Who here is a Classic Muscle Car Enthousiast
 

I mean real Classics !

I have a crazy idea in mind (again!) ... And want to test the water before diving into it :thumbsup

Of those you put up, I like the challenger the best. Cool how the new ones capture the same lines.
I want to see them make a new Baracuda

Ah yes, my first car, I remember it well... a '74 Chevelle Malibu. Steel sky blue with deep dish chrome rims and dark blue furry seat covers that were just great for making out on. I put cargo coils on the back to give it that 'hopped up' look. lol

Damn that was a sweet ride.

I think you guys will LOVE what I have in mind ! :winkwink:

I love the muscle cars of the 60s, mostly the Mustangs... I had a 68 Mustang Fastback once.

Surprised you've never mentioned it before :upsidedow

I love the old Challengers, very hot.

First car was a 67 Baracuda Fastback, loved that car

I'm a fan of rat rods... bare bone, bumpy ride, loud rides!

I have been thinking seriously about getting another 72 SS Chevelle. I miss that car. Had a built 454 in it (a few actually). Obviously you can get cars today that are much smoother and more sophisticated and with more power, better gas mileage etc. but I've never sat in a modern sports car or super car that had that amazing, deep rumble of raw, ground shaking power.

YEAH Man :thumbsup

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Used to have a 70 242 my dad bought new when a was still 10 yo. Got it later in 80.

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My first car was similar only had corvette rally's and black z28 stripes .71 Camaro rally sport
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Grew up in a body shop working on cars...

Dad had a 57 Chevy show car... My brother had 59 Corvette, El Caminos, Novas, Chevelles...

My first car was a 79 Camaro SS completely restored and with a reworked 350 engine. Also had a 74 Monte Carlo...

Love them and can browse through Hemming's motor news for hours. Be it Fastback, Charger, Thunderbird or countless more models.

If I would be to pick the most outrageous limousine out there it would be Stutz Blackhawk cca 1971.

whoever fucked the car up like that should have his testicles removed

I was traveling recently and was laying in a hotel room watching the Discovery Channel i think... some retarded reality car show "Gas Monkey Garage" is what i remember about the name of their garage. But they had a challenge to find and build up a Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am. I never really cared for those cars. I don't like the look of the front ends. They are under powered. Slow. Poor handling. Bad gearing. After watching that show though and seeing them simple replace the suspension, tranny/gears and rebuild the engine, put some wider/larger wheels/tires, larger breaks etc... it made me kinda want one. It looked a lot sharper with wider and larger wheels and a slightly raked stance.

Hello Shtephan ! Well, To each ones their own tastes, Not a big fan of this one either, but hey... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :)

Surprising how Stock Moms & Pops cars back then can look Bad Ass now

Rat rods are so cool because you can see all the love someone put into really making it their own.

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This is true, about different taste. But whats more hurting here is that there is limited supply of old cars like that and damaging them is bad.. You need to preserve old schooler, not destroy it like that.

In most cases, most of the body and everything else for that matter, is not original and was fabricated from scratch. Or are reproduced parts I don't think it's a fair assumption to think that was a pristine car, owned by an old lady who only drove it in Sundays . It is more probable that it was a rusted out shell that was found in a field somewhere with little to nothing, being original.

Typically original cars are restored to original when possible as the value is infinitely greater once finished.

I never really got into muscle cars. I liked old trucks though. I used to have both a 55 Chevy second series and a 57.

Now days I'm redoing VW Vanagons so to total opposite of having horse power..

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Superb muscle cars!

Absolutely love 60's and 70's muscle cars. Both aussie and american!

HK GTS Monaro all day and night for me is the top of the list. Love it. Old school carby powered cars have a special note that the EFI cars are not able to achieve.

Plus, drive an old school car with a few dollars spent on it's driveline and there is nothing like it. The entire car speaks to you, none of this electonic bs to control the car for you, real actual raw driving, nothing beats it or comes close. Hanging the ass out around a corner with no traction control, the roar fwark, gotta go for a drive!

This exactly. I have never seen a rat rod made from a car that was anywhere near museum quality. If there are original parts, they usually come off a car that was headed for the scrapyard. Or at least thats how it is here. We also just have a lot more rusted cars with winter and whatnot.