If you had to pick

[68Moparmaniac]

If you were able to go back in time and grab one American muscle car from each manufacturer, year specific, what year would it be and what cars?

I would have to choose the year 1968 for myself.

68 Dodge Charger R/T
68 Plymouth Barracuda fastback formula S
68 Chrysler 300
68 Chevy Chevelle SS
68 Pontiac GTO
68 AMC AMX
68 Buick GS
68 Oldsmobile 442
68 Cadillac Eldorado
68 Ford Torino CJ
68 Mercury Cyclone

Seems like in 68 all the manufacturers had a pretty good looking dog in the race..
What say you?

 

[69Bee]

'63 Plymouth Savoy (still looking for my 331 Hemi)
'65 Coronet R/T (almost, 4 door 440 318 poly)
'68 Charger R/T (missed it by this much...)
'69 Superbee (my second)
'74 Charger (my first)

 

[Jerry Hall]

In ones I don't have or haven't owned.
#1 on my list would be 68 Charger Hemi 4-speed.
#2 67 Chevelle SS 427 4-speed
#3 B0 29 Hemi Barracuda

 

[JimCoronette]

1970!

Plymouth GTX/RR
Dodge Super Bee
Chrysler 300
AMC Rebel Machine
Chevelle SS 454
Olds 442 W30
Buick GSX
Pontiac GTO
Ford Torino GT
Mercury Cyclone GT

 

[Beekeeper]

68’ BO29 barracuda
68’ R/T charger 4 speed
69’ yenko camaro
70 Buick GSS
69’ Judge

 

[66383]

67 GTO had one, 67 Olds 442, had one, 67 Chevelle SS396, 67 Fairlane, had one. Oh yeah, one got away, 69 GTO Judge Ram Air Carousel Red.

 

[turbine68rt]

66 Coronet 500
67 GTO
68 Charger R/T (check)
69 Chevelle SS
70 Buick GSX
71 Demon 340
72 Charger SE

 

[Ron H]

Some likes for the '67 GEETO! Me too...1st car I bought was a 67 vert, sure wish I had back. Had some fun with it on hot summer nights with gals and racing. Very close 2nd is the '65 goat (we had two of those in the family). My next buy was a '70 Cuda vert...yep really like to have this one back too. I'd say in large, more of my favorites are 1970 - Cuda, Challenger, GTX/RR, and a mention to a '70 Shelby stang - GT500. I test drove one, triple black vert 4sp, when muscle cars were rotting on dealer lots post oil crisis. Asking price...$2,200...a sorry miss.

 

[Cncguy1]

No hippies wanting a Volkswagen bus?

 

[Cncguy1]

70 charger RT/SE
Ford GT40
72 Valiant Charger RT (Aussie)
70 Plymouth Roadrunner
71 Demon 340

 

[Hey-O]

No hippies wanting a Volkswagen bus?

Hippies can't afford one at today's prices, man, a really Sweet 23 window can go for more than a superbird.

 

[chargervert]

70 Charger R/T SE 4 speed Check
71 Plymouth Cuda Check
70 Chrysler 300 Hurst
69 Corvette 427 4 speed
70 Buick GS 455 Stage 1
67 Pontiac GTO 4 speed
70 Olds 442 W30 4 speed
69 AMX 390 4 speed Check
I am not a Ford guy,but if I had to pick
68 Shelby KR 500 4 speed
70 Mercury Cougar Eliminator

 

[Ron H]

I've been amazed by how much the VW busses go for and retro-ed older SUV's, broncos, etc. Crazy pricy. Remember a plain Jane Bronco my dad brought home from work on occasion with a plow on it, man it was like riding in a beer can with bricks for suspension, not my idea of a cruiser...to each their own!

 

[Budnicks]

Had quite a few of the list below, except a few of the more rare cars
prefer the 4 speed in all of them, but an auto is fine too
67-69 really is the " Holy Grail " years IMO

68 BO29 'cuda
68 LO23 Dart
65 Belvedere Factory AFX
68 Charger R/T Hemi 4 speed
68 Roadrunner Hemi 4 speed
68 GTX Hemi 4 speed
69.5 A-12 Super-bee
69.5 A-12 RR
70 Superbird Hemi 4 speed
69 Charger 500 Hemi 4 speed
69 Daytona Charger Hemi 4 speed
70 Charger R/T 440 six-pack 4 speed
70 'cuda 426 Hemi
70 Challenger R/T SE 426 Hemi
71 Super Bee 426 Hemi (a 440 or Charger R/T is great too)
*57 Bel Air HT 283 Fuelie Black & Silver
*58 DeSoto HT 2dr 392 Hemi Black & Gold edition
66-67 Chevelle 396-SS
70 LS6 454-ss Chevelle
65 Olds 442
65-67 GTO (especially the 65 tri power 389) to a lesser amount 64
70-71 GTO Judge Ram Air IV
70-71 Buick GS Stage 1 or 2 455 4 speed or GSX
66-67 Buick GS
68 L88 Corvette
70 L89 454 LS6 Corvette
67 Corvette 435hp 427
65 Corvette 425hp 396
67-68 Camaro RS 396
69 Camaro COPO 427
69 Camaro ZL1 alum. 427
68 Camaro Yenko 427
69 Camaro DZ302 Z28
70-73 Trans Am (especially SD 455) white blue stripe
69 Trans Am Ram Air IV Blue/white
69-70 Boss 302 Mustang
69-70 Boss 429 Mustang
69-70 Mach-1 428 Mustang
69 Cougar Eliminator 428
68-69 Talladega Torino
68-69 Cyclone
66-67 Fairlane GTA
64 Thunderbolt Fairlane 427
65-67 AC Cobra 427
65-67 GT-40
64 Daytona Coupe
70 AAR 'cuda
70 T/A Challenger
70 Hurst 300 Chrysler convert.
70 S23 440-6bbl Sport Fury
68 Dart GTS 383 4 speed
68 Barracuda Formula S 383 4 speed
70-71 Duster 340 or GSS Mr. Norms
70-71 Demon 340 or GSS Mr. Norms
65 Riviera 425
63-64 any Max Wedge racecar

that's the short list, just the 60's to 1971
my truck list is almost as long

now where's my time machine

 

[33 IMP]

One year only? 1957
1, Corvette, fuel injection, four speed
2. Chevy sedan delivery, 283 fuel injection, four speed hydro
3. T bird, blown 312
4. Ford custom (savoy equivalent, bottom of the line) blown 312
5. Ranchero, blown 312
6. DeSoto adventurer, 355 hp, 354
7. Chrysler 300, solid lifter 390hp 392
8. Studebaker Golden Hawk, supercharged
9. Rambler Rebel, possibly the first muscle car, biggest most powerful big car engine in a midsize sedan, the fastest sedan built in 1957.
10. Olds 88, j2 tripower
11. Pontiac Bonneville, fuel injected convertible .

 

[33 IMP]

Hippies can't afford one at today's prices, man, a really Sweet 23 window can go for more than a superbird.

Yep, and i really, REALLY dont understand that. I went to a local auction, nice green 69 hemi roadrunner sold at $70k, 23 window bus, no sale at $85k ?????
Nice little van, i MIGHT have given $8500 if i was forced to keep it.

 

[440+6]

I'd take a, oh damn i already have it!

You pussy's lol

 

[Photon440]

One year only? 1957
1, Corvette, fuel injection, four speed
2. Chevy sedan delivery, 283 fuel injection, four speed hydro
3. T bird, blown 312
4. Ford custom (savoy equivalent, bottom of the line) blown 312
5. Ranchero, blown 312
6. DeSoto adventurer, 355 hp, 354
7. Chrysler 300, solid lifter 390hp 392
8. Studebaker Golden Hawk, supercharged
9. Rambler Rebel, possibly the first muscle car, biggest most powerful big car engine in a midsize sedan, the fastest sedan built in 1957.
10. Olds 88, j2 tripower
11. Pontiac Bonneville, fuel injected convertible .

You get 10 extra points for picking the Rebel. Ha...they had a 327 years before Chevy ever had one.

 

[33 IMP]

You get 10 extra points for picking the Rebel. Ha...they had a 327 years before Chevy ever had one.

Just like henry fords model T, "you can have one in any color you want, as long as its (silver, with gold anodized trim) black" . Lol.
Most enthusiasts dont even know it exists. Ive never seen one in real life.

 

[Nate S]

I’d do 69. Oh wait, the cars...

I’d take ‘69.
440 +6 roadrunner
426 charger
340 barracuda
396 Chevelle
442
GTO
I’ll pass on the Buick and C-bodies.