I still own the car… errr truck I took my driver’s license test in. High school was fun. Low trucks turn my crank. She’s a little shabby now. Waiting for paint and wheelsThere are a few I would like to own, but I'll go with the cliche answer and say the car I had in high school. I found a copy of the dealer delivery document in a file a few weeks ago, paid about $5,500 for it. There were only 276 made with the SD-455 option.
my favorite of all time is the black 34 that you changed from four bar to hair pin and did the so cal front brakes..... should have kept that one...My all time favorite car is a 1934 Ford 3 window coupe and I happen to have one now (my avatar photo).
Second on the list would be a C2 Corvette Coupe. I had this '64 a few years ago but sold it. I'd really like a '66 or '67 BB 4 speed car but would be happy with a small block. The thing is, a C2 Corvette is going to cost me $50K or more. I'm not sure I want to spend that much on one car.
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I have this '02 Z06 with only 33K miles on it. This car will do everything better than a C2 except have that classic look.
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I also have this '79 (with '80 to '82 nose and rear) C3. If I wanted a C2 I'd sell both those cars to help fund it. The C3 is okay but could use some mods to get it where I'd want it (crate motor, 5 speed conversion, wheels. I also have a set of Hooker side pipes for it). I'd dump about $10K into it but I'd have a pretty nice car. I got lucky when I bought it for only $4500 so I wouldn't have a lot tied up in it. Or I could just sell it and be happy with the C5Z.
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So, I have one of my 'holy grail" cars and reasonable substitutes for my other. I could easily give up the C3 but the C5Z is such an amazing car I don't know if I want to give that one up for a C2. Plus, I've already owned one once.
Anyway, what are your holy grail cars and do you own them now or think you might at some point?
I drive a db4 from Monrovia to Santa Monica lol. Trailer didn’t show and it had to leave. Fuck it drive it! Got there and they said how’d you get it here. “ well we road tested it”. They weren’t quite sure what to say. It wasn’t GT though.
There you go that is my winner as well or at least something close.'68 Shelby GT 500KR....Gettin close.
My Dad had a 64(I think)911s, bought it new, that had a pair of triple Webers. I got to drive it in HS, but it was worn out. He parked it for years and he pulled it out to restore it, but decided to sell it instead. BIG MISTAKE.
I almost feel bad for all the Fox bodies I butchered...but damn it was fun! Graduating in 95 put me smack in the perfect time. They were still new enough to be cool, but old enough to be bought right...and not like now, old enough to be worth something.
Same here, I've had 13 fox bodies but not one notch yet. 89 LX 5.0 5 speed was the first car I bought at 17 without any help. Sure loved those folding back seats in high school!I almost feel bad for all the Fox bodies I butchered...but damn it was fun! Graduating in 95 put me smack in the perfect time. They were still new enough to be cool, but old enough to be bought right...and not like now, old enough to be worth something.
In a way, people like me are why they are rare to find one not messed up.
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This is ( I believe) a friends car that he sold last year at Barrett Jackson for 1.7
Rats glass 33 , built a few of those.
Well, I had to play twister in the front seats with the hatch backs...The rear seats had the filler piece that made the flat floor when folded. When the seat was up though, it left a nice size dead space, perfect size for a narrow body nitrous bottle.Same here, I've had 13 fox bodies but not one notch yet. 89 LX 5.0 5 speed was the first car I bought at 17 without any help. Sure loved those folding back seats in high school!
Immediately hear the Miami Vice theme song play when I saw that. Those old Mercedes are bad ass.
I didn't realize that 455 shaker was so rare.... I had a neighbor in high school who had a '76 w/ 4 speed I think. I got the new TA in '77 Smokey & Bandit version and it was a dog in comparison all smogged out and some shitty 6.6 litre making what, maybe 285 hp. Ouch.There are a few I would like to own, but I'll go with the cliche answer and say the car I had in high school. I found a copy of the dealer delivery document in a file a few weeks ago, paid about $5,500 for it. There were only 276 made with the SD-455 option.
Come to think of it I think my friends was a '74.... they started choking em right after as I recall.There are a few I would like to own, but I'll go with the cliche answer and say the car I had in high school. I found a copy of the dealer delivery document in a file a few weeks ago, paid about $5,500 for it. There were only 276 made with the SD-455 option.
Yes Sir, solid car.
de-tuning started in 1972 along with net horsepower. My 72 Challenger was rated at 240 net HP. My 68 Charger felt like a brute with the 383 and was quick or even faster, even being a larger car.
All 1973 and 1974 models had the shaker, but it had a factory block off plate. I drilled out the four rivets in the plate about 10 minutes after I drove the car home and tossed it in a drawer of my toolbox.
Around 1976 Rick Quant bought a 1956 Power Wagon at a Forest Service auction, I think he paid about $1,200 for it. It had a monster 6 cylinder engine, and in low 4WD it would climb just about anything.
Those red ones are very nice. Cool car.
That TA is
A few years ago a chopped and dropped '49 Caddy that had a couple hundred coats of candy apple red over a silver base passed me going the opposite direction on a two lane Texas Farm to Market road (That's why you see road signs on those blacktops that say "FM xxx"). I almost crashed gettin' her whoaed down and turned around to chase it.
200 hp and at 17 I thought I was a king! Managed to wrap it round a pole freshman year of college lol. Bent frame oh well.All 1973 and 1974 models had the shaker, but it had a factory block off plate. I drilled out the four rivets in the plate about 10 minutes after I drove the car home and tossed it in a drawer of my toolbox.
The Super Duty option was announced in 1973, and it managed to survive into the 1974 model year. The SD engined T/As were rated at 295 net HP and turned mid 13s in the ¼ mile, more than a second faster than the '73 Corvette and almost four seconds faster than a '73 Mach 1. The standard 455 T/A turned high 14 second ETs. The dropoff in performance in 1975 was extreme. It was the end of the great Pontiac muscle cars.
Your 6.6 was rated at 200 net HP. Ouch
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