Favorite Classic Muscle Car Of All Time???

[zombieassassin]

1986 Buick Grand National for a classic,
Current would be a 2023 Alpina B7

 

[Nismo17]

AC cobra and 63 split window corvette for me.

My dad used to have a 63 vette back in the day.
He tried to show me how to work on it when I was a kid. I always called it the “yucky car” due to some exposed fiberglass and unfinished interior. lol

Random pic but same color.

 

[KentuckyBlackBird]

Honestly, any muscle car from the “Big 3” manufacturers built in 1970. They all had bad ass cars that year. Even their trucks were boss. I know that’s vague. So, I’d have to say a 70 Chevelle with a 396 in it.

 

[jeffbird]

 

[jeffbird]

I was definitely a small-block V-8 guy.

My Cobra is a big block 427, for there is nothing else like the sound and torque of the old school big block stuffed in a small, light weight package.

 

[Nismo17]

Beautiful cobra
427 in those are no joke. Definitely a more advanced drivers car.
I’m guessing fiberglass body ?

 

[jeffbird]

Beautiful cobra
427 in those are no joke. Definitely a more advanced drivers car.
I’m guessing fiberglass body ?

Thank you, yes, fiberglass. Definitely a very advanced level. I’ve owned a Porsche and a few Mustangs with turbos and even one with a supercharged engine. This Cobra is on a whole different level of just raw power. There is no power assist braking or steering, no traction control, just 1965 technology. There is nothing else like it that I have ever driven or ridden in including a Ferrari Daytona driven by one of their retired race drivers. It took me six months to begin to be able to really drive it with a comfortable level of confidence. It demands 100% focus 100% of the time, but it is an experience like no other.

 

[Boss1911]

My Dad and I found this 65 Fastback sitting behind a liquor store in Myrtle Beach on New Year's Day 1990. I was the Manager of Super Shops in Columbia SC at the time. I spent the next 5 years rebuilding it from the ground up.
I finally finished it in Mesa AZ and took it on a Road trip to Nashville to see if I could. No speedo, no wipers, no fuel level, no heater. It didn't even have a key, just toggle switches and a push button.

 

[littlehoot]

Another fastback fan, 65-67 mustang all classic beauties

 

[Drop bear]

I think I would like the trans am.

The toss up would be between Smokey and the Bandit or K.I.T.T.

 

[Boss1911]

I think I would like the trans am.

The toss up would be between Smokey and the Bandit or K.I.T.T.

Smokey and the Bandit

 

[cutchu]

Very nice cars you guys have / had. That 427 Cobra is VERY nice! I never could afford nice cars when I was younger. Did have this though, many years. Ghetto resto.

 

[Cloetus]

LX SS, XU1, SLR 5000...... HOLDEN TORANA

Looks like the box of Hot Wheels that I grew up with. Nice wheels all!

 

[Robdude]

My kids were asking me about this a couple of weeks ago. For me it has to be the 1968 Chevelle SS!

Such amazing lines in this design! Very Knife-inspired!

Mine had the 327 Small Block V-8 that I had dyno-tested at over 400 HP after the rebuild. It had a B&M 400 Turbo Transmission that wound into a 12 Bolt Posi rear end with a 454 Gear! (Way too much gear for daily driving)

The only differences between the '68 and the '69 Cevelles were the shape of the rear lights, no center bar on the front grill, and the most important design feature ever. . . Front Wing Windows!

Those front wing windows provided the '68 Chevelle with 6-70 airconditioning!!! (6 Windows down at 70 miles an hour! ).

My brother Dan and I built this puppy on our own. His fave car was a '63 Impala Convertible with a 283 V-8. It wasn't fast but it purred when you drove it!

I was definitely a small-block V-8 guy. Many of my friends thought small blocks were simply meant to be used as starting motors!!!

Let's Drink!

Jerry

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[Robdude]

1971 hemi cuda is my grail, pops and I bought a 72 Cuda in 99, learned so much working on that car with him. Still have her.

 

[Cloetus]

Way back in the late 70's, when I was in high school, there was a guy who dropped a Porsche engine into a VW Beetle.
You'd be driving along the city ring highway and this thing would go blowing past at 80+ mph.

In the 80's at university a guy took a Russian Lada 4-door and dropped a Fiat Spyder V8 into the engine compartment.
He used to drive around trolling for suckers. The only tell that it wasn't a stock Lada was the dual exhaust pipes.

 

[ferider]

22 years ago we were married in my car in a drive-through in Vegas. Our only wedding photo below. I’m not allowed to sell that car or like another one better

 

[ferider]

That being said, she bought herself her own muscle car 2 years ago, and I like it quite a bit: a 54 Handyman. Rebuilt in Long Beach, then it went to NC, from where we brought it back to CA.

That roof is from an old VW Bus, BTW, which I discovered after having to replace some (metric!) screws.

 

[Boss1911]

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[cobrajet]

My all time favorited are the '63 split window Vette, 427 Cobra, and '68 Shelby. But those are unattainable. My favorite attainable one is the '69 Mustang fastback, whether it's a Mach 1 or Boss, doesn't matter, that body style just does it for me. I've got a '69 Mustang fastback that is currently in 800 pieces, and one day, will hopefully look like this Gulfstream Aqua one.



We currently also have this '69 Camaro which my wife's uncle bought new. He restored it as his retirement project and had me do the body and paint. He started to have a hard time getting in and out and didn't enjoy working on it anymore, and sold it to us.