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I am definitely "old school" when it comes to my preference for muscle cars.
There are NO cars, absolutely NOTHING new that can bring me the deep emotional JOY that my 440 6bbl 3 pedal 70 Roadrunner does, except for other cars like it....
Superbird, sure. 64 Max Wedge with a cross ram and those amazing factory cast iron "headers" with cutouts from the factory, hell yes! A 426 Hemi powered Savoy-oh heck yeah! Even a Super Bee or another Roadrunner (68-70 or just the interior of the 71-because that interior was just like my 71 Charger R/T)
It's the memories that endear me to old school muscle. I absolutely love my wife's 65 421 Tripower GTO too!
Having said all that, and having suffered through what looked like the END of performance from 1974-1984 or there about, the new cars from the big 3 and even overseas that have performance at the core of their being are pretty amazing. It's absolutely NOT the same experience, BUT a car like this one could really tug at the heartstrings of the teenager inside of me that has never been buried and forgotten nor too far under the surface of my "mature" 56 year old visage.
https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/dodg...-owners-receive-free-one-year-membership-nhra
There are NO cars, absolutely NOTHING new that can bring me the deep emotional JOY that my 440 6bbl 3 pedal 70 Roadrunner does, except for other cars like it....
Superbird, sure. 64 Max Wedge with a cross ram and those amazing factory cast iron "headers" with cutouts from the factory, hell yes! A 426 Hemi powered Savoy-oh heck yeah! Even a Super Bee or another Roadrunner (68-70 or just the interior of the 71-because that interior was just like my 71 Charger R/T)
It's the memories that endear me to old school muscle. I absolutely love my wife's 65 421 Tripower GTO too!
Having said all that, and having suffered through what looked like the END of performance from 1974-1984 or there about, the new cars from the big 3 and even overseas that have performance at the core of their being are pretty amazing. It's absolutely NOT the same experience, BUT a car like this one could really tug at the heartstrings of the teenager inside of me that has never been buried and forgotten nor too far under the surface of my "mature" 56 year old visage.
https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/dodg...-owners-receive-free-one-year-membership-nhra