When I was 17 my first car was a 1970 Mavrick with 200 in line 6 cylinder
My play toy at that time was a 1965 Ford Mustang 2+2Fastbackwith a 289 in her...... Loved that car only wish I would still have her today.......
I paid 600.00 bucks for it....
The fastest car that I owned was
1972 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ model with a 455 in her.... Talk about a nice riding car.... Would pass everything on the road..... I paid 500.00 for it in 1981, got it my wife...... Then got orders to go over seas...... It was to big to take to England...... Gave it to my brother to hold on for me and he traded it in on a FORD EXP.......

 

I hear you.One of my Dad's many cars was a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere with a 383, 4 barrel carb. It had a 4 speed with a bench seat. I was only 14, but he let me drive it all the time. I miss that car.

In those days, cars were cheap and fast. You would buy a $200 used Impala, blow the engine a year later and go out and buy another used $200 car.

We went through 20-30 cars between the 50's and 80's. Some that now would fetch 10's of thousands.

 

I'm a Chevy guy, and have been in plenty of 57 Chevys.

But even I have to admit that the '58 Ford Skyliner with the retractible roof is a car to totally lust.

 

Here is the car to beat all cars. Can you name the 40 different cars this wild thing is made from. Hint: all the parts are from 1974-1975 vehicles.

 

 

yah thats what i always said is that it looked like a plane to me...why do they call it a bird?? but they call it a bird for some reason...

looks a lot better when its shiney...mmmm..shiney...did i mention thats my favorite color....oh man! now were really off topic

 

(the thingy on the '55/6 hood) commonly referred to: As a "hood bird."

Space,
The original info you posted, is it on the up & up?
I ask cause the Monte is mentioned at that caught my eye. (ouch!)

One car I'd love to have back is the '68 Ply Sport Satillite convertible my youngest sister bought. 383 magmun under the hood with a 4bbl carb, 727 trans, bucket seats, console, true duel exhaust. Driving it was likea license to fly.

 

Ever wonder why it get 3-4 MPG? Even though over half of the population in the states and more than 75% of the countries in the world "HATE" the President, he still needs to be protected from those that wish to do harm to the position not just the person. The car doesn't go on road trips just to see the country side. It is used for "Official" travel by the office of the President, no matter who it is. I agree that the goverment has its hands way to deep in the pockets of everything in this nation, but if the current gas prices continue to grow at the same rate, gas will be over 5.00 a gallon in 09. The auto companies need to get off their collective asses and bring better economy to the public. As far future "Hotrods" go, given the demand for the type of cars, the companies will find a way to give us whatwe want in the car we want, because they want our money

I did not want to start a flame war, just point out that the car gets lousy mileage because of the type of car and the protection needed for the person riding in it. Also that car companies can and will meet the new standards by the mandated date.Lutz just wants to give us a reason to panic about not getting that 09 Camero orFireBird/ Trans Am

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1971 Dodge Demon 340. I did own as my first car in 1989, but it was a 318

 

[align=center] [/align][align=center]RJ, thanks for your post & infor. My Source was GM[/align][align=center]Winding Road site and[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align]GM puts brake on rear-drive vehicles[align=center]Published April 10, 2007

[b]General Motors has put a hold on future rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

"We've pushed the pause button. It's no longer full speed ahead," Vice Chairman Bob Lutz revealed in an interview.

Two of the most important RWD cars in the works are the Chevy Camaro sports coupe due back late in 2008 and the full-size, RWD replacement for the Chevy Impala sedan for 2009. Both are expected to be huge sellers and contribute major profits to a GM till burdened with IOUs the last few years.

"It's too late to stop Camaro, but anything after that is questionable or on the bubble," said Lutz, noting that also means Camaro derivatives -- along with a big Impala sedan, "if we call it Impala."

The RWD cars, you see, would be larger and heavier than front-wheel-drive cars or are high-performance models.

So it comes down to the matter of fuel economy. Or as Lutz says: "We don't know how to get 30 percent better mileage from" RWD cars.

That 30 percent bogey arises from a proposal by the Bush administration to raise corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards by 4 percent a year so cars would have to average 34 m.p.g. by 2017, up from 27.5 m.p.g. today. On top of that, the Supreme Court ruled last week that the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate carbon dioxide expelled by cars, a gas that contributes to global warming. The EPA doesn't do so now.

"We'll decide on our rear-drive cars when the government decides on CO(-2) levels and CAFE regulations," Lutz said, adding that limiting CO(-2) would increase mileage, too.

"Carbon dioxide is a natural byproduct of burning gas and directly proportional to the amount of fuel burned. If we legislate CO(-2) from cars, why not legislate we take one less breath per minute since humans release capricious amounts of CO(-2) each time they exhale?" offered a testy Lutz.

Lutz also points out that higher mileage will come at a price, with the proposal to raise CAFE certain to increase costs by as much as $5,000, which will be added to a car's sticker, an amount most consumers won't be willing to pay. There are no hard numbers for how much CAFE compliance adds to the sticker now.

"Rather than buy new, people would hang onto their old cars. We could eat the $5,000, but that would put us out of business."

Besides, those who see cars as more than just an appliance are eager for the new RWD offerings.

Among other cars affected are a high-performance midsize Pontiac, a replacement for the full-size Buick Lucerne sedan, a compact smaller than the current CTS at Cadillac and possible 300-horsepower versions of the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters.

"This is very disappointing," noted Erich Merkle, director of forecasting for IRN Inc., in Grand Rapids, Mich. Most of the cars coming are necessary to GM's turnaround as showroom magnets.

"What the public buys makes CAFE work, not what the industry builds," Merkle added. "To improve mileage you change demand, not supply, by raising gas prices through taxes. But no politician is going to do that so they throw the responsibility on the back of the industry."

Lutz also objects to the talk that carmakers can easily raise mileage with a very low investment.

"Academics assure us that for $200 we can get 30 percent better mileag