Classic car show - a few pics

[lakelover]

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...my oldest can't wait to restore an AMX.

More power to him. I forgot that my cousin had an AMX.

 

[boatnut74]

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I love the old muscle cars. My dad and I fixed up a '65 Chevelle, 400hp 350 and were currently building a 454 . I spent alot of my high school weekends at car shows drooling over the cars.

 

[lakelover]

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Cars today sure are wimpy.

 

[BlkY2k]

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Cars today sure are wimpy.

I dont know about that lakelover, they just have a different feel. I`ve driven my buddys 71 challenger with that 340 out there, with a big ole holley carb and when you get into it you can smell the gas. The cam makes it idle ruff, the brakes fade, the doors ratle, the exhaust is loud but they just feel different. I`ve got out of the challenger and he flipped me the keys to the Magnum, all wheel drive, Hemi powered and its a whole different animal. More refined, smoother feel but no soul.

 

[lakelover]

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Yeah, you're right, the overall quality is far better. I don't mean in general, but I have to laugh at all those cars kids drive around now with the farting mufflers.

 

[skargo]

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Why go to your grave without owning one, they are cheap. I have a 67 GTO clone for sale myself. Very attainable these days.

 

[lakelover]

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Cheap is relative. Besides, I don't really have the mechanical know-how to keep an old car running. How do you find parts?

Very nice Goat!

 

[CVX20SPRINT]

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First car when I was 17 was a 68 Charger
2 years later it was a 69 1/2 440 6 pack Roadrunner
70 Mustang
67 Mustang
70 Sport Satilite
71 340 Wedge Duster
71 383 3-speed standard Charger
71 GTO clone
69 Charger - 2 actually
69 350 4-gear Cutlass Supreme
67 Satilite 383 Magnum 4-gear
72 Challenger
2 mid 70's Cameros
67 RS Camero
82 Camero
76 455 HO Trans Am
These are the ones that I can remeber.None were show cars and all were my only transportation at the time.They were all cheap back in the day too.Would love to have the Roadrunner back(only 375 approx. built) and the 67 RS.

This all happened over a 25 year period starting in 1973.

 

[skargo]

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Cheap is relative. Besides, I don't really have the mechanical know-how to keep an old car running. How do you find parts?

Very nice Goat!

it's a clone but thanks! I find it much easier to keep an older car running, I can do ALL of my maintenance and repair. All the modern crap with their sensors and computers drives me nuts.
Repo parts are everywhere, and cheap.

 

[lakelover]

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This all happened over a 25 year period starting in 1973.

So, I guess you liked muscle cars, right?

 

[CVX20SPRINT]

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So, I guess you liked muscle cars, right?

I did,but I got over it pretty quick when I started wrenching cars for a living(GM Dealership).I needed a job and it was something I could do.Vehicles to me now are just a tow vehicle or a ride to a job that you have to have so you can pay for your ride to work.

 

[lakelover]

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I hear ya there!

 

[WIMUSKY]

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Why go to your grave without owning one, they are cheap. I have a 67 GTO clone for sale myself. Very attainable these days.

Speaking of Goats, here's mine, '68.... Cheap? I don't know about that.... Maybe "cheaper" given the state of the economy. Like to have your hoist!

 

[puddle jumper]

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Most kids these days don't like muscle cars.
They have no sense of style at all.
Those are awsome cars.

I don't know if that's true. Some of the tuner car's would blow away some of those old cars. Those old muscle cars are cool but I will still take modern fuel injection over carberation any day.

 

[southkogs]

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I don't know if that's true. Some of the tuner car's would blow away some of those old cars. Those old muscle cars are cool but I will still take modern fuel injection over carberation any day.

Flat out acceleration off the line - yeah, you might take some of the old Detroit Iron. But for torque and gut wrenching power - stock off the showroom floor - the new stuff doesn't stand a chance. Things like the 68 Charger, 71 'Cuda or the Mustang Cobra were designed by gear heads for gear heads (I think the '69 Mustang Cobra Jet was stock with over 320 HP). They looked fast sitting still, and they made a sound like God clearing his throat. And they had a top end that was insane! Do as many mods to one of these beasts as you do to some of the new cars ... and you take things to a whole new level. I had a buddy with a Duster who used to snap drive shafts because of the torque he was producing.

I know you can tune a 4 banger to do some slick stuff - and I like performance cars like Porsches quite a bit. But the distinctly American designs and sheer devilish brilliance of the Muscle Car era produced some unparalleled cars that have not seen equal in many years.

 

[badkins50]

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man - some very nice cars posted. hey skargo is that an early 60's vette i see peaken around the corner there in your goat pic?

I don't know if that's true. Some of the tuner car's would blow away some of those old cars. Those old muscle cars are cool but I will still take modern fuel injection over carberation any day.

always one in the crowd. to each his own. 30-40 years from now where is all those tuner car's going to be? not sitting in someone's garage shining and waiting for the weekend cruise that's for sure. my guess is in the bone yard beat all to hail.

 

[skargo]

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man - some very nice cars posted. hey skargo is that an early 60's vette i see peaken around the corner there in your goat pic?




always one in the crowd. to each his own. 30-40 years from now where is all those tuner car's going to be? not sitting in someone's garage shining and waiting for the weekend cruise that's for sure. my guess is in the bone yard beat all to hail.

Yep, it's a 63 convertible. Never going to sell that one!

 

[badkins50]

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Yep, it's a 63 convertible. Never going to sell that one!

And I don't blame you one bit there. 63 convert is a sweet ride.

 

[CVX20SPRINT]

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I don't know if that's true. Some of the tuner car's would blow away some of those old cars. Those old muscle cars are cool but I will still take modern fuel injection over carberation any day.

I've seen snowmobiles under 10 sec. in the quater on asphalt,but you wouldn't catch me driving one of them on the street either.

Would you sooner listen to a weed eater on steroids or a big block with a nice blower whine?

 

[Sharp Shooter]

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I don't understand why people who love hot rod cars don't also want to have hot rod boats...? I also don't think "cloning" is cool, but hey whatever floats your dingy....