Top 10 Muscle Car Classics

[Mr. dB]

me too........but that pic they have isn't of a '69, and who the hell wants a conv. on any of those cept maybe the camaro and the shelby?

They listed the convertibles because those are the ones that fetch the BIG BUCKS on the auction block. In my opinion, a convertible is less desirable as a performance car, but they're also a lot more rare.

 

[Mr. dB]

Too much MOPAR on that list. MOPAR never had anything but cheap power and flashy styling, the rest of the car was shit.

From that list, I'll take the '69 Z-28. The 302 Z-28 was a well balance car and, for an American car, handled and stopped pretty well for the time. It'd be a lot more fun to actually take one out on real-world roads than any of the big-blocks.

 

[cranny]

Too much MOPAR on that list. MOPAR never had anything but cheap power and flashy styling, the rest of the car was shit.

From that list, I'll take the '69 Z-28. The 302 Z-28 was a well balance car and, for an American car, handled and stopped pretty well for the time. It'd be a lot more fun to actually take one out on real-world roads than any of the big-blocks.

I love the '69 Z-28 but I don't understand why they didn't list the '69 ZL-1 Camaro. It had an aluminum 427 big block which they claimed would run in the 11 sec. range in the 1/4 mile right off the showroom floor.

 

[sublime35]

They listed the convertibles because those are the ones that fetch the BIG BUCKS on the auction block. In my opinion, a convertible is less desirable as a performance car, but they're also a lot more rare.

yeah, but they could have atleast used a 69 conv in the pic instead of a 70 since the caption says 1969 GTO Judge Convertible. lol oh well.

 

[rnch]

don't forget about the sleeper Buicks of the '60's and '70's... one of my many rides Fun, Fast rides in college was a '64 buick riviera G. S.....had the "nailhead" 425 engine, factory 2-4 barrell AFB (Awfull Foikin' Bad) carbs, every power and comfort option available at the time (including power front vent windows...so decadent, lol), finned aluminum valve covers, a massive chrome air cleaner about the size of a ford explorer tire.

this classy car made many a kid's pimply jaw drop after (semi) quietly and quickly sucking the headlights outta his jacked up, fat tired, loud exhaust system camaro or mustang!

buick did their own chassis and engine development during this time period. this car had massive, finned drum brakes that stopped much better than it's competition.

dayum..........i wish i had that car back......

 

[mustang_00]

i'd take the superbird. Kinda crazy how you could drive those cars home for $3500-$4500 in the day. Now almost every muscle car i see on the BJauctions go for 100k to 2 million. i honestly think i'm going to start restoring old cars to try to sell them at bjauctions. For the past few months i keep seeing/hearing #'s matching muscle cars for reasonable prices they just need paint and some interior work/minor engine work. haha my only fear is i'll keep them all and never sell them

 

[NickyE3]

I don't like the paint job on the Judge

 

[c3bodybuilding]

Of course, I'd take the Hemicuda' drop top. Black on black, only 7 made I think. But as much as I love them, I'm going to snatch up a new Hemi Charger Srt8 Super Bee when they come out. A little over 420hp from the factory isn't bad. And they make a supercharger for it as well.

 

[rnch]

even the every day, "mom 'n pop" cars would "shit 'n git" in the muscle car time period.

my mother's favorite all time car ( so far) was a '65 plymouth fury station wagon, equipped with the "golden commando" 383 4 barrel dual exhaust engine, torqueflite automatic transmission, 3.42 positraction rear end, factory dual exhaust.

there was not an entrance ramp that could challenge this car, even fully loaded with 4 kids and all the trip luggage she and my dad could stuff into it.

when she or my dad "stomped the skinny pedal" on that long, wide tank, with the secondaries of the 4 bbl carb sucking birds outta the trees, the gear shift lever would vibrate in sympathy with the bellow of the dual cherry bomb exhaust system she HAD to have installed.

this was the car she taught me how to "power brake" in. (anyone here know what that means?)

 

[PICK3]

this was the car she taught me how to "power brake" in. (anyone here know what that means?)

It's what I have to do in my 4 cylinder Ranger to get a tire to "chirp".