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We have the patina debate, how about the coolness of the 1970s street machine style debate.
Yes, this car does have a Hemi in it.
Yes, this car does have a Hemi in it.
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looks fulfilled.. excellent wheel choices.Previously boxer3main
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An emphatic and resounding YES!Comment
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except for that 71 style road runner stripe, YES58 Plymouth Sport Suburban. 526 cubic inches of angry wedge! Pushbutton shifted 9 passenger killer!!"Comment
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Not too crazy about the Roadrunner stripe, but it seems to work.Comment
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It's perfect.BS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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Nailed it.Editor-at-Large at...well, here, of course!
"Remy-Z, you've outdone yourself again, I thought a Mirada was the icing on the cake of rodding, but this Imperial is the spread of little 99-cent candy letters spelling out "EAT ME" on top of that cake."Comment
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meh.Life is short. Be a do'er and not a shoulda done'er.
1969 Galaxie 500 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...ild-it-s-alive
1998 Mustang GT https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...60-and-a-turbo
1983 Mustang GT 545/552/302/Turbo302/552 http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...485-bbr-s-83gt
1973 F-250 BBF Turbo Truck http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...uck-conversion
1986 Ford Ranger EFI 545/C6 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...tooth-and-nailComment
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OK, for the guys that don't know, let me fill you in on the "scene." Back in the day, the stock muscle was cool, yes; but it was the modified stuff that got noticed. If you think a regular Dart, Chevelle or Mustang got much more than a second look, you are kidding yourself. All those were just ordinary everyday cars. Falcon, Road Runner, Torino, Firebird, Charger? Same deal - it was pretty common stuff. The radical modified cars got ALL the glory back then, and the stock stuff was as interesting as grandma's car. I would look at stock stuff and like most would just consider it a POS. A very few top musclecars were the exception. The normal stuff was no big deal. A lot of the stuff that guys get wood over today were not even considered as more than basic transport.
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Does it have A/C? It looks like a condensation puddle under where the compressor would be.Comment
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cb antenna on the left quarter?
THat's not ac condensation, that's the radiator overflowing....My fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurkComment
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Diggin all but the stripe.I'm still learningComment
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Something I am beginning to feel very strongly about is that the only wrong way to build a car is if it is built to be a poser. As far as style, build what you like and drive what you like... but do it well. Ya, you could take that to the extreme and say that you wanted the car to look, run, and seem like a complete hack job, but nobody is buyin' it. Whatever style you dig, do it and do it well. If you like '70's Cragars and bias plys... get on it.
All that to say, cool or not cool is in the eyes of the beholder. Forget about the trends and the ins. It's all fluid anyway and subject to change as soon as one too many people copy it or poser parts show up in the chrome plastic aisle of Pep Boys. Like what you like and like what you do. That is what makes any of it cool anyway.
For what it's worth, the Challenger would be cool if it ran at least low 12's without leaving a green liquid trail everywhere. It'd be cooler if it ran at least a good as Squirrel's '55.Bakersfield, CA.Comment
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That's my era, so yea! And I agree about stock muscle cars, at least in 1980, they were just a blank canvas waiting for hop-up parts. If there's a heaven, this would be mine.
Just groovin' to my own tune.Comment
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The stripes look like they were painted by a 12 year old, 70's cool is ok, but that car looks built yesterday to look the part. I might be wrong.Comment
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