Muscle Cars And a 4 Finger Lid = good times

[Dutchgrown]

1st Muscle Car

1st Muscle Car

Yes I was spoiled.....was very very much a daddy's girl So I pretty much got whatever I asked for

My very first car was a 1974 MG Midget convertible, I know, not much of a muscle car
but at 16 years old, I thought it was HOT! Then by the time I was a senior in
high school I knew which car to ask to receive that last year. It was almost
like new, was only a couple years old at the time and in perfect condition....meet my

Candy Apple Red
1974 Chevrolet Corvette
(the one that I WISH I still had!)




The hard top unlatched and stored behind the seats in an area
where the rag top pulled up from. This makes me realize how much I
miss that car, but makes me also remember how much FUN I had too!
Ahhhh, good memories.

dg

 

[packn2puff]

Sounds like alot of folks have some nice rod's...that didn't sound right..aaaa...hotrods...not right either...aaaa..Muscle cars...I think Prince wrote a song about you and that red Corvette, Dutchgrown.

 

[cooked cook]

lots of cool cars in this thread. The one that really puts a fire under this cook's grill is the Roadrunner Gypsy mentioned having. I remember my friend and I drooling over a similar one down the street from his house. Most of my cars have been "yank tanks", "boats", whatever ya want to call em. Big four door sedans from hell. My favorite was my Chevy Impala. Most of them had big engines, but everything in them was big as well. I had a couple cars that were particularly fun though. I had a 73 Charger for a while (318) That thing was fast as hell. well, until it caught on fire. Other than that I had a decommissioned Detroit Police car- a 77 Fury. Not exactly a muscle car, but it sure seemed like it. Like Jake and Elwood Blues' car, it had cop everything. Cop radiator to keep it extra cool on long patrols, cop suspension, smash- bars in the front, and of course...the 318 Interceptor! That thing was fun to drive!
And besides, breakin the law in a cop car...sweeeeet.
cc

 

[Gamera]

Texas Kid-does that Satellite have a Gear Vendor?

 

[zeppelindood]

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Plymouth Road Runner. 440 Six Pack - California Car. Genuine RM21 Road Runner Coupe. Restoration work has been professionally carried out with receipts to prove. This is a nice example of a very desirable Mopar. Rebuilt 440 Six Pack / automatic (originally a 383).

Original fender tag and "beep beep" horn. Runs very strong with a healthy rumble! The following items have been replaced: radiator, water pump, alternator, battery, fuel pump, distributor, wires, exhast system, clutch fan, voltage regulator, master cylinder, starter, brake system, BF Goodrich tires (new since photos taken), stereo. Rebuilt: engine, heads, steering pump, carburetors, drive shaft, front suspension.

New: upholstery, door panels, headliner, package tray, etc. Body is very straight and was repainted in original "Petty Blue" a few years ago. There are now some minor cosmetic flaws, but the car is still dazzling. Excellent floors and trunk. Drives like new and ready to cruise.

Fly in and drive it home in style! Fender tag decoded below: M25 69-71 Wide sill moldings N96 69-71 Fresh Air Hood R11 69-71 AM Radio (2 Watts) V7R 69-70 Accent Stripes (Red) Y39 69-71

Special Order A01 69-71 Light Package A87 69-71 Road Runner Decor Package G33 69 OS LH Remote Standard Mirror J24 71 Headlamp Washer J25 69-71 3 Speed Wipers L31 70-71 Hood/Fender Mounted Turn Signals M21 69-71 Roof drip rail moldings 99 99 H2B B7 B30 925910 E63 69-70 383 cid 4 barrel V8 H.P. 335hp D32 69-71 Heavy Duty Automatic Transmission RM21 H9E 125297 - VIN number. ...

....Wow.......shall I buy one and relive my youth?

 

[Guest]

You couldn't afford the gas for that thing in Europe Gypsy, you'd have to sell your business just to be able to drive that car!

 

[Gamera]

Yeah Gypsy do it!

 

[Guest]

That's what I am talking about Gypsy, I just went a took a hot lap as soon as I read your post, man I love to go insanly fast.OOooooooeeee!!!!!

Satellite gears were Richmond 4:10's and a Auburn positrac rearend, If I read you question right. Dana 60 with Strange axles. the Pro charger Superchager was the real kick in the ass on that car.

Gypsy, I could probably get ya real real close the car you discribe but you'll have to dig deep down in those pockets and pay homage to the Mopar mafia.hehe Now that I think of it, I may know that car you describe

Tex

 

[cooked cook]

....Wow.......shall I buy one and relive my youth?

Oh I absolutely think you should. (sorry dutchgrown)
These old Mopars are becoming increasingly extint. Ahhhh, nothin like the feel of a 440 rumblin and roarin after you've stomped it to the floor!
My old hometown sure used to be able to build a car.

cc

 

[cooked cook]

and since we've discussed muscle cars...

and since we've discussed muscle cars...

where can we still get a 4 finger lid at old school prices?!?!?


Oh yeah.... that went the way of the "nickel bag"

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

....could get a lid of Vietnamese Gold straight in from Nam in those dazy days for fifty bucks tops.......Columbian Gold was $40......and regular schwaag brown brick Mexican was $25.....eh.....if my memory serves me right?

* ten gallons of gas was three bucks and change....

....after the refinements of my Jag....it might be fun to go back to the brute force.....and burnin' rubber madness of the RoadRunner.....man did I ever go thru tires!.......

 

[Guest]

tires LOL

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

...'Roadrunner- Roadrunner.......going faster miles an hour.......as I pass by the stop n' shop with my radio on........'

(Johnathon Richman and the Modern Lovers)

 

[packn2puff]

If you're mowin the lawn and you find a car...you might be a redneck...If you have more than 1 car on blocks in your front yard...you might be a redneck...If you have a '48 Chrysler Windsor coupe, '48 Chrysler New Yorker, '23 T-Bucket, '72 Dodge demon, and a '66 Galaxie 500XL convertible....you are most definitely a redneck.

Hehe what a stable Tex.

 

[Gamera]

TK- I heard about a Satellite with a gear vendor (www.gearvendors.com 3 speed overdrive)
Gypsy-"I'm Straight!" (remember "Hippy Johnny?"

 

[A-Loc]

man very nice to see this thread up and bumpin. well i guess i'll post up the pic of my x in the right spot. for those who didn't see this in sack's thread shes a 5.0l v8, supercharged (how do ya liek that gypsy 5.0 liter v8 supercharged eh) its got so many mods done to it hard to lsit em all. msd digital 6 ignition, ford racing shorty headers, cats gone, flowmaster exhaust, roller rockers, cam, lowerde, custom cowl hood, edelbrock shocks & struts soo much crap, in the end shes a round 400hp moster of an explorer. only down sides are is shes AWD (which is good in the snow, i can go full boost down a snowy slippery road) and shes auto, no good thing about that, unless if i broke my left foot or somthing




ok now heres my old car a 2003 mustang GT, all she had in her was a BBK cold air intake, but she was lost. sucks had big plans for her. i plan on getting another one in the future

 

[Guest]

I'm a "neo-redneck" I guess, the only blocks any of my cars see is an auction block. I real big into frame-off, rotisserie type restorations. there is an old "redneck" cat I run into at the auctions that has in excess of 20M in cars stashed in various warehouses down south, now that's redneck.

Roadsters make a true redneck because the sun just bakes your neck(unless your sportin a mullet), now that's redneck

Tex

 

[Guest]

....after the refinements of my Jag....it might be fun to go back to the brute force.....and burnin' rubber madness of the RoadRunner.....man did I ever go thru tires!.......

LOL Gypsy, I was just poking fun at your Brit spelling, you didn't have to edit your post just 'cause I spell American

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

....ehh....yes maaam!....lol.....Tyre's it is then....