Re: Modern Supercars
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lynn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"Let's see some of your modern supercar pics!"
While I certainly agree with Taz's sentiment regarding $$ vs. talent to build, there are those of us who appreciated cars in BOTH arenas. I personally believe there is room to enjoy both types. Besides, the same type of argument could have been made in 1967 when some rich kid went and bought a L-88 Corvette and beat his buddy who spent all summer tweaking the 265 in his 55 Chevy. The kid with the Corvette displayed as much talent building his car as a kid buying a Ferrari today.
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Agree with this 100%. Old cars weren't always old, and a 66 GTO would have drawn little to no attention at a car show in 1966, either.
My comment was simply meant to point out that this style of supercar existed before 2000, not to disparage the cars that came after. The Saleen SC, SSC, and SA10, the SAAC cars, Steeda drag package cars, the GT40 package cars from Tommie Vaughn Ford in Houston, the Stage III Dominator Mustangs from Summit Ford in KC, the Crawford Quarterhorses... a lot of neat iron gets left out of the conversation. I guess it's true that several of the above weren't actually street legal, since they were built before emission compliant hop up packages were common, but they were built and sold to customers all the same. Some people, like Summit, got in trouble for doing so which makes the cars even cooler in my opinion.
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