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You're right about the AMC's of course. I forgot about the Rebel Machine.
I prefer the intermediates to the ponycars, and not sure I could afford the top dog ponycars, because then I would need - 1. '70 Hemi Cuda (E bodies are EXPENSIVE!) 2. '70 Boss 429 Mustang (could do this as a clone) 3. '67 Cougar with 427 (hard to find an original one) 4. RAIV '69 Firebird (good luck finding one of these) 5. '69 ZL-1 Camaro (way too expensive for an original one) 6. '70 AMX (can still find these for reasonable prices) However, no Buick or Olds ponycars, so they get left out. Also, I love midyear Vettes (had a '66 convt and a '66 425 hp 427 coupe w/knockoffs, sidepipes, 4 sp, 4.11s, etc) but don't really group them in with the ponycars. Scott
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3. '67 Cougar with 427 (hard to find an original one) [/ QUOTE ] Actually, what you mean is a '68 GT-E. But the CJs are faster. In the GT-E, they are MUCH rarer than a 427. Regular GTs could get CJs, and they made about 250 of 'em. Going back to your list . . . 1. Pontiac: '69 or '70 RAIV GTO <font color="red">I think the '69 is a better choice. The '70 weighs more and had a nudge down in compression. </font> 4. Mopar: '67-'70 B Body with a hemi <font color="red"> Why not a '71? </font> 5. Ford: '67 Fairlane with 427 or '64 Thunderbolt<font color="red"> The latter is a race car. And if a Fairlane, why not a '66? More special. </font> 6. Chevy: '70 LS6 Chevelle <font color="red"> Yeah, sure, that's the obvious one, but why not a COPO 427 car? </font> |
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[ QUOTE ] 3. '67 Cougar with 427 (hard to find an original one) [/ QUOTE ] Actually, what you mean is a '68 GT-E. But the CJs are faster. In the GT-E, they are MUCH rarer than a 427. Regular GTs could get CJs, and they made about 250 of 'em. Going back to your list . . . 1. Pontiac: '69 or '70 RAIV GTO <font color="red">I think the '69 is a better choice. The '70 weighs more and had a nudge down in compression. </font> 4. Mopar: '67-'70 B Body with a hemi <font color="red"> Why not a '71? </font> 5. Ford: '67 Fairlane with 427 or '64 Thunderbolt<font color="red"> The latter is a race car. And if a Fairlane, why not a '66? More special. </font> 6. Chevy: '70 LS6 Chevelle <font color="red"> Yeah, sure, that's the obvious one, but why not a COPO 427 car? </font> [/ QUOTE ] Ok, did a little homework on the Cougar - GTE could be had with a 427 or 428 depending on when it was built. I'm still going with the 427, however. Concur on the '69 GTO. I think it's a better looking car, too. Both of my Judges are RAIII, but I could slide a RAIV in either one. Heads aren't that difficult to find, but blocks are. T-bolt is probably in a different category than the rest of the field, but have always wanted one. However, if I'm limited to 1 F'lane, it would be a '66 or a '67 with a 427. A '69 COPO would be mighty fine, but hard to pass up an LS-6. Would also like to build one with a stock LS-7, just to see what it would have been like if Chevy had it as an option in '70. I've got a '71 GTX with a 440, 4 sp, Dana, front and rear spoilers, black with a black gut. Pretty nice car as far as '71 B bodies go, and I think I could find a correct '71 hemi to drop in it, but I prefer 67s or a 68-69. Scott
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Rambler is a compact so it doesnt fit the criteria.
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What about the 69 Hurst prepped AMX with the crossram?
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AMX = sports/compact. always debatable as to what catagory AMX's fall into.
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Here is without a doubt the greatest musclecar collection:
http://corvettes-musclecars.com/cgi-bin/emAlbum.cgi
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Here is without a doubt the greatest musclecar collection: http://corvettes-musclecars.com/cgi-bin/emAlbum.cgi [/ QUOTE ] Now that's a collection of rare muscle! ![]() ![]()
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Wow! How many millions of $$$ would it take to put that together today? Closest I saw to that was a collection in Va of about 80 cars - all GTOs and Mopars (several hemi cars), with only a few Chevys, one Buick, and no Fords.
Scott
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Any ultimate collection would have to have some of the "big" cars that started it all. These cars still run away and hide from most of the intermediate muscle.
- '62 409 - '62/'63 Super Duty - '63/'64 R-Codes Just my humble unbiased opinion.
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