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Post by benny on Sept 12, 2007 17:02:53 GMT -5
 :)Don't shoot the messenger but I 'm watching Channel 27(cable) espn Hot Rod show and they picked the top 10 muscle cars...here dey is 10......69 Pontiac Trans am 9.....67...427 corvette 8....69 Daytonna 7.....69 copo Camaro 6......71 Hemi cuda 5....67 A/c Cobra 4...68 Shelby GT 500 3...70 454 chevelle LS6 2....69 429 Boss Mustang 1...69 Pontiac Judge Notice NO BUICKS..................  Interesting...they could run the #1 and #10 car to see which car IS the slowest of the lot in the Qtr. The other 8 would all kick their butts.
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Post by 95gts on Sept 12, 2007 17:23:22 GMT -5
nice list, i thought in stock form the 429 mustang was slow. I think the judge would kick its ass.
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Post by benny on Sept 12, 2007 17:28:50 GMT -5
429 was slow.(relatively speaking)..would be interesting....
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Post by 95gts on Sept 12, 2007 17:32:03 GMT -5
I like the judge, was a favorite car growing up...till I understood money and noticed at 2.95 a hour i was not buying one lol....then when I made more cash they went up again....
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Post by benny on Sept 12, 2007 17:42:30 GMT -5
In 68 a new 4 speed gto went for around 3500 smacker's base price. The Judge package bumped it well over 4 grand. Pontiacs...olds...buicks all road alot better than the "other performance" cars that were cheaper but faster. performance was a big factor when deciding on a muscle car then. At that time I was making 2.73 an hour......couldn't afford a $3500 car.
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Post by 65cuda on Sept 12, 2007 18:32:26 GMT -5
I made less them all you guys in 1978 I was making a whopping $2.35 an hour, working part time at Tops, But I still had enough money to go out partying on the weekend
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Post by 95gts on Sept 12, 2007 18:37:38 GMT -5
funny how 80 bucks back then you lived like a king
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Post by benny on Sept 12, 2007 18:53:53 GMT -5
in the 60's...80 bucks a week got you by.....5.00 an hour and you were doing very nicely if single
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Post by 95gts on Sept 12, 2007 19:06:02 GMT -5
I wasn't even around yet....the 60's jeez. I was talking about 88 lol
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Post by spanky on Sept 13, 2007 7:25:44 GMT -5
Very interesting list. I don't think the A/C cobra and Corvette should be classified as muscle cars though, they're more of a true sports car.
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Post by benny on Sept 13, 2007 7:54:18 GMT -5
I think the daytonna is out also as it was built for oval track purposes...superbird also....good poing...American sports car though...western Europe barfs at the thought corvette and cobra are "sportscars"
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Post by spanky on Sept 13, 2007 8:08:21 GMT -5
Yeah, not exactly sportscars as compared to other countires (esp. Europe in the 60's through 70's), but much more sport oriented than anything the US was manu. at the time. I guess they're the true "sport compacts", lol
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Post by 95gts on Sept 13, 2007 12:19:15 GMT -5
western europe has its head in its ass for a long time now lol
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Post by spanky on Sept 13, 2007 13:49:21 GMT -5
Damn Brits, lol
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Post by 95gts on Sept 13, 2007 20:33:09 GMT -5
What did europe have in 67 that compared to the ac cobra? No wonder why everyone fled Britain.
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Post by benny on Sept 14, 2007 6:44:27 GMT -5
thier idea of sportscar is handling...manuvering...etc......and top end. Most their cars were geared (then) for curved country roads as that is still mostly the case. They do have the Jag XKE (did then). Of course the germans had BMW and it was another great top end performer. You didn't see 1/4 mile drag strips in England, at least not when I was there from 73 to 76. AND of course the French...like Ferrarri.......cobra would get em up to about 120...but the other's would walk away on top end...auto von for the ferrarris and beamers...
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Post by spanky on Sept 14, 2007 7:27:15 GMT -5
And don't forget that Shelby just stole the A/C's body design and stuck a small block Ford in it originally, so the styling is still British. Then came the big blocks a few years later.
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Post by gofast396 on Sept 14, 2007 11:40:26 GMT -5
where is the elcamino on that list. lol most people dont like elcaminos but like benny said who cares as long as i like my ride thats all that counts.
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Post by spanky on Sept 14, 2007 11:44:05 GMT -5
Wow, I get no respect, lol
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Post by crankyhick on Sept 14, 2007 12:15:21 GMT -5
I like my El Camino!! I would add the 1966 Chevy II SS to that list. As I remember a guy with the nickname of "Grumpy" kicked a lot of ass with a 350HP/327, in Super Stock..
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