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So,what rust bucket old muscle car should I buy?
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Posted on 06/15/2016 5:30:44 PM PDT by mdittmar

So,what rust bucket car should I buy?

It's gotta be cheap,it's gotta be running.

I need a truck,love El Caminos,then again I could buy a cheap truck that runs and get a 68 Camaro,then I watched the original "Gone In 60 Seconds" from 1974 and I like the fake Mach 1.

It has to be a manual not automatic.


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To: Impala64ssa

Agree.... mine was blasted, frame off, spider coated. line-x interior of passenger compartment before upholstery . Had a 69 Lemans when stations in Tuscon AZ.... zero rust of course due location I suspect ..... great cars, Malibu was a cheap and great little sleeper with a triple nickel crate engine shoehorned into it. New parts, trim etc , replaced the dash..... great grocery getter.


41 posted on 06/15/2016 6:08:00 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: wrench
Speaking of rare AMC muscle, Rebel Machine, remember these?

I only saw one, at the old Marcus Dairy cruise night in Danbury, CT many years ago. And I've yet to see an actual Mark Donohue Javelin.

42 posted on 06/15/2016 6:08:57 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Snickering Hound

Good luck finding a Vega that hasn’t already turned into a pile of iron oxide!


43 posted on 06/15/2016 6:10:27 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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To: freedumb2003
Had a 68 Fury 318.

Ran like a scalded dog.

U joint broke pulling into a gas station, Not at 120 mph

wow.

44 posted on 06/15/2016 6:10:29 PM PDT by pandemoniumreigns
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To: Squantos; All

how is real rust repaired? some of those side panels, roofs, and hoods are unavailable or fiberglass knockoffs.


45 posted on 06/15/2016 6:11:38 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: RegulatorCountry
You don’t want to have to contend with a literal rust bucket with perforated body panels or floorboards, so look for dry vehicles that have had no exposure to winter road salt, which generally means the southwest.
That's the first rule of finding an antique or custom car to restore or build, better to choose one with a bad engine, or no drivetrain, but a good body
46 posted on 06/15/2016 6:12:12 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Impala64ssa

In 1974, Bobby Allison drove a Javelin in NASCAR....


47 posted on 06/15/2016 6:13:29 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: VerySadAmerican

Want something I can tinker with when I retire,a little ways away yet.


48 posted on 06/15/2016 6:13:34 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: Osage Orange

It’s a little surprising how few 914s we see these days, given that Porsche built around 120,000 of them. I know of a guy who races one with my SCCA region; he swapped in a Subaru turbo flat-four.

If I were to get a 914, though, I’d prefer to go the (expensive) all-Porsche route and swap in a flat six out of a 911. Depending on which one, though, I’d possibly have to upgrade the timing chain tensioners; ‘84 and later engines have tensioners fed by oil pressure and are less prone to catastrophic failure.


49 posted on 06/15/2016 6:14:00 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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To: pandemoniumreigns
Had a 68 Fury 318.
My brother in law had one. The Chicago PD and the NYPD had a huge fleet of them also. I had 68 Charger, not an RT, but it would haul a** for a 318.
50 posted on 06/15/2016 6:14:42 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: All

When I came home From Vietnam, I had the opportunity to buy 21 acres along the shore of Norris Lake in Tennessee.....or a 1970 Hemi Cuda....

The property is today worth several million.....

I really had fun with that car.....*sigh*


51 posted on 06/15/2016 6:15:58 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: 21twelve

“I recall when I bought our Honda Odyssey van 10 years ago I read a review where they compared it to a 1968 Porsche Turbo Carrera.”

Are you sure you don’t mean a 1986 Turbo Carrera? Porsche didn’t introduce a turbo 911 until 1976 if memory serves.

There was an article many years back in Grassroots Motorsports - don’t remember which issue, unfortunately - where they put a number of classic sports cars up against an Odyssey. It outperformed all of them.


52 posted on 06/15/2016 6:16:48 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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To: Impala64ssa

I’ve never seen a Mark Donohue Javelin, but thanks to having attended many vintage auto races I have seen a Javelin that Mark Donohue drove in the Trans Am series. And for that matter, last year at the Porsche Rennsport Reunion at Laguna Seca one of the cars in attendance was the 917/30 he drove in Can-Am.


53 posted on 06/15/2016 6:19:27 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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To: wrench

Drive by a old house on my way to walmart every week,guy has 2 AMXs sitting there,cant tell which one he working on,saw him drive by in one of them once,another house has a Grand National parked in front,looks nice just sits there.


54 posted on 06/15/2016 6:20:00 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar
Old Fords are the best at price point.

My brother had a Grenada with a 302, 3 in the floor.

Black top on black with a black leather interior.

You'll never find one of those again.

55 posted on 06/15/2016 6:20:10 PM PDT by pandemoniumreigns
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To: JBW1949

“In 1974, Bobby Allison drove a Javelin in NASCAR....”

I could have sworn he drove a Matador.


56 posted on 06/15/2016 6:20:19 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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To: longtermmemmory

Just fabricated some parts but mine was clean except for a few places, did not say my “”rust”” was repaired, blasted down to bare metal , one place was suspect so cut it out and patched the hole. .....


57 posted on 06/15/2016 6:21:14 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: mdittmar
68 camaro...beautiful body lines. Drop a big block in it and have some fun!
58 posted on 06/15/2016 6:21:52 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: mdittmar

You could be creative if you want a powerhouse that’s retro.

Back about 1992, my dad, always a big GM luxury sedan fan, bought an 85 Olds ninety-eight with the pathetic diesel engine, with the plan of converting it to a gas. He wasn’t particular about whether it be a small or big block.

He spotted a classified ad for an irrigation pump engine. A 455 Olds converted to LP gas. He had a friend install it, and convert it to gas.

Well, turned out that it had to burn premium because of it’s high compression. What a sleeper! That thing was just amazing. I borrowed it a few times, and must admit that I baited a few hotrodders while commuting to work. It was fun.

It was a cheap muscle car (well, not so cheap on gas though)


59 posted on 06/15/2016 6:22:10 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: DAVEY CROCKETT

I want a project that runs and drives,I learn how to do the work as I go.


60 posted on 06/15/2016 6:22:28 PM PDT by mdittmar
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