Name your favorite off brand muscle car

[gdrill]

I just watched a great little story on the "Muscle car". Now everyone won't agree with all the opinions or inclusions, but it is a good story of how our beloved cars and hobby came to be. It is called, "Hot Rods and Muscle Cars". I watched it on H2. It comes on again at midnight Mountain Daylight Time. Watch or record, it was 2 hours well spent in my opinion.



Oh ya, I was always a Chevy Duster guy! I got my first 69 Pontiac Acadian in grade 10 in high school. I yanked the 327 out of Mom's, rest her soul, 69 Impala 4 door that i had already wrecked, and through it in there. About a month or two later, I rolled it. But it was the beginning of my love for Novas.

 

[Photon440]

If I recall, the Monza could be fitted with a V6 and....a 262 V8 2 barrel or a 305 V8 2 barrel.

California and high altitude regions got the 350 2bbl in 1975.

 

[BeatersRus]

amc`s are definitely my fav underdogs for sure.
they ran the entire production on small blocks.
never a big block.

my Fav was my 73 amx javelin 401 4 speed,built to the hilt and blueprinted.
that car ran like a Dream and it felt like you were part of the car,not just rolling around.
hard to explain unless youve owned a 71-74 javelin.

im working on a beater 73 javelin now and its fun being back in an amc.
hella hard to find parts tho...have deep pockets,fair warning there.

i also have a 70 buick,which ill never finish
and the shortbed dodge 318 -5 speed square which i will
and the ratrod...aiiiyyiiyii.

 

[747mopar]

1967 Failane catches my eye everytime.

 

[polywideblock]

never even thought of "home made cars" a Torana

 

[Photon440]

I just watched a great little story on the "Muscle car". Now everyone won't agree with all the opinions or inclusions, but it is a good story of how our beloved cars and hobby came to be. It is called, "Hot Rods and Muscle Cars". I watched it on H2. It comes on again at midnight Mountain Daylight Time. Watch or record, it was 2 hours well spent in my opinion.



Oh ya, I was always a Chevy Duster guy! I got my first 69 Pontiac Acadian in grade 10 in high school. I yanked the 327 out of Mom's, rest her soul, 69 Impala 4 door that i had already wrecked, and through it in there. About a month or two later, I rolled it. But it was the beginning of my love for Novas.

You'll have to explain to most non-Canadians on here what a Pontiac Acadian is.

 

[gdrill]

LOL, I suppose some may not know the Acadian was a Pontiac version of the Chevrolet Nova. It came from the Beaumont model. I like the early square bodies too, but the curves of the later, smaller Nova always had my eye, and eventually led me into Demons and Dusters.

 

[62MAX]

And my nephews 401 Gremlin from the mid 70's,ran 11.03 at 121 mph.

 

[BeeKool]

California and high altitude regions got the 350 2bbl in 1975.

Arent Vegas where one would find the plug for the rear window of a Daytona to do a restoration?

 

[Derwud]

Porsche 944 Turbo
Porsche 911 (Early - Late, Turbo - N/A)
Porsche 928
Bentley GT (04 and later, HUGE bump for the 8 speed cars)

 

[6PKRTSE]

I like the AMC Rebel "the Machine" for something different.

 

[Lefty71]

never even thought of "home made cars" a Torana

Looks pretty sporty for a 4-door. Not too sure about that Ford Pinto-esque gas tank arrangement tho.

 

[Budnicks]

yeah the 67 Fairlane 500 has great lines

my stepfather Bob owned a 66 Fairlane with a hot 289
& a 67 GTA 390cid when I was a young kid

unfortunately no room for wider tires, narrow wheel wells

the 427 cars were cool looking

 

[44070dart]

My cousins Fairlane ..some one stuck a 427/4 speed in it.. exceptional black beauty

 

[polywideblock]

here's the 2 door version

that's the way they come, "racing edition" for the SLR5000 and the SS
and the race they won numerous times "Bathurst 1000"

 

[Wingfoot]

here's the 2 door version

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I tip my hat to the Aussie race car drivers. There is no way I could operate a stick-shift, road-course race-car with right-hand-steering. My left hand is so useless, I can't even wipe my *** with it.

 

[Budnicks]

68 Firebird 400

I like 68's what can I say,
I had a few gen. 1 Camaros in my day, mostly racecars
I always wanted one of these, just too rich for my blood

 

[Budnicks]

not a big fan of red, but this is a nice example

in racecar trim, it isn't bad either

 

[Budnicks]

Always loved the 70 T/A's too

70 455 Ram Air IV version even more

 

[HT413]

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not a big fan of red, but this is a nice example
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in racecar trim, it isn't bad either
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Don’t see a lot of goats tubbed and slammed like that. Me likey.