RPMagoo
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For Sale, in Florida. -- Not Mine. http://www.cruisenewsonline.com/ClassifiedPics/62PlymouthSavoy303.html
I've been watching the prices on the early B's and they do seem to be down a bit. They just don't get the attention of the Cudas, Challengers, Road Runners, Super Bee's etc. I think most people who didn't grow up with them find them too different. Just my 2 cents worth.That seems really cheap. Not very descriptive. I did a web search and couldn't find the "online ad". I did find a red 63 with a 528 in Chicago asking $22,500
Are those cars that cheap?
Are those cars that cheap?
That is FAR from the main draw of muscle cars! I LOVE the fact that MOPAR in the Hellcat, Demon, 1320, etc are at the top of power making motors, launch control, etc.Was at a mopar drag race event this past summer watching Hellcats kicking these old mopars asses.
That's one of the reasons why I "stretched" the muscle car era timeline out to 1961. Keep in mind that Jim Wangers was a marketing guru, and he was relentless pushing out brand recognition for the GTO.On another note, much as I like GTO's (1st car I bought was a GTO) it's said this car was the birth of the 'muscle car'. Debate this as stuffing a big motor in a smaller car car didn't start with the GTO...in '63 you could get a Plymouth or Dodge with a 426. Maybe the badge 'GTO' was the diff as Mopar didn't give these cars a special emblem yet.
Total agreement with you. I love old cars and have many fond memories.That is FAR from the main draw of muscle cars! I LOVE the fact that MOPAR in the Hellcat, Demon, 1320, etc are at the top of power making motors, launch control, etc.
The new Challengers are also far and away the most accommodating 2 door 4 seater out there!
BUT
I love the big picture experience of my 70 Roadrunner. The sights, smells, sensations, sounds of big block, choppy cam, loud no cat exhaust is an emotional BONANZA for me.
Granted, at 58, those are the cars of my teens and younger years. When you take the smaller slice of the "muscle car era" from 1964 to 1971, think about ANY other 7 consecutive years of automobile production that made such a PROFOUND impact!
Even widening the margins, which I'm ok with, take the 10 years from 1961 to 1971. Absolutely profound impact that drives the styling and performance of today's most popular cars (that are not purchased just for utilitarian purposes).
There is a deep, deep emotional connection between the people, like me, who love the cars and everything that surrounded them that NO NEW CAR can bring! I don't remember the Plymouth Savoy or Max Wedge (other than reading about them in the mid 70s when I was researching 60s muscle cars). Having said that, the sound and look and all of the sensations I mentioned are MAGNIFIED by a well put together Max Wedge or 426 HEMI Savoy! The first time I heard the black 426 Max Wedge Savoy w/open headers roll down the street in between the tall buildings of downtown Gulfport, I was smitten!
OLD MUSCLE CARS RULE!
Yes true - I know I'm running off the topic; but interesting discussion thinking about the the older rides like the Pontiac Super Duty (61) Chevy 409 and the 413 was no slouch either...how the big 3 engineers must a lost a lot of sleep back in those days trying to one up each other.That's one of the reasons why I "stretched" the muscle car era timeline out to 1961. Keep in mind that Jim Wangers was a marketing guru, and he was relentless pushing out brand recognition for the GTO.