My pride and joy. 543hp. 390cubic inch.
Posted on 03/11/2015 8:49:51 PM PDT by super7man
My pride and joy. 543hp. 390cubic inch.
You may be right. Semi-exotics may be the way to go if properly purchased.
Nice!
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All these are fine vehicles but most have a sticker price of $40,000+, which is out of reach of most younger people and lots of older people as well. I waited for the new Camaro to come out, but looking at the sticker price cured any desire for one & I've owned two previous generation camaros, each for 9 years.
I actually did. Ordered it in Korea on my second tour and picked it up at a Ford dealer in Omaha. Fun little car. Later sold it and bought a Mustang GT.
Mustangs start at $24,625 with a 300hp V-6.
I had a 51 ford pickup that was primered, had a few small dings and a buddy of mine took tire chalk and wrote Sanford and Son on the doors. I would love to have that body just like it was on a modern nice driving powertrain. I’ve thought about that for a long time.
I couldn’t help myself...
The thing is, even we didn’t know what Cars would become Classics when we were growing up.
If we knew then what we know now. LOL
My older Brother does still own a 32 Ford 5 Window Deuce Coupe though. He got it back in 1964 as a rolling Chassis and put in a 283, 4 Speed Close Ratio Trans and Pontiac Posi Rear End with 4.56 Gears. It could pop a wheelie off the line. A real 1/4 Mile bruiser.
He is 68 now and the Car is buried in his Garage and we will probably have to bury him in it...
If you are talking stop light drag racing I don’t think that anything with cylinders can beat a Tesla.
Go look at the Chevy LFX V6 used in many GM cars including the Camaro. It's more sophisticated and higher in performance than most engines used in Ferraris - all with great reliability and drivability.
On the other hand, the Maserati is built on the same chassis as some Ferraris, just like an Audi uses VW chassis.
Today, a Ferrari is just another car
Good for your son.
I know a guy who is re-doing a 1965 Mustang. His 14 year old asked him if he will be finished with the car in two years so he can drive it when he gets his driving permit. LOL
The Dad just said “We’ll talk about it”.
This echos a bit of what has been said about Harley Davidsons.
Still, 2 years ago, this guy was selling, okay, not a top of the line car but still, an early ‘60s Ford Fairlane for less than a thousand, I really thought about getting it, it ran fine but decided I just didn’t need to fool with it. Much like this one: http://assets.shannons.com.au/CT0A31C75C8AURPN/N0A8176PS3JDC2L6/r16knofwfy1reigj/jpg/550x430x1/vehicle/1964-ford-compact-fairlane.jpg So, it makes me wonder a bit about dreary forecasts.
I’m diggin it !!!
I recently owned a 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray.
Sold it a few Months ago.
Great Car with solid engineering. Unbelievable handling and plenty of power. The new Z06 takes it to a new level.
Compared to my old 1986 C4 Corvette, night and day, Cruz versus Obama difference.
The new Z06 has the best bang for the buck, hands down.
Maybe I’ll go for one down the road, but I’m dealing with some serious Health concerns at the moment so it will have to wait.
I hear ya’ I own a 98 Dodge Viper GTS bought/won at Barrett jackson and a 92 BMW CS. The scene isn’t dying as even here in Hollywood, there are countless shops which offer hot rods but at ridiculous prices. As time goes by, the value goes up and it gets harder to acquire. There’s a 67 Corvette I;m targeting in Huntington Park that was used in countless movies and will wait until next year as it’s on display at a car dealership.
The new concept cars are being released in tech blogs rather than car shows. The car was once a symbol of freedom. You could put a couple bucks worth of gas in your 63 Dart and go wherever you wanted whenever you wanted and if you had a car that was able to do stoplight battle .. well, that was how you stood up and proved yourself in a challenge.
Then came the insurance companies that demanded lower horsepower and the insurance was state mandated (to lower the price of the insurance the state pushed demand to maximum and limited the supply -- Yah that'll work) The mandated emission controls required an on board computer that removed the need and ability to manually tune and tinker with your engine (Such as rejetting the carbs) so that skill was lost. Later, antilock brakes came along and that took away yet another driving skill. Now we have cars with rearview cameras and proximity sensors so you don't need to know how to back with mirrors, Some cars can park themselves so parallel parking is another lost skill.
Soon we will have cars that will be completely autonomous and will drive themselves in full compliance to the programmed traffic laws and the self drive systems will be required by law (it's safer you know) because of this the registration fees will skyrocket because traffic fines will not be collected. The experience of dropping down a gear coming into a sharp curve and the whine of a first to third shift and being in full control of a freedom machine will be lost.
My ‘95 Mustang Cobra SVT was beeyutiful and a blast to drive. When I floored it my stomach would be vertical against the back of the seat. It rumbled. It purred. I loaded the trunk with IBM AS/400 disk drives in the winter and it was a tank. I loved that car. I’ll always love the ‘Stang.
Today’s cars, except for a few, are aeroblobs. It’s hard to be car crazy over shapeless uninteresting cars. They’re all the same. It’s hard to tell them apart. Ho hum.
I had a 50 Ford Pickup with the Flathead V-8. The Block was cracked and it would overheat unless I put in some of that Wynn’s Stop Leak in it. Sold it to a guy that fixed it up.
Also had a 56 that I Sold to my Neighbor. I used to do a lot of Car flipping when I was a kid.
The guy did a great Job fixing it up. He put in a 351 Cleveland and Automatic. Burgundy Paint with Black Interior with a Cadillac Bench Seat. Really cool Truck when he got it done.
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