Re: undiscovered cars
Cars in my neighborhood in the mid 70's:
1969 Z/28 Camaro, Cortez Silver - mine!
1968 SS Camaro, big block, aluminum heads - next door neighbor
1969 SS Camaro, 396 Gold automatic - buddy's
1969 SS Camaro, 396, light blue, orange hockey stick
1966 GTO - neighbor's cousin's
1969 Camaro 427 - probably was a COPO - belonged to the guy who owned the pool hall
1969 Camaro ragtop, ralley green, small block automatic
1969 Chevelle SS 454, black on black - buddy's
1969 Roadrunner, blue on black - buddy's
1968 Chevelle SS, 396, blue on black - buddy's
1970 Cuda, 340, 4 speed, black on black - buddy's
1970 Duster, 340 4 speed, blue on black - buddy's
1970 Boss 302 Mustang - Orange, 4 speed - friend of my father's
1964 Galaxie XL 500 ragtop - father's
196? Mustang fastback - white w/blue stripes like a Shelby. Rick Kopeck's brother was my basketball coach at the time and it was the car he drove (not sure if he owned it) - probably was a real Shelby.
Many, many, more.
My point is that although these were only considered to be "used cars" at the time there were tons of them out there. I don't belive my neighborhood (in Norwalk, Connecticut) had an unusual amount of muscle cars, there were just lots around. Nobody was really even that into it (i.e. mechanics, racers, etc...), it's just what we drove.
Oh, there was also a Yenko Duece, dark blue (Fathom, Dusk?) that belonged to a friend of a friend running around town. Not sure who it belonged to but I do remember seeing it behind a house, no engine, as late as 1980. I wish I could remember where that house was.
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