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Pick your favorite iconic car from any decade....

#421
...1962
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...2002
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#425
garp said:
Laugh all you want, but these "Soccer Mom" haulers are terrific gig-mobiles. Circa 1990 Volvo 240DL:

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I have always wanted to get one of those and ram a 350 Chevy engine under the hood....... the ultimate sleeper.

But, since the 350 has gone the way of the bumper jack and full size spare tire, I'd do a single turbo 5.3 LS engine instead..... hello 9 second time slip on pump gas.
 
#433
saabfender said:
Maybe you haven't heard of the eminent tunability of the Turbo Brick.

Not to mention David Letterman's Volvo wagon.

COMEDIANS IN CARS "Paul Newman Volvo" - P.J.HOLMES / Editor
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V8 Volvos are nothing new, just not common where I live..... thus the desire to build one.

Now that the turbo craze is in full swing, I see no reason not to once again jump on the bandwagon. Heck, back in 2003 or so we built a 00 S-10 with a single turbo 406 that went mid 7.50's in the 1/4 mile. There was more left in the tune up, but being a mild steel chassis (versus Chrome Moly) we were limited to a 7.49 et.
 
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Tom Bomb said:
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'87 Charade Turbo - the rev-head's undercover killer commute capsule.


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35 years in the repair side of the automotive industry and I've only seen two Daihatsus..... one Charade and a Rocky.

I imagine that I'd have an easier time getting parts for a Yugo than I would for a Daihatsu.
 
#439
Mike N said:
I'm not disputing the Hemi being available for the 'Cuda. I know they exist, my old neighbor had possibly one of the rarest Hemi Cuda's ever built... a 71 HC convertible. Chrysler built 7 of them, his was one of 5 with the automatic trans.

Anyway, my point was you're not going to have a 'Cuda with 440/6 Pack on the shaker scoop and a Hemi under the hood.... unless someone really phucked up during assembly.

The photo in post #145 is not a Hemi, it's a 440, much like the emblem on the shaker indicates. The window sticker in post #151 shows that particular car started life as a 383 car but was optioned to have the dual quad Hemi instead..... also with the 4 speed, disc brakes, rallye wheels and a vinyl top. The only thing I don't see on that sheet is what rear gears it came with.
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I'm a Chevy guy at heart on old muscle cars but thanks for attempting to clarify this nonsense confusing 426 Hemis and 440 6 pack mills. Drives my OCD nuts.

Don Johnson drove one of those Hemi Cuda convertibles on Nash Bridges by the way.
 
#440
TN WOODMAN said:
I'm a Chevy guy at heart on old muscle cars but thanks for attempting to clarify this nonsense confusing 426 Hemis and 440 6 pack mills. Drives my OCD nuts.

Don Johnson drove one of those Hemi Cuda convertibles on Nash Bridges by the way.
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I'm a Chevy guy also. However, my old neighbor had a 71 Hemi Cuda convertible..... one of seven built in 71. Of those seven, two were 4 speeds and the other five (including his) were automatics. Even as a Chevy guy I recognized the rarity and insane value of his car and asked him why he would bang potholes driving a seven figure car to a cruise night at the local burger joint..... and his response was "Mike, this car was built to be driven and not hauled around on a trailer."
 
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