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01-15-2023, 5:15pm | #21 | ||||||
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2many, ALL the body parts are available now for the first gen Camaros. Being an RS it would be worth it to repair and put back in service. Not necessarily restored, just repaired. Mine have never been apart or restored either, but CA= no rust. The GTO's and Chevelles, etc. are better driving cars than the Cougar by a long shot, which uses a unibody construction and a Ford Falcon suspension. They LOOK great, but drive poorly. The F body Camaro and Firebirds are unibody as well, but have a much better suspension and drive well. Much better all around cars. The full frame GTO's and other GM A bodies drive great due to their relative rigidity. I've put over 130,000 miles on my '67 GTO ragtop. And it's more fun to drive with every passing year. When I bought it, it was a used car that was too old. Now it's a classic muscle car. LOL....
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Hemis will be history in two years. ChryCo is going with a 3.0L straight six, twin turbo that will put out more torx and pow.
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Back when I had just graduated from high school, I worked for a Dodge dealership in Los Angeles for two years. One of my jobs was to drive the parts van to the Chrysler parts depot in Fullerton and pick up orders. I became friends with one of the guys in the receiving area. One day he said to follow him into the plant. We walked back to a caged in area, he unlocked it, and inside were several crated 426 Hemis and 440 Sixpack engines, Purple Stripe cams, Dana 60 rear ends. I about fainted. He said some of the executives squirreled them away after they were discontinued. Then he handed me a pair of 340 Six Pack fender decals that were out of print. This was 1979 and 1980, so things had been "NS1" and "NS2" for several years (at the time, this was Chrysler's designation for parts no longer produced or stocked).
I've owned a 440 Six Pack and a 440 Magnum Challenger, a 440 Charger and a 383 Super Bee. I can tell you that there is NOTHING that sounds as good as a Chrysler Big Block. |
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In my old '61 T bird, we'd go out and drink and then drive home from the bar, totally waxed, the 20 miles or so home on the freeway. Never got in trouble. Young and dumb. But we felt incapsulated in the 'bird with the wrap-around seats, deep cockpit design, cool green gauges, and unrivaled build quality. Like riding in a bank vault. Glad we never hit anything. |
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The biggest unibody car I ever drove was a '60 Continental with the Pagoda styling and canted headlights with the breezeway rear window. It was cherry and for sale for the right price, but would literally not fit in my garage. That car was sooooo big it actually had a bit of cowl shake on the freeway. |
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Ford might have shown it’s not just hp that sells as their Raptor is going back to an 8? For me personally, I like the sound a V8 makes and wouldn’t trade that for double the torque and hp. |
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