I have some building to do, and it has to be on a budget because my dad, my chopper flying brother, and I are planning to make a trip with our muscle cars from Detroit to Amarillo.
Dad needs a ride but is looking at a 74 Challenger with a 360x4, a 74 Cuda 340x6 turned into a lime green AAR clone, and a 64 Sport Fury like the one he had back in the 60s that he bought new off the showroom floor, just without the 426 wedge.
My brother has a 73 Cuda in addition to his 70 Challenger, but the Cuda is a driver he bought after moving back to Alabama.
My dilemma, I have the 70 GTO that needs a bit of work but could be drivable in a week with minimal effort, just not nice inside. The 65 LeMans just needs a drivetrain swap, and some freshening of things like the brakes, easily doable, but I know very little about the car and it could end up needing everything under it replaced, but it does have a nice patina. Then there is the 67 Cougar, my first car, it needs the most work but honestly two weeks of work and about $1k and its a driver with the 351C I built back in 07 but never started, or swap in a 5.0 from one of my trucks.
The 70 will only run on E85, so I need to check for stations carrying it, and drag along a few jugs of fuel. The 65 I can put any engine in, so it would probably be the old 455 from the 70 that will run on camel whiz easily and with an OD + 2.93 gears gets low 20s mpg. It would be nice to run the high compression engine and the OD trans to do some real world mileage testing with my combination, but that depends on the fuel stations along the way.
Or I can take the easy way out, and drive the 98 Formula with its power everything, AC, 30mpg, but its an appliance that would just blend into the background.
Dad needs a ride but is looking at a 74 Challenger with a 360x4, a 74 Cuda 340x6 turned into a lime green AAR clone, and a 64 Sport Fury like the one he had back in the 60s that he bought new off the showroom floor, just without the 426 wedge.
My brother has a 73 Cuda in addition to his 70 Challenger, but the Cuda is a driver he bought after moving back to Alabama.
My dilemma, I have the 70 GTO that needs a bit of work but could be drivable in a week with minimal effort, just not nice inside. The 65 LeMans just needs a drivetrain swap, and some freshening of things like the brakes, easily doable, but I know very little about the car and it could end up needing everything under it replaced, but it does have a nice patina. Then there is the 67 Cougar, my first car, it needs the most work but honestly two weeks of work and about $1k and its a driver with the 351C I built back in 07 but never started, or swap in a 5.0 from one of my trucks.
The 70 will only run on E85, so I need to check for stations carrying it, and drag along a few jugs of fuel. The 65 I can put any engine in, so it would probably be the old 455 from the 70 that will run on camel whiz easily and with an OD + 2.93 gears gets low 20s mpg. It would be nice to run the high compression engine and the OD trans to do some real world mileage testing with my combination, but that depends on the fuel stations along the way.
Or I can take the easy way out, and drive the 98 Formula with its power everything, AC, 30mpg, but its an appliance that would just blend into the background.
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