1970 Chevelle SS with 396 or 454. Red with black stripes and black vinyl top.
Dream car
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Now there's a car that will get a rowdy discussion going with car people. I love 'em, an awful lot of people hate 'em. Not many cars launch harder.
Totally agree, my brother a couple years older had a 71 Chevelle, 454, Hurst shift kit, would fly down the road, a couple of times he took it up to Eddyville to drag race.
Great car to tool around the square in Centerville, or back and forth the 10 miles to school, but if drove 50 to 100 miles, you tended to get car sick from all the pumping and charring around, and God forbid if you were in the back seat.
My father had a red 65 Mustang convertible before I was born and I would love to get a 65 or 66. When ever I mention that to friends, they're always asking, why not a fastback or a shelby. A 65 with a 289 engine and the top down is a great Sunday driver.
My guy buys and sometimes sells. He's got enough connections to find things. Unbelievable for me because I get to live vicariously through his generosity. I'd never be able to touch this kind of stuff on my own. He's a big GM guy, but really likes Corvettes. I also drove his 2020 Corvette which at the time had just showed up to replace the 2014 he had been daily driving in the summer. Sold the ZR1 to order the new ZO6, which I'm sure has been delivered by now.
Also had:
70 Cutlass 455
67 Chevelle 396 or 427?
69 Camaro 350
70 Stingray 454
I really like the new Supra but have always and still dislike the Z4. I can't put my finger on why, probably just my general dislike of BMWs.
Aston Martin DB12 or Vantage
Not a typical answer but if I could get a nice vehicle strictly for tailgating a Mercedes E-Sprinter would be amazing https://www.mbvans.com/en/esprinter.
Not a typical answer but if I could get a nice vehicle strictly for tailgating a Mercedes E-Sprinter would be amazing https://www.mbvans.com/en/esprinter.
I always liked the look of a 1973 Buick Riviera "Boat Tail." I also had a 1973 Dodge Charger I bought new off the showroom floor.
I've wanted one since I was a kid. - It is 100% a toy car though. ZERO room for any cargo. The biggest complaint that Chrysler received was that it couldn't even hold a set of golf clubs.
Chrysler's response:
I used to like those until one time I saw a top-down view of them and realized it's basically candy corn on wheels.
Anyone that asks me about my Chevelle always seems to ask why I changed so much from the original car and this is the exact reason. If you put that kind of time and money into a car, what sense does it make to have a finished product that rides and operates with 50 year old technology. Unless you have some sort of super rare car to where you are destroying a lot of value by not going original - make it work for you.
Well said. Certainly there is value (and cool factor) in numbers matching all original condition, but a restomod is much easier to live with. Hell, I upgrade my modern stuff to make them more fun to drive. A lot of these dream cars have major compromises relative to everyday cars. Things like having to adjust a carburetor, no cruise, power steering or AC in a lot of these cases. Even the calf sizzler door sills on the relatively contemporary early gen Vipers.
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I had a 65 Mustang Convertible, rangoon red with red interior. 289. C4 Auto. I had it about 20 years. I thought once I retired I'd drive it a lot more. I like my 89 GT 5.0L Convertible so much better for everything but to be seen in. It still only has less than 40k miles. Ordered it new and received it on June 30, 1989. Red over Titanium with white leather interior and white top. Five speed.
My dream car has always been a 68 Shelby GT500KR. Red with saddle interior. With the 4 speed. Very very few were built.
My dream car has always been a 68 Shelby GT500KR. Red with saddle interior. With the 4 speed. Very very few were built.
And I sold the Fairlane that is my avatar about 5 weeks ago. Since moving from an oversized 4 car garage to an undersized 2 car garage it was just too much trouble to move vehicles out of the way then move them back afterwards. Consequently I was only driving it 4 or 5 times a year. It went to a good home. To me that's important.
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Only 454.
That car reminds me of the car in the movie with Wesley snipes movie Demolition Man.
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