Muscle cars

[MASSIVEPKGO_CHUCK]

My dream car is a general lee 69 charger R/T with a 440 motor

Mine and yours both.
Either that or included is the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am with the 400 cubic inch/6.6 liter valve meat eating V8.
Check it, bro:Car Lust: 1977 Pontiac Trans Am SE

 

[Bbucko]

I learned to drive in my mother's then-three year old 1972 Challenger convertible. It was a hot fucking ride, especially with the top down, loaded down with friends.

 

[Rikter8]

Oh Finally a thread for us car guys!
I have so many favorites. A few currently in the works.

Mine and yours both.
Either that or included is the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am with the 400 cubic inch/6.6 liter valve meat eating V8.
Check it, bro:Car Lust: 1977 Pontiac Trans Am SE

The 78 TA was a bit better. Still had the honeycomb front end, but had updated suspention. My dream car.
I eventually dream to have one some day.

Here's one of mine.

 

[798686]

I learned to drive in my mother's then-three year old 1972 Challenger convertible. It was a hot fucking ride, especially with the top down, loaded down with friends.

Challengers are cool. The closest I've got to them though, is on Gran Turismo. :frown1:

New one looks very similar.

 

[D_Tully Tunnelrat]

Would've been quite appropriate, I think. :tongue:

Needless to say, GM had some difficulties selling them there. :wink:

My fav US style muscle: '71 Super Charged Dodge Challenger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RpPRFkiFzo

tho' a Ford GT 500 (aka Eleanor) is not far behind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH2Vb5MzQ5U&feature=related

My all time fav, tho' not an American Muscle Car: '58 Ferrari 250 Testa Rosa - Scaglietti bodied. Magnifico! If I were a rich man...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vTNpi8HDX0&feature=related

 

[MASSIVEPKGO_CHUCK]

Oh Finally a thread for us car guys!
I have so many favorites. A few currently in the works.



The 78 TA was a bit better. Still had the honeycomb front end, but had updated suspention. My dream car.
I eventually dream to have one some day.

Here's one of mine.

Hmm, well different strokes for different folks. Personally, I like the '77 better- Nice black with gold trim.

 

[Bbucko]

Challengers are cool. The closest I've got to them though, is on Gran Turismo. :frown1:

New one looks very similar.

It does, indeed. But it's too high off the ground and rather squat. The "magic" of the Challenger's styling was how much bigger it looked on the outside than its cramped interior proved to be: the trunk was enormous and the hood went on for days :tongue:

Of course, leave it to my mother to have a "family car" which couldn't fit the entire family

 

[798686]

Of course, leave it to my mother to have a "family car" which couldn't fit the entire family

LOL! All the more fun. :wink:

 

[Remington]

I learned to drive in my mother's then-three year old 1972 Challenger convertible. It was a hot fucking ride, especially with the top down, loaded down with friends.

Fucking epic car. A friend of mine has a hard top one.

 

[Remington]

Here's one of mine.

Nice to see a fellow F-body owner on here! Anything done to it?

 

[D_Felix the Bat]

Nice to see a fellow F-body owner on here! Anything done to it?

I've still got my first gen tucked away Over the years it's the only one i've kept!

 

[D_Felix the Bat]

Of course, leave it to my mother to have a "family car" which couldn't fit the entire family

Reminds me of my Mom, test driving home a new 71 or 72 AMC Javelin, purple outside, white inside, with a 401 V-8. Didn't buy it though, kept her LTD :tongue:

 

[D_Felix the Bat]

Your Novas were slightly more powerful than ours. :redface:

May I ask, what do you drive in the UK? I hope Top Gear hasn't given you any false impressions of Americans

 

[SpeedoMike]

first new car: candy apple red 1967 Ford Fairlane GTA 390 cid 750 cfm Holley 4 bbl and C-6 Cruise-o-matic. remember Firestone Wide Ovals?

next: acapulco blue/gold reflective stripe 1969 Mustang Mach I 351 cid Cleveland (had a built-in fatal flaw) automatic. was the first Mach I in a long series of Mustangs.

by then the muscle car era was dying. later owned a built-in-Germany 1973 Mercury Capri V-6 four speed... a dream to drive!

 

[798686]

May I ask, what do you drive in the UK? I hope Top Gear hasn't given you any false impressions of Americans

LOL! A Mazda 3.

 

[D_Felix the Bat]

first new car: candy apple red 1967 Ford Fairlane GTA 390 cid 750 cfm Holley 4 bbl and C-6 Cruise-o-matic. remember Firestone Wide Ovals?

next: acapulco blue/gold reflective stripe 1969 Mustang Mach I 351 cid Cleveland (had a built-in fatal flaw) automatic. was the first Mach I in a long series of Mustangs.

by then the muscle car era was dying. later owned a built-in-Germany 1973 Mercury Capri V-6 four speed... a dream to drive!

I liked that year Fairlane, also the fullsize Ford of that year with the fastback styling! But I loved the Chevys of that year with the rounded styling! Like in this poster from the GMPhoto Store (sadly missing the Corvair, which I like the styling of):

1967 Chevrolet Models-GM PhotoStore

Back in the day! Look at the people in the cars wearing suits/ties and dresses!

My Mach1 had the 351-4V CJ, C6 with factory high stall converter, and what a gas hog 13 MPG highway, and that was when the speed limit was 55 MPH! Fatal flaw the oiling system? Ford seemed to do that with more than one engine family, sending oil to the main bearings last doesn't sound like a better idea to me!

The "sexy europeon" Capris were nice. It was between the Capri, and a 68 Cougar XR-7 as my first car, but got the Mustang instead.

 

[D_Felix the Bat]

LOL! A Mazda 3.

ahh..the sensibly priced car with good fuel mileage! They seem to sell well here in the States, too.

 

[798686]

They're not bad. Quite fun to drive due to low-gearing and stiff suspension.

I liked the European Capris too. Not strictly muscle tho, I guess. I think the largest capacity was 3.0?

 

[D_Felix the Bat]

As I remember, we had 1971-74 Capri I with 2.6 V-6, and 1976-77 Capri II with 2.8 V-6. After that, they were a Mustang offshoot, and later from Australia. As for a muscle car, in the 70's, a four speed V-6 Capri was fairly quick, at least in a 0-60 run.

 

[deleted15807]

I'm quit smitten by the new Camaro SS. I sat in one and boy it's like being transported back to the 60's. I couldn't get out of it. Viability must be poor but boy is she charming on the inside.

LOL! A Mazda 3.

Opt for the MazdaSpeed 3 though :biggrin1: That one MotorTrend called 'Dropping A Bomb On The Competition'.