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And not from 7-11.




GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP


In order for you to understand...
Start to imagine your favorite
internal combustion engine.
It can be a Goat, a Cobra, or even a BARRACUDA.
In any case, you will end up with a good catch.
 
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Classic Muscle Cars

DozerMite said:
And not from 7-11.




GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP


In order for you to understand...
Start to imagine your favorite
internal combustion engine.
It can be a Goat, a Cobra, or even a BARRACUDA.
In any case, you will end up with a good catch.
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1965 Pontiac GTO - 1966 Shelby Cobra - 1964 Plymoth Barracuda .... 8 Cylinder Muscle cars that make you swollow hard when you see todays price. They were all pretty good at gulping down gas too - especially when you put the pedal to the metal.
 
Why doesnt the 1966 Chevell SS 396 and the Olds Cutlass 442 ever get any respect? Growing up in the middle of the "moonshine circuit" those two rides always dominated the dirt tracks.
 
PenMan1 said:
Why doesnt the 1966 Chevell SS 396 and the Olds Cutlass 442 ever get any respect? Growing up in the middle of the "moonshine circuit" those two rides always dominated the dirt tracks.
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Don't forget the ever faithful "Hot Rod Lincoln". She would haul 100 gal, out run any state rod or fed, and was glued to the road. Lead sled for sure. Of course, when the peddle hit the floor, you could actually watch the gas hand drop. But OMG, she would run all day and night if you could find the gas.
Andy, check out my home place. Ever hear of "Golden Pond"? My stomping grounds.
Charles
 
Fastest thing I had was a little Falcon with a 302 and cobra kit. It was fun dusting the kids in their camero's and firebirds. Old age and sneaknest will overcome youth and enthusiam every time !!!
 
DozerMite said:
And not from 7-11.




GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP,GULP


In order for you to understand...
Start to imagine your favorite
internal combustion engine.
It can be a Goat, a Cobra, or even a BARRACUDA.
In any case, you will end up with a good catch.
Click to expand...

My 1977 Ford Explorer? (Truck back then) :smile-big:
 
Whoa...just the mention of the '66 SS 396 brought back more than fond memories of mine, OMG how i miss the Muncie four in the floor, i can still hear that engine purring through all the gears...oh hell yeah...that just did more for me than the cup of coffe i just had 8>)



PenMan1 said:
Why doesnt the 1966 Chevell SS 396 and the Olds Cutlass 442 ever get any respect? Growing up in the middle of the "moonshine circuit" those two rides always dominated the dirt tracks.
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As a young fool, I had a 1964 Corvette with a 327 - run by a Holley AFB 4 barrel carb... I think I could pump gas through that engine faster than a gas pump could put in the tank.

Fastest car I ever had though was a 1976 Alfa Romeo Alfetta... not much off the line, but top end on the speedometer was 150... never had courage to go all the way, but hit 125 a few time... faster you went the closer to the road she got.
 
My best friend had a 64 buick wildcat with a 455 under the hood. It would hit 80 in under 8 seconds and got 8 mpg. I thought better of it and deleted the story I was going to tell.:rolleyes: Sigh reckless youth.............
 
Even though this has absolutely nothing to do with Dozer's post and as long as folks want to talk about muscel cars of the 70's. I had a '72 Hurst Olds 442/W30 that not only would give you whiplash at the starting line it gave whiplash to people on the street when you drove buy, it was IMHO one of the most beautiful of all the muscel cars.
 
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My beast in 1971 was a 1956 Buick Road Master, 4dr hard top with a 2 speed DynaFlow tranny. Punch that baby on the interstate and watch the gas gage actually go down! 55 mph and lower she was easy on the gas.....but, open up the secondaries and you could empty the gas tank real quick!!! That car had power everything......elec bench seat controls, a WonderBar channel changer for the radio (actually had a foot contol too), elec windows..........all in a hard top. You mostly saw sedans very few hard tops. That car made the caddy look small!


Barney
 
My son has a 345HP Hemi in his truck. Fast and powerful but sounds like crap even the a exhaust system. Give me the old days when if you had 300+ HP is sounded and acted like it. These new cars with the high out engines with fuel injection are great but the back in the day every body knew what you had by the sound. A friend has an original 427 Cobra with 2 4's and when he takes it out (no trailer or garage queen here) you can hear, feel and smell it. Same with my old 66 mustang. The new stuff is great and reliable and not a lot of maintenance. but there is not a lot you can do with them unless you are a computer programer. The whold scene has changed. Another friend has Z06 Vette. 180 mph and 30 mpg and is quiet and smooth. How can you have good mileage and a fast car at the same time it doesn't compute.
 
Impala 396

Well I just had a 67 Chevy Impala 396 (I think it was 365 hp) with an automatic transmission. I like to say it could get out of it's own way.
Actually did 18 mpg if you kept the last two barrels of the holly 4 barrel closed.
 
This one doesn't get gas mileage. It's feet per gallon. 300 feet= 2.5 gallon of gas plus one clutch plate.
 

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Hudson Hornet

Then there was the Hudson Hornet of the early 50s when Herb Thomas and Marshal Teague cleaned everybody's clock with the in line 6 with three two barrel carbs.

And the 55 Chevy V-8 that changed stock car racing forever and was the precursor to about the most successful engine ever started out as 265 cid and went to 283 cid (in my '57 with a 4bbl) then the 327. I also think they had a 305 or 307 cid version. Anyway those cars pounded the opposition especially on the short tracks.
 
1974 Chevy Cheyenne camper special with a factory 454 and 16" split rims. My first vehicle. 9 miles per gallon. Could smoke the tires. It was 5 miles to work on a straight paved country road and 5 minutes to get there and I walked in early. Oh, to be that stupid, I mean fearless again. When I bought it the original bill of sale was in the glovebox and the original selling price in 1974 was $6000.
 
My first car AFTER I got my driver's licence was a 1969 Dodge Sportsman A-100 van. 318, 3-speed column shift. This was back in '99. I developed odd problems like being unable to get home from the gas station. Its speed was all transmission. Being geared low, it was lightning off the line, but it took FOREVER to get from 60 to 80. Nothing quite like a 7 foot tall 110 inch wheelbase vehicle in an ice storm to make a day interesting.
 
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