Posted on 09/09/2020 11:37:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Nice car.
But I’ll be with my Challenger for at least a few more years.
Made some changes to the exhaust system to add another 50ish in HP
Thing is LOUD.
I should grow up!!!
[$52,595]
Darn, it’s only $52,595 out of my price range.
This week I did get a (scale) replica of the Bullitt car, though. By coincidence.
I can lend you $5, if you can find the rest.
I saw the model car online last week and thought it would go well with my (scale) 1967 Mustang fastback (that I bought in a gas station). Same gas station where I filled up my SUV the morning of 9/11, expecting long gas lines later that day.
OK, now I only have to come up with $53,000 (so you can get your $5 back). Plus local sales taxes, property taxes, insurance.
Shoot, I might as well buy a 68-70 Dodge Charger too. Maybe a few of them.
Man, I miss the 1970’s.
“...a 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback 2+2 in Highland Green with the 335 horsepower, 390 cubic-inch Thunderbird Special V8 and a four-speed manual transmission stock engine with a set of American Racing mag wheels and a white cue-ball shifter....”
And seven hubcabs.
“Shoot, I might as well buy a 68-70 Dodge Charger too. Maybe a few of them.”
Who are you, Jay Leno?
[Who are you, Jay Leno?]
I’d have to be. I’d have 200 cars if I was allowed to.
And I’d need a place to store them all. And money to keep them going and insured.
I’ll just have to settle for being poor. LOL
It’s nice to dream though, isn’t it! Me, I keep hoping for that perfect car but my requirements keep changing.
My favorites are from the 1960’s through the 1970’s. Plus more than a couple after that.
Seen many in my area I would like to have purchased the last few years.
I’d just get myself into even more trouble if I had such money, I’m sure.
So I have to settle for 1/24 model cars right now. It’s all good.
There IS a Bullitt car close by. I see it sometimes on days when the wx is perfect. There’s also a very active muscle car club in the area as well.
Making a house payment when buying a car is norm these days. It’s idiocy to me.
I’ll continue to stick with my 55K miles 2014 Regal GS and the aftermarkets I have on it. I love eating the neighborhood Cobra’s with it...
Oh right. I was looking to see how many hubcaps but I couldn’t find a definite answer. 7 or 8. (Including 3 all at once as it crashes into the gas station!)
Your still photo shows a VW beetle. I don’t know if that is the same one that keeps showing up in various scenes during the chase.
An aside. I was watching old “Rockford Files” on DVD and noticed a T-bird(?) convertible in numerous episodes - usually parked outside of a nice home or fancy restaurant. Googled it - turns out it belonged to the director/producer or something of the show.
Worked my way to your post reminiscing.
Very much appreciate the necessary levity — lol.
Nice work
Nice work
I can’t afford it, but $52K isn’t outrageous for a car like that relative to other vehicles. You can pay $52K for a pickup truck these days. With a 480hp engine and a 6-speed manual transmission, those rear tires aren’t going too last long.
If that has a 5.7 with the eco-crap?
Take the eco-crap off the computer or there is a good chance you’ll bend a rod. Did it in my Chrysler 300. Lucky I had a power train warranty.
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