Favorite classsic muscle car?

[Zacha341]

I had two Chevette's - hated them, but in college and broke so...

It was slight step up when I move to my first hatchback Toyota Tercel. LOL!

I even had a Ford Escort that got over 200K miles!

I never had a Vega, however, i did own 5 Pintos.....
loved them....

[EastsideAl]

Station wagons are one one of the most over looked when it comes to muscle cars,a lot of guys that had to give up their 2 door when families came into the picture,ordered station wagons with performance packages that were no slouches.

The Hagerty guy has a one off Ford Country squire S/W that came factory order with a 429 CJ engine in it.

I had a 71 dodge MSP chase car with a 440hp in it that would fly given its weight.

I may be weird but even as a station wagon that one has sexy lines.

It did look sexy, particularly that front end. The ones from a couple years later looked even more so, but by that time Chrysler had toned down the performance a bit.

I bought mine a few years after it was built from a girlfriend's father who was a doctor. When my friend who was a real gearhead saw what was under the hood he freaked out. We took it in his garage on the southwest side and milled the heads, swapped out the cam and rear end, screwed with the tranny, and stuck a bigger badder Holley 4 barrel on it. We also pulled out the third seats and a lot of interior crap and hung some new rubber on her.

Then we took it out on Fort, Telegraph, Gratiot, and Woodward and had some fun with it. With the new diff the back end would step out, but a couple well-placed bags of concrete solved that problem. It sure sucked gas like a thirsty man in the desert, which wasn't great in those days of quickly rising gas prices [[$1 a gallon, who could have imagined that?) It was a real stomper though, and unhappily surprised more than a few people. Until the night when I was flying down Fort St. and the flywheel cracked.

I was planning on doing some traveling anyway, so I just traded it back to my friend [[who, apropos of the discussion above, also had a yard full of Pintos) for a 318 Dodge van with broken front springs and motor mounts [[it had belonged to a state cop who moonlighted as the leader of a Greek wedding band, and the whole interior was covered in purple and orange shag carpeting). A couple hundred bucks later I was on my way to Florida, Mexico, and California.

[stasu1213]

I was Johnny come lately but the only car of power that I had was a 77 Cutlass Supreme with a 350 4 barrel

[stasu1213]

The movie Bullitt had really put the Charger and Mustang on the map for muscle. Too bad the Steve McQueen mustang changed design the following year

[lpg]

Just read a news article that Dearborn Steel Tubing [[DST) is closing and all employees are terminated. They are the company that built the famous Ford Thunderbolts for NHRA drag racing in 1964. I was in there once and it was very interesting.

[Coplin]

My favorites.

[Cincinnati_Kid]

Just read a news article that Dearborn Steel Tubing [[DST) is closing and all employees are terminated. They are the company that built the famous Ford Thunderbolts for NHRA drag racing in 1964. I was in there once and it was very interesting.

Man, that's too bad. Hope they find employment somewhere. Everyone is talking about how good the economy is, well that must hyperbole and it's not great for everyone, as numerous companies are closing their doors lately.

[CassTechGrad]

The proportions on the side view coke-bottle styling of the Charger were almost perfect. Dodge Main 1968, as many as you want, any color, any options, just come up with $3014, or $3480 for the R/T, and drive them away.

[Warrenite84]

I don't follow muscle cars as much as the Fin Era. I grew up with my Dad working on the family Oldsmobiles and others. My Brother who is older had a 1967 Olds Cutlass S, 1967 Pontiac Tempest, 1969 Olds 442 convertible in rough shape, a 1970 Chevelle Malibu, 1971 Chevelle Malibu SS.

My toys are a 1960 Chevy, turquoise and white sedan with a 283 small block v-8 2-barrel, Powerglide, and a 1959 Chevy Kingswood 348 Powerglide, [[in process) All restorations are -in process-

[Richard]

My mother had a 1960 chev in 59,I was born 7 months later,I told her TMI.

A friend had a 1969 Super Bee,he was getting on it going down an entrance ramp and hit black ice,we slid sideways and took out a light pole,it bent the passenger side front tire over and the police followed the black mark it left on the pavement 12 miles to his front door the next morning.

We took it to the junk yard and got $200,took that $200 and went 50 miles up to northern Minnesota and pulled a 1960 chev out of the chicken coup,there was at least 3” of chicken crap built up on it.

We brought some gas and a battery,fired it up and drive it home,dry rotted tires and all,it stunk so bad he had to stick his head out of the window,it was winter.

It had no rust and actually cleaned up nice.I think it was that orangish red color and looked really nice with Crager SS on it.

I think that would be my two favorites,67 GTO or a 59/60 chev.

Remember they said the air got under the back fins at speed and made it unstable in the rear.

They are another one that looks nice even as a station wagon.

[Ray1936]

Me, grandma, and pop's Hudson Terraplane. Car was awesome. Well, to me, at that age, anyway.

[Richard]

“On the sea that’s aquaplaning, in the air that’s aeroplaning, but on the land, in the traffic, on the hills, hot diggity dog, THAT’S TERRAPLANING”



​I would not mind a 36 or 37 as a daily driver.

Robert Johnson -Terraplane blues

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=It-tJ8DOjIk

[Ray1936]

​I would not mind a 36 or 37 as a daily driver.

Robert Johnson -Terraplane blues

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=It-tJ8DOjIk

Love it! Thanks!

[Bigb23]

^^^ LOL! The shock towers of my Chevette were rusted thru in no time. The turn signal broke off in my hand. Had a motor like a sewing machine!

I went from a 66' Chevelle and a 71' Nova SS to a Chevy Vega and Chevette in fairly short order.

To replace the starter in the Chevette, you had two options without using special manufacturer tools - lift the engine off frame, or pull the steering column out of the dash! I went steering column.

[Zacha341]

^^^ LOL! Uselessly quaint options, indeed!

What a sewing-machine-motor trash car! Chevy's half-hearted response to the Honda Civic, I suppose. Epic fail!

I had a Chevy Nova that was way cool until the engine went. It ran great.

[jiminnm]

I had two Chevette's - hated them, but in college and broke so...

I once married a woman who owned a Chevette [[1970, I think). That should've been my clue.

I am now married to a woman who once had a Chevy Nova [[1964 I think, but before my time). Much, much better decision.

[CassTechGrad]

Man, that's too bad. Hope they find employment somewhere. Everyone is talking about how good the economy is, well that must hyperbole and it's not great for everyone, as numerous companies are closing their doors lately.

We were warned about what would happen under Governor Gretchen Whitmer

[mikeg19]

60's and 70's were the Golden Age. Although car tech has advanced light years and it is incredible what "supercars" or sports cars are now capable of, I'd take a Chevelle or RS Camaro any day.

[pjbear05]

Those SS Chevelles were nice [[ and VERY costly and collectible now) Too bad you never acquired the 1970 model.

Yeah, Chevelles going for mad money at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale this weekend.

[pjbear05]

A neighbor down the street had one of these Ford Nucleons when I was a kid. My parents told me never to go near that car.

“In 1957 this automobile-of-the-future was called the Ford Nucleon, named for its pint-size atomic fission reactor in the trunk. The car’s reactor setup was essentially the same as a nuclear submarine’s, but miniaturized for automobile use. It was designed to use uranium fission to heat a steam generator, rapidly converting stored water into high-pressure steam which could then be used to drive a set of turbines. A typical Nucleon would travel about 5,000 miles per uranium charge.

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Somebody near my old neighborhood, I think they lived on Annott between Manning and Pinewood, was a tester for the Chrysler Turbine car.

[lpg]

Somebody near my old neighborhood, I think they lived on Annott between Manning and Pinewood, was a tester for the Chrysler Turbine car.

A family friend works at the place in Highland Park where they restore old Chrysler Corp. vehicles. He showed us around and started up one of those turbine cars. Interesting to say the least.

[Cincinnati_Kid]

Yeah, Chevelles going for mad money at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale this weekend.

Chevelles and Camaros are nice, but they're a dime a dozen. Too may were built, and I haven't seen one that's truly different, other than those that are extensively modified. I tend to favor models that are rare, and off the beaten path.

[stasu1213]

My cousin had purchased him a 1972 Plymouth Satelitte after getting out of the army in 1976. He had thrown some craigers on it and use to peel out at the corner of my block when leaving. He then purchased a 1970 orange with white top and white interior Dodge Challenger which had a 440 in it

[Bigb23]

Somebody near my old neighborhood, I think they lived on Annott between Manning and Pinewood, was a tester for the Chrysler Turbine car.

Jay Leno is one of two private owners of the Chrysler turbine cars.

Man, he

Is

the walking encyclopedia of every car of the last 120 years !

New video on YouTube every late Sunday Night.

What's going to happen to that collection when he dies ? 170 cars and 150 motorcycles. And all his Automobile wall art of the last century.

God bless him.

[CassTechGrad]

Jay Leno is one of two private owners of the Chrysler turbine cars.

Man, he

Is

the walking encyclopedia of every car of the last 120 years !

New video on YouTube every late Sunday Night.

What's going to happen to that collection when he dies ? 170 cars and 150 motorcycles. And all his Automobile wall art of the last century.

God bless him.

Imagine being able to hang-out with Jay Leno and his gang for a Las Vegas weekend. It’s gotta be the best time you could ever have.