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Community => Non-audio hobbies and interests => Cars and Bikes => Topic started by: EdRo on 27 Jul 2017, 04:10 pm
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I used to walk past a service station in Carlsbad Ca. that had a fastback and convertable sitting in the back. I'd never seen these before then. (This was in 1984) I guess they weren't very popular as far as Shelbys go. But they were very different from the Mustangs of the same year. I just fell in love with them!
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=166036)
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Oh hell yeah :rock:
Though not super valuable (in the grand scheme of collector cars), Hagerty puts them at or around $100k. I'd love to own one. I've got a friend that has a '68 KR-500. That one is worth some serious jack...for a domestic car.
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I dig that! :thumb:
Being in the car industry, watching the latest and greatest cutting edge technology fail on a daily bases has given me a greater appreciation for older cars much more than I ever had. I was always into cars from the 50's and 60's, but now even much more so.
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There's one in my town. I think they're worth more like 175K!
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I like classic cars a lot. But I'm not a big fan of the popularity because while $100k might not seem like a lot in comparison... God damn, that's a lot of money for an old car.
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In the late 70's my best friend's older brother had a blue with white stripes 1968 Shelby 500KR. I will never, EVER forget the sound that 428 made on start up.
Changed me forever.
Sadly he wrapped it around a lamppost in the early 80's.
A lottery win car for me for sure.
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You know you guys are lucky you got to experience them the first time. I am too young. The cars now are nice but ehh not the experience. Plus no one in my entire neigherhood owns a single "hot rod" (modern) where as it use to be a bit more normal. One guy down the street has an older car that is pretty but no hot rod. Anyway, you guys got it the first time so even if you don't have $100-200k today you have some memories.
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Being in my mid 50's, when I was in high school in the late '70's, everybody was driving some kind of late 60's muscle car.
Here's a 67 muscle car that dominated Detroit in the late 60's.
(https://i0.wp.com/hot-cars.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/jim_addison_1967_plymouth_hemi_gtx.png?w=725)
It's a '67 Plymouth GTX that's hemi powered.
From '69, here's a hemi powered Road Runner:
(http://st.hotrod.com/uploads/sites/21/2013/02/mopp-1302-01-1969-plymouth-road-runner-passenger-side-view.jpg?interpolation=lanczos-none&fit=around%7C660%3A495)
HsvHeelFan
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well, not '69 muscle rather '67 for my old girl............
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=166079)
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(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=166081)
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(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=166082)
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(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=166083)
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These all dream cars, or "owned" cars?
I see Twitch owns the sexy Vette though, that's very cool.
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Thanks Bob, here's what's under the 'bonnet' ..........
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=166107)
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The cars, and dream cars, of our misspent youths.
I saw a restored version of my first car for sale just the other night: a 67 289 Mustang parked out on somebody's front lawn.
Mine was only $300 back in 1977, I think the one I rode past was a little bit more expensive.
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Bonnet? :roll:
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Bonnet? :roll:
LOL ......... :icon_lol:
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Twitch, that's fantastic! Sweet car, love it.
I'd love to see what's under the boot.
....not really, I just thought it went well with bonnet... 8)
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My current favorite cars are the hillbilly hot rods. The rougher, the better. :thumb:
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=166122)
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I just watched John Wick last night. That was one gorgeous mustang he had at the beginning.
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=166123)
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Assuming I live long enough, this is what I will build.
(http://cdn.streetmusclemag.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/10/files/2011/05/vbpgimage-1.jpg)
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I've always loved that front end!!!
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Bob:
In your case (and mine) GTO stands for Gettin Too Old.
Don
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Assuming I live long enough, this is what I will build.
(http://cdn.streetmusclemag.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/10/files/2011/05/vbpgimage-1.jpg)
Drop the body on a art morrision GM A body chassis and wow, what a ride.
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Of the 69,227 views, a large portion are mine. :oops:
https://youtu.be/Eug2Azg5MCU
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As a teenager in the '60s, I had pics of GTOs, 'Vettes and Jaguar XKEs on my bedroom walls. Adult life took over and I never got to own one of my dream cars. I had a girlfriend who had a souped up, 500 hp GTO with a 455 though that could rip your head off.
In 2003 I had "matured" enough to get my wish and I bought one of these 1999 supercharged DOHC V8 Jag XJRs, which I still own w/70k miles on it:
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=166136)
With 370 HP, 390 ft/lbs. torque, 13.2 sec. 112 MPH 1/4 mile, 155 mph top end it stands pretty tall as a muscle car. My own private joy ride.
As Tom Robbins wrote, it's never too late to have a happy childhood!
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Sweet Jag! :thumb:
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In the 70's, I was driving a 66 Plymouth Belvedere with the 330 horse 383.
My best friend had a '70 SS 396 Camaro.
My other good friend had 24 different muscle cars in about 6 years. He started with 3 '52 Mercury 2 door coupes. Some cars he only had a month of so. One's I remember are:
61 Chevy Impala bubble top with a 349 and 2 speed auto
63 Impala convertible
64 GTO 389 tri-power with 4 speed manual
66 GTO 389 tri-power with 2 speed auto
Opel GT
66 F100 short bed pickup
66 Chevelle with a built 454 and a close ratio 4 speed manual
73 El Camino
last car he bought and still has:
67 GTO with the 400 cubic inch engine and 3 speed auto. He paid 800 dollars from the original owner. Car had 58K miles on it when he bought it. He had that car stripped to bare metal and repainted in Silver lacquer. He still has it.
I had another good friend that had a '66 Mustang fastback with the 289 in it. Used to help him swap out the rearend gears on Friday to go drag racing in it.
My current ride is a 2014 Ford Fusion with 2.0L turbo in it.
HsvHeelFan
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Of the 69,227 views, a large portion are mine. :oops:
https://youtu.be/Eug2Azg5MCU
I liked the 73 455:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKekWeIVKsk
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I liked the 73 455:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKekWeIVKsk
Spectacular! :thumb:
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My old girlfriend had one of these with a 455 that was completely blueprinted. Used an aggressive high lift cam which made it idle like a bucking bronco.
Her daddy owned a dealership and took it in trade from a guy who built cars for the Nascar circuit. Dyno'd well north of 500 hp.
(http://rods-classics.com/sites/default/files/187/gto1web.jpg)
This was one violent ride for the street. She would never let me drive it though. I wonder why?
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My ride from high school to my early married years... 1970 Torino GT. I had the only GT with bench seats :icon_twisted:... a sly dog I was in my senior year of HS.
(http://www.americandreamcars.com/1970torinogt091303.jpg)
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:thumb:
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My ride from high school to my early married years... 1970 Torino GT. I had the only GT with bench seats :icon_twisted:... a sly dog I was in my senior year of HS.
(http://www.americandreamcars.com/1970torinogt091303.jpg)
Cake : "stick shifts and safety belts, bucket seats have all got to go. When we're driving in the car, it makes my baby seem so far."
https://youtu.be/Zip4QyJyD5g