(Topic ID: 222555)
Vaughan, ON
Philadelphia, PA
Quoted from calprog:Cool thread!! I have been collecting cars for about 15 years. Currently working on the 70 Challenger rt. It has a 440 with a 4 speed. I also just picked up a 99 Formula ws6. They only made a 175. Super cool car!! Cars and Pins are the way to go for sure!!!
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'86 SVO.
I had one of those a kajillion years ago. Surely not a muscle car but was the best handling car I ever owned.
Have an AWD TLX now with a 9-spd German made ZF transmission. Would be a great car if that ZF transmission didn't suck so badly.
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Love these threads. Cars are my first hobby and Can't live without having the fun ones. Currently my lineup is highlighted with my Jaguar XKR convertible , 1976 Custom Stingray and My G8 winter beater along with my old chevy pickup.
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460 big block
Custom short bed
She’s hauled a few pins. And she’s up for grabs
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Nice truck, what are you looking to get for your Ford?
Quoted from jhanley:That's not Ram Air and it looks like a 351 Windsor in that picture.A Cobra jet has either chrome steel valve covers or aluminum ones.
Actually that's not even a Mach 1. It doesn't have body color dual racing mirrors.
Right. That's not the car then. Thanks!
Quoted from G-P-E:'86 SVO.
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Still was about as much muscle as we had in the mid 80's. Very cool and not a common one to see around these days. I had a friend with a black 86 SVO. That thing was fun!
Some other cars I've had:
93 GT that was featured twice in some car magazines (And advertisements) in the early 2000's.
73 Charger 440
73 Torino 302
89 LX 5.0 hatch
90 LX 5.0 hatch
2003 Cobra
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Omg mine was two-tone blue, with factory luggage rack on the roof! 4-speed manual. It was my first car...worked all summer for the money and I paid $400 for it. It was my pride and joy. I kept it washed and waxed, then put more money into the stereo system than I paid for the car ($600 in amp, subwoofer, etc). I built the sub box so that it fit the entire cargo area and in such a way that it would have been a 2-man job to steal it (somebody tried once and failed). Loved that car. Then one day the bolt that holds the main pulley sheared off. My dad and I tried everything to extract it (he was an aircraft A&P mechanic so he had plenty of tools at his disposal) but to no avail. It was going to cost more than the car was worth to have a shop extract it, so we sent her to the great highway in the sky. By that point in time, I’d saved up enough cash for a good down payment on a brand new ‘92 Isuzu pickup truck...base model...standard cab, crank windows, no A/C, and 5-speed. MAJOR upgrade. Ha!
Quoted from henrydwh:Did someone say Cougar... Here is my 1970 Cougar XR7 it's a work in progress! Slowly restoring it.
Stick with it! Looking good. My father in law has a ‘68, restored, bright yellow with a low profile hood scoop and black Eliminator stripes. The guy he bought it from before he restored it, had stuffed a 429 in it. Wayyy too much motor for that car, but man it sure is fun to drive with it in there. I’m not a fan of yellow color on anything but exotic cars, but the Cougar looks pretty darn good in that color. I’ll have to see if he can send me a pic, but I think that all of he photos of it are still on 35mm glossys!
Quoted from jhanley:That would be a 1969.
Nope. We spent hours pouring over that serial #. 68 1/2. Heres a link to its double.https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1968-FORD-MUSTANG-428-CJ-FASTBACK-15363
Quoted from bigduke6:Nope. We spent hours pouring over that serial #. 68 1/2. Heres a link to its double.https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1968-FORD-MUSTANG-428-CJ-FASTBACK-15363
You said" Super "CJ which didn't debut until 1969 .There were no Mach 1's til 69 either. A 68 1/2 is a 68 style mustang.
Quoted from jhanley:You said" Super "CJ which didn't debut until 1969 .There were no Mach 1's til 69 either. A 68 1/2 is a 68 style mustang.
I'm sure your correct, you definitely seem to know your shit. I'm just going off memory and the love of the old pony cars. It was an incredibly bad ass sound when that thing turned over.
Quoted from Cobra:Moved on to a 2014 Vette and then a 2015 Mustang GT vert....right now I have nothing..Lol
I am going to look at a 72 Vette this weekend though..LOL
So what were your favorite cars? I love the cobra kits, particularly the factory fives. When you say non-donor, do you mean you had a crate in it?
Quoted from skyrex:This is from in cabin. Don’t watch if language offends. I was a little happy to say the least about cracking 240.
Quoted from AlexF:My uncle's last Indy didn't end well either. He survived but never raced again. Somewhere I have one of these pics signed.
We come from families of crash and burn.
Quoted from o-din:We come from families of crash and burn.
Yeah I guess so. The only pic of my old car I have handy is one where my 6 year old grandson tried to take it for a spin. We always told him it would be his car one day. He jumped the gun I guess. Fortunately he got hung up on the hill instead of rolling down the drive. 
Quoted from AlexF:Yeah I guess so the only pic of my old car I have handy is one where my 6 year old grandson tried to take it for a spin. We always told him it would be his car one day. He jumped the gun I guess. Fortunately he got hung up on the hill instead of rolling down the drive.
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Oh this thread could get ugly now. Lol. Phew that’s too close for comfort.
When I was a kid my neighbors were having a party. The driveway was right off a busy road in a 40mph section. My neighbors uncle had a bmw convertible in the driveway. When the adults weren’t paying attention some of the kids started playing in the bmw. Kid in drivers seat hit ebrake or clutch and she rolled backwards right into a busy road and hit curb. Luckily there just wasn’t much traffic that very moment.
Quoted from AlexF:Yeah I guess so. The only pic of my old car I have handy is one where my 6 year old grandson tried to take it for a spin.
Funny thing is '68 Galaxie was also my first car and then I bought a convertible just like it.
I guess you and I should probably stay away from the race track.
Quoted from Multiballmaniac1:Phew that’s too close for comfort.
You probably don't want to check what happened to Louis then. At least he was first at something.
This one scared the bejeesus out of us and him. No one got hurt and no damage. So he got a good lesson and we can only look back and laugh.
Yep, 68 Galaxie. Convertible 390. We are third owner and it has about 53k on it now. All original but the rims and dual exhaust. Not really that fast and no creampuff but a fun car to bring out once in awhile.
Quoted from AlexF:This one scared the bejeesus out of us and him. No one got hurt and no damage. So he got a good lesson and we can only look back and laugh.
Yep, 68 Galaxie. Convertible 390. We are third owner and it has about 53k on it now. All original but the rims and dual exhaust. Not really that fast and no creampuff but a fun car to bring out once in awhile.
Man you guys were so lucky....holy crap! Can you imagine if he would have stomped on the gas with that big ass 390 in there? Good God that could have seriously be bad.
Quoted from Who-Dey:Man you guys were so lucky....holy crap! Can you imagine if he would have stomped on the gas with that big ass 390 in there? Good God that could have seriously be bad.
He never fired it up. Just turned the key enough to get it out of gear and it started rolling backwards. We were standing in the yard when I saw him rolling by. Our road isn't heavily traveled. So random car could have been a concern. Worst case is if he would have rolled straight out he could have hit the pole across the street.
Quoted from Deaconblooze:So what were your favorite cars? I love the cobra kits, particularly the factory fives. When you say non-donor, do you mean you had a crate in it?
The kits were designed to accept parts from old Mustangs. Non donor just means that all parts were new and not "donor" parts from a Mustang.
I really liked the 69 Vette. It looked bad ass.
The 2014 Vette is an amazing car.
Favourite would have to be the Shelby. 525 horse and weighed 2200lbs. Very fast car.
I would love to get new ZO6 at some point. I think that would be a keeper for me.
The Shelby and 65 Stang I had I sold to buy pins.
Quoted from AlexF:My uncle's last Indy didn't end well either. He survived but never raced again. Somewhere I have one of these pics signed.
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OS SHIT! Those are his legs sticking out in mid air. Did he keep them?
Quoted from Who-Dey:Man you guys were so lucky....holy crap! Can you imagine if he would have stomped on the gas with that big ass 390 in there? Good God that could have seriously be bad.
I did stomp on the gas in my Galaxie with the 390 in it, with my girlfriends brother and two of his friends in it, got sideways and drove the car off a cliff. Only thing that saved us was a tree 30 feet down or it was another 150 or more to the bottom. Lesson learned and that started my career as a mechanic tearing the remains of that car apart.
Great uncle Louis and his mechanic did not fare so well.
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Quoted from MustangPaul:OS SHIT! Those are his legs sticking out in mid air. Did he keep them?
Yes, he got a broken ankle I think. He suffered a traumatic brain injury from the G force. He was in a coma for quite awhile and then a long road to recovery. He was my childhood hero and I got to drive him around for errands and such some time after. It was fun, he was a character.
Quoted from AlexF:Yes, he got a broken ankle I think. He suffered a traumatic brain injury from the G force. He was in a coma for quite awhile and then a long road to recovery. He was my childhood hero and I got to drive him around for errands and such some time after. It was fun, he was a character.
Man he could have lost both legs in that situation, he was luck to survive.
Quoted from o-din:I did stomp on the gas in my Galaxie with the 390 in it, with my girlfriends brother and two of his friends in it and drove the car off a cliff. Only thing that saved us was a tree 30 feet down or it was another 150 or more to the bottom. Lesson learned and that started my career as a mechanic tearing the remains of that car apart.
Great uncle Louis and his mechanic did not fare so well.
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Sad to see they didn't make it. 
Technically not a muscle car, but from that era, 1970 454. I bought this 34 years ago, drove it for a couple of years and then life happened and it sat in storage for 20+ years until my son started futzing with it. So, we did an off frame restoration and two years later it looks like it just left the dealership.
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You flip one of those cars over, nobody's going to make it. I learned about Louis about the time Swede Savage had his wreck.
Quoted from o-din:I did stomp on the gas in my Galaxie with the 390 in it, with my girlfriends brother and two of his friends in it, got sideways and drove the car off a cliff. Only thing that saved us was a tree 30 feet down or it was another 150 or more to the bottom. Lesson learned and that started my career as a mechanic tearing the remains of that car apart.
Great uncle Louis and his mechanic did not fare so well.
http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/cpdb/crashphotos_view.php?editid1=48
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Dang.o-din, sounds like you really got lucky....unfortunately Uncle Louis didnt though.
Quoted from Who-Dey:Dang.o-din, sounds like you really got lucky....unfortunately Uncle Louis didnt though.
We got lucky alright. Stupid 19 year old kid racing around the clifftop hit some gravel on a turn. Squeezed the car between a telephone pole and a tree and then went down.
Ironic as the song "Highway Star" was cranking on my tape deck. I remember after we hit the tree, the tape deck petered out and slowed down to an
"Iiiiiiimmmm aaaaaa Hiiiiiiiiiiwaaayyyyyy staaarrrrr.....
Quoted from o-din:Great uncle Louis and his mechanic did not fare so well.
A stock Duesenberg Roamer could do 109 m.p.h. That photo clearly shows the bricks on the Indy track. Brave men raced there, with suspiciously safe automobiles.
Quoted from Darcy:A stock Duesenberg Roamer could do 109 m.p.h. That photo clearly shows the bricks on the Indy track. Brave men raced there, with suspiciously safe automobiles.
Yeah, he goes down in history as the first driver to die during the Indy 500 race. I've got a signed picture of him standing next to his Roamer my dad left me.
Thank goodness they have added many safety features since then.
And sorry to veer this off topic so far, but I rarely bring that up or tell that story. Either story for that matter.
More muscle cars please!
Quoted from o-din:You probably don't want to check what happened to Louis then. At least he was first at something.
I looked it up. No a good race day at all.
Quoted from o-din:We got lucky alright. Stupid 19 year old kid racing around the clifftop hit some gravel on a turn. Squeezed the car between a telephone pole and a tree and then went down.
Ironic as the song "Highway Star" was cranking on my tape deck. I remember after we hit the tree, the tape deck petered out and slowed down to an
"Iiiiiiimmmm aaaaaa Hiiiiiiiiiiwaaayyyyyy staaarrrrr.....
Too crazed.
Quoted from Multiballmaniac1:Too crazed.
After flipping a Boston Whaler shortly after that and watching the spinning prop miss me by a few inches as I sat there helplessly treading water, I learned to mellow out a bit.
Definitely NOT a muscle car, but this thread inspired me to get my car out of the garage. 1983 Toyota Supra with 42k original miles. New battery today, replaced the side marker lights that were cracked and had ordered a while back, and fresh wash. Thx for the inspiration. I love all cars and hope to get an old American convertible someday.
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2009 Pontiac G8 GXP w/M6 (black)
2017 Chevrolet SS w/M6
Some pics the day I brought home my 2017 Chevy SS and then after getting it back from the detailer with my other Holdens. I have better pics of the GXP but will have to dig them up.
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