TB Muscle car thread.

[JacoLesFlea]

Meh an 80s porsche thats not trying to kill you has no appeal at all!



Kidding! , the back of it looks realy modern i like it a lot.

Thanks, its a 1985. I even had one guy ask me at a stoplight if it was the new 2008 model. I had collectors plates on it I guess he did not see them when I told him it was 23 years old his jaw dropped. He said it was in great shape.

 

[JacoLesFlea]

While we are talking fast, corner hugging, Japanese cars, give me a late 80s-early 90s RX-7. There is one for sale that I drive past ever day for work, and every time I wish I made enough money to buy it. I would also like an 80s Porsche 944. Not a big engine, not all that fast (for a porsche), but great cars.

lowsound

a friend I work with has an 86 944 he says it handles like a slot car.

 

[Mike N]

What is the true definition? Realistically speaking, a '94 RX-7, Supra, 3000-GT VR4 or 300ZX would smoke a '70 Chevelle with a 327 and a Powerglide in a long stretch. They'd also, beyond any shadow of a doubt, out handle and out comfort their old counterparts.

70 Chevelles didnt come with a 327. 69 was the last year that engine was available.

 

[Mike N]

Since apparently my Camaro isnt considered a muscle car (even though it runs low 10's in the quarter mile and is fully street legal) I'll post pics of my SS936 El Camino instead. Hopefully this is a muscle car.

Please excuse the crappy cell phone pics.

 

[iamlowsound]

a friend I work with has an 86 944 he says it handles like a slot car.

That is why I want one. They handle better than the new ones and IMO look better as well. New Porsches are ugly and all look the same. The 911 hasn't changed its look for 15 years.

lowsound

 

[TrooperFarva]

While we are talking fast, corner hugging, Japanese cars, give me a late 80s-early 90s RX-7.

Every time I think of an RX-7, I think of this image

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It's a great engine with a great power to displacement ratio, it's too bad it can't be sealed properly, and uses as much oil as it does gas.

 

[azmati]

Since apparently my Camaro isnt considered a muscle car (even though it runs low 10's in the quarter mile and is fully street legal)

Yeah, the Camaro generally isnt considered muscle, but guys like Don Yenko, and Nickey Chevrolet here in Chicago would have you thinking otherwise. Dropping in 427s, and lighty modifying them to make some serious strip monsters. All while keeping the factory warranty in place.

IMO, acceptions to the rule can be made, especially in your Camaros case. The fact your Camaro was a private job truly captures the spirit of that era, imo.

 

[tplyons]

Since apparently my Camaro isnt considered a muscle car (even though it runs low 10's in the quarter mile and is fully street legal) I'll post pics of my SS936 El Camino instead. Hopefully this is a muscle car.

Please excuse the crappy cell phone pics.

1970? Or 1971?

But yes, that certainly counts.

 

[azmati]

1970? Or 1971?

The El Camino Mike N posted looks like a 68, to me. Due to the frontend. Could also be a 69. Im guessing 68 because of the grill pattern.

A 70 Chevelle El Camino's frontend would look like the Chevelle in Mike Phillips post. 71 would look similar, minus 2 head lights.

 

[mimaz]

Not exactly a muscle car, but close.......my 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Custom Coupe. 54K original miles on a 327 V8, all original except for headers and duals, and the chrome 20's, along with a bit of a drop on the suspension. (Nothing that couldn't be returned to original at the drop of a hat.) The paint was done 3 years ago.

 

[tplyons]

The El Camino Mike N posted looks like a 68, to me. Due to the frontend. Could also be a 69. Im guessing 68 because of the grill pattern.

A 70 Chevelle El Camino's frontend would look like the Chevelle in Mike Phillips post. 71 would look similar, minus 2 head lights.

You're right, I wasn't thinking about the grille/headlights.

It's been a long week.

 

[JacoLesFlea]

Not exactly a muscle car, but close.......my 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Custom Coupe. 54K original miles on a 327 V8, all original except for headers and duals, and the chrome 20's, along with a bit of a drop on the suspension. (Nothing that couldn't be returned to original at the drop of a hat.) The paint was done 3 years ago.

beautiful

 

[middy]

Not a single Plymouth Roadrunner? :scowl:

 

[vene-nemesis]

Not exactly a muscle car, but close.......my 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Custom Coupe. 54K original miles on a 327 V8, all original except for headers and duals, and the chrome 20's, along with a bit of a drop on the suspension. (Nothing that couldn't be returned to original at the drop of a hat.) The paint was done 3 years ago.

Dude thats awsome, interior pics NOW!

 

[vene-nemesis]

Not a single Plymouth Roadrunner? :scowl:

Now that you mention plymouth, how popular were superbirds back in the day, i mean where those the kind of car that you could see on the streets?

 

[Mike N]

1970? Or 1971?

68.

 

[Rathead123]

Since apparently my Camaro isnt considered a muscle car (even though it runs low 10's in the quarter mile and is fully street legal) I'll post pics of my SS936 El Camino instead. Hopefully this is a muscle car.

Please excuse the crappy cell phone pics.

Yea the big inch motors in SS' Camaros and all were. But..since this has turned into more of "Tb's interesting car thread" instead of sticking with muscle cars, post it anyway. Heck Im guilty myself, as I posted my 10 sec. Gran National.. By one definition posted.. its too new.. but yet Im a member of the National Muscle Car association.. go figure.

 

[anyonefortennis]

I love it!

Is that a stroked 289?

Stroked 289 - recently upped to a 331. Currently waiting for new cylinder heads. Recently installed new wheels, tires, rack & pinion steering and disc breaks.

 

[The Ripper]

I am 16 and just got a 72 nova ss for my first car dam i love that thing

 

[mike_v_s]

Now that you mention plymouth, how popular were superbirds back in the day, i mean where those the kind of car that you could see on the streets?

I wasn't born then, but I read a lot in the 80's, so here goes my memory:

They offered (I believe) in the neighborhood of a few hundred of them (either with the 383 or the 426) to qualify them for "stock" car use per the NASCAR rules back then. From what I've read, the nose extension and massive wing for the SuperBirds and Daytonas were real turnoffs to most of the public and apparently some of them were removed to speed sales. The race versions were some of the first cars to qualify over 200 mph in 1969.

Mike