General Trivia

here it is

 

Owned a '72 Dodge Charger, though I really liked the Pontiac Firebird circa 1968. The family once had a '56 T-Bird (hardtop convertible w/portholes) when I was in high school. Cool to look at, but not very comfortable to drive. Good speed @ the top end, but the acceleration and handling were lousy. Learned to drive in a '60 T-Bird with a 3-speed shift on the column - rather unusual for that model. Learning to shift gears & use that "stiff" clutch was a nightmare!

 

about a 58 desoto?

 

Loose bowels

 

ronjor, yes "camaro" means friend or buddy or companion in French and that kept Chevy in line with all the "C" names such as Corvette, Chevelle, Corvair, etc.

Hey bigc73542, no fair googling! This was 'sposed to be a fair competition between the memories of a bunch of old car-freaks!

BTW, not too many folks know this but Chevrolet actually produced the Z28 in '67. Only (I think) 602 rolled off the production line. Man, due to the collectability I'd love to have one of those! But IMHO, the '69 is the best looking of the first generation Camaros. The wider stance and the eyebrow skirts above the wheel wells make it look pretty cool! (Can you tell I'm a little biased?)

My second fav Z28 is the '70 with the LT1 which was the 360 h.p. 350 engine! That was a very strong motor and was very popular among racers back then.

Ya know, the kids nowadays are doing really awesome things with their small engined "rice-burners" but IMO there's just no replacement for a V-8 engine with a big cam, a large Holley carb and wide exhaust! That loud, sort of lopey (due to the high-lift, long-duration cam timing) sound is just too cool!!!

 

BATMOBILE

 

Ya got that right!

 

This one wasn't mine but I had one just like it in 1972 This car would haul ##s

 

Yeah bigc, did you have the 440 or the hemi? Had a friend way back then who had a hemi Challenger. That car could lay down two black stripes as far as the eye could see! So much torque and horsepower that it was scary! Sheesh, my Z28 gets about 9 to 10 miles per gallon (of course that's not too far removed from some current day SUVs). What did those hemi-cars get?

Edit: Hey, ssgtmax, the '68 first and the '69 second were my favorite Chargers. IMO, after that they became a little too big and sedate. It almost seemed like Plymouth was trying to blend a muscle car with a family car.

Although I've always been a Chevy guy, for the ultimate horsepower-to-weight-ratio sort of car I'd be willing to own a 427 AC Cobra. Those cars are worth their weight in gold nowadays! (Although I have to admit I once knew a guy who built a 455 Oldsmobile powered Volkswagen! He drove from the back seat!)

Man, what we used to do!

 

I had the 440 the hemi was just a little pricey$$. The 440 would get( if you really babied it ) about 12 on the highway, a little less if you were cruising the drag and about -20 if you had your foot in it.

 

Challenger 440

 

Here was my favorite car I had more fun in my 1964 fury than any car I owned. It has a 426 street wedge four speed 411 rear end Granatelli front and rear suspension. I could pull the front wheels off the ground in first and second with street tires. And on the road even with with dual four barrels got 14mpg on the road.

 

Gotta agree witcha, NanDog. I didn't wanna confess to you speed-tuner guys here in the forum, but my '72 Charger had the small V8 (315 CID??) & was more a grandpa car. When I wanted to fly, I drove (or rode shotgun in) my buddy's '71 Roadrunner. All that "stuff" under the hood & the big tires in the rear. It would easily blow past 130 on the speedometer - though instability @ those speeds would finally make common sense kick in. The block used to blow a lotta soft plugs, too. Maintenance nightmare....

 

This is fun talk, guys! If I had unlimited funds and could go out and buy any ride I wanted, this would be the list:

(BTW, I won't include a 1969 Camaro Z28 since I already have that beauty!)

1963 Corvette split-window
1967 Pontiac GTO
1967 Corvette w/removable hardtop
1970 Z28
Any 427 AC Cobra
A hemi 'Cuda
A 289 (not the 260) powered Sunbeam Tiger
A 1969 427 Yenko Camaro
Edit: Oh yeah, a 1966 Chevelle SS 396!

That's all I can currently think of. How about the rest of you? What's your list?

 

I wish i still had my old 1967 Chevelle SS(396).

Saturday nights were a hot time at our makeshift Quarter Mile Strip out on the 9th Line in the sleepy little town i grew up in.


snowbound

 

Two clutches in three years