 1969 Dodge Dart 340 Swinger w/ a 4 speed sitting in the shop begging for restoration... but I gotta finish with the 53 F100 first (here's its heart), then I have my pony to finish, then I will get around to that one (in like 3 years). It can be seen (partially) in this picture of the 53's flathead before its makeover.

Well, the flathead's nice , the pony is excellent (very similar to that 390ci I got to drive) , but sorry, I just can't get into Darts, it's a personal thing. It's cool if you do though.

 

[kherman]

Pontiac GTO! Always wanted one for some reason?

Don't know enough about car restorration (anything actually), so I would feal guilty buying one unless I learned to tear a car apart first

 

[Ornery]

Ya know, kherman made me think of something. You can still get parts for restoring the old muscle cars at swap meets, bone yards and even NOS (new old stock) parts are available. That's why you still see 35 year old cars at your local car shows and even driven daily! I have a feeling most Japanese "compact sports" will NOT have that same support through the years.

The muscle cars weren't that much more expensive than their base models when new. That's another reason there's so many on the road, and why parts are so available. When I think of car meets 30 years from now, I believe the cars that drive in will have come from that same criteria. Only the F-Bodys, Mustangs and pickups seem to fit the bill from today. Too bad the damn Lightning is so expensive. I could easily see those still rolling along in 2030.

 

[Ferocious]

I wouldn't mind a 1969 ZL1 Camaro.

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: CantedValve

Originally posted by: JC
Muscle cars are, generally, defined as mid-size cars with big power (usually, 400+ CI engines)

JC

Did you get that from the same place you got your definition of a GT500?

I got that from my head

Where, exactly, did I define a GT500?

JC

 

[Aceman]

Although not the true muscle car. It was the start of that era.......

I'd take back my 1965 Chevy Impala 327 SS. I wouldn't turn down a 1966 Impala 396 SS, though.

 

[Armitage]

Gotta Getta Goat!

Nice pic

 

[CantedValve]

Originally posted by: JC

Originally posted by: CantedValve

Originally posted by: JC
Muscle cars are, generally, defined as mid-size cars with big power (usually, 400+ CI engines)

JC

Did you get that from the same place you got your definition of a GT500?

I got that from my head

Where, exactly, did I define a GT500?

JC

You didnt... I was still hun-over when I wrote that... I just noticed it myself!

 

[Red Dawn]

I'd rather have any of those cars over the fscking Jap imports of today. The Jap imports just don't have the style and class, no matter how much leather and chrome they put on them.

 

[BeHeMOTH]

I'd like to have a 68 390gt or a super bee

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
'67 Shelby Mustang GT500

That is not classified as a "muscle car"

...otherwise I would have chosen it, believe me. I'm a mustang fanatic.

nik

I don't know - 428 CID with twin 4bbl. carbs (and an optional Paxton blower) sure sounds like a muscle car to me.

 

[gogeeta13]

Originally posted by: kamiam

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: kamiam

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: FoBoT
how about this 1972 Dodge Charger Rallye

Not bad, if you want to be cutting head gaskets out of cardboard every weekend... or replacing some other part constantly.

nik

nik, you really are an idiot,you know nothing about Mopars:|HemiCuda, the only way to fly

That's what I've always understood, yeah. The GT500 doesn't have a big block. It's considered a sports car, not a muscle car.

thanks for proving my point,obviously you know nothing about sports cars either

Yeah, I know nothing. Kami, why are you such a fscking DICK? If you're so knowledgable, let's hear it, bitch. Lay it out on the table for us. Lets here it straight from your mouth with no help. Come on you whore, prove me wrong.

nik

hey you pompous ass in 1978 I bought my 1st mopar, a 1968 super bee,in 1979 I bought my 2nd mopar, a 1969 393 roadrunner, in late 1980, I bought my 3rd mopar, a 1970 440 challenger, in 1982 my father bought 1 1970 hemicuda, 1 1970 hemi challenger and 1 1968 HEMI DART in 1989 I purchased a 1968 Dart GTS and installed a 440 6-pack....so nik GO BLOW THE SNOT OUT YOUR NOSE :disgust:

My friends Dad nearly died in a Hemi Dart, that thing was insane, far too much power for the car. He was out one night, and someone challenged him at a red light, he launched the car so hard that the body torqued to much the steering locked(iirc I cant remember exact story..) either way, he crashed into a tree and survived with head injuries, bruises and scratches and broken ribs because he didnt have his seat belt on and flew into bunch of scrubs. If he ahd his seatbelt on, he would have died.

Anyways, still a tight car, i would kill for one

 

[JetsFanatic]

I like the duster