I like the 60s/early 70s muscle cars too. But I’m more amazed at some of the newer cars. Factory stock early muscle cars are mid 13 second cars at best. There are plenty of Motor Trend articles to back that up.
Late models are so amazing and it doesn’t have to be a Corvette, Hellcat, or GT500, Drive a CTS-V Cadillac. MT clocked one in the 11s. Jeep Cherokee TrackHawk will run 11s. Even the Cherokee SRT will run low 13s beating the GS455 and LS6 cars of 1970. I even recently drove a couple of Lincoln MKZ V6 3.0t with AWD that tested at 13.7 in the 1/4. That would be quicker than almost everything from the 60-70 era.
As much as I liked some of the muscle cars I had (SS 396 impala, Hurst Olds with 455, 69 Camaro with 454, 81 Corvette with SB 400 and Doug Nash 6 speed), I love some of the LS conversions some are doing to the early Camaro and Chevelles.
Late models are so amazing and it doesn’t have to be a Corvette, Hellcat, or GT500, Drive a CTS-V Cadillac. MT clocked one in the 11s. Jeep Cherokee TrackHawk will run 11s. Even the Cherokee SRT will run low 13s beating the GS455 and LS6 cars of 1970. I even recently drove a couple of Lincoln MKZ V6 3.0t with AWD that tested at 13.7 in the 1/4. That would be quicker than almost everything from the 60-70 era.
As much as I liked some of the muscle cars I had (SS 396 impala, Hurst Olds with 455, 69 Camaro with 454, 81 Corvette with SB 400 and Doug Nash 6 speed), I love some of the LS conversions some are doing to the early Camaro and Chevelles.
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Yes been there, 68 mustang with pac man painted on the doors eating bowties.. After the Mustang came a 68 SS 396 Chevelle but I actually prefer the 2nd gen of the 70s.. The simple design of the 70-73 split bumper camaro just melts my butter..
We are definitely in a modern muscle car era...The old generation has the style and character...the new generation has the technology that allows them to do things that old school can only dream about.
My favorite is when someone resto mods an old 60s/70s vehicle with a modern drivetrain. my father in law has a 69 road runner that he bought a wrecked srt-8 charger and swapped the drivetrain into it...ran 12s at thunder valley and can drive it across country getting 20mpg with the ac blowin... beyond clean. his good friend has a 66 nova with a new supercharged vette LT4 and 10 speed auto running 10s...also drives it across country on the power tour getting 22+ mpg. these cars are nuts.
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The great thing about the restomod genre, is cars that would have been scrapped or left to rot completely can be made into some great looking and reliable machines. The other nice thing, is they are not being represented as something they’re not.
Exactly!!!
Can you imagine a L88 BBC with modern electronics. Variable cam timing, and direct injection? Toss in a water cooled and inter cooled turbo. Lawd-A-Mercy!
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shoot these days you can buy a wrecked 2000's 2500hd chevy, yank the 6.0/4L80E, put a chinese GT45 turbo kit on it with some injectors and valve springs and it will be too fast for most people...like 700+ whp...
This^^ My wife has the 2020 Jag SVR which can almost keep up with my GT500. I’m a Chevy guy at hurt so an old Chevelle is on my bucket list.
In high school I had a 74 Camaro that I replaced the 350 SB 2 barrel with a 396 BB and a Holly double pumper. After that I took a Chevy Luv and dropped a 283 SB down in with a powerglide.
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I have a 1967 Dodge Coronet R/T with original disc brakes, 440 4bbl, auto, 3.23 posi 2 door hardtop, silver with blk vinyl roof. I bought it new in 1967, wore it out and restored in when I moved to Oklahoma. It does not have AC, so it has less than 5K miles since the restoration. I drive it for a few days after I service it each year, but motly it just sits covered in my garage. Frankly, nobody in my family is interested in having it, and I'd rather sell it before I die to somebody who appreciates it. No idea how to go about selling it while isolating from the pandemic.
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