I know many of you guys give Biden and his greenie hos the middle finger by having some of the greatest pieces of art created in Pre-Jungle Detroit. I am always looking into what I could spend my retirement doing. Please post your four wheeled babies.

How about pre-Socialist Scrambled Eggs for Brains England too?



1970 MGB-GT

The old 48 Jeep is the best I can do.

The 67 Mustang needs a lot of work.

This could be one of the coolest classics ever made. 1954 MGTF. It was just a short run of 1 1/2 Years after the MG TD which was the most common of the "T" series MG's...

The 400 Horses sure do like gas!

Here is me '59 Chevy A-Patch shortbed factory 4x4 (NAPCO), cooling its heels in the lake:

My '56 Belair.

Also, this is me '62 Chevy 4x4, updated with mid-80s 1-ton axles, BB Chev & doubler transfer cases:

All very nice. I hope to have something to post pictures of some day.
Keep ‘em coming!
Rick

1962 Triumph TR3. One of the funnest 2 seat sports cars to drive...

desertoakie

Those trucks are favorites of mine and look to be totally off the chart! Good taste!

I shoulda' bought this...

Turns an 11.9 gallons to rapids and back?
Beauty 160

Last I have here is my 79 FJ40. Hopefully in for the frame off next month.

Osky

390 HP & 454 cid of summertime goodness, complete with 4 spd muncie close ratio gearbox.



It’ll pass about everything but a gas station.

370 German horses in a 3300lb wrapper.

I'm loving that crewcab!!

'68 Chevelle SS, 396 CID (I think), Turbo 400

This is my brother's truck. I think it's a 1959. It belonged to our neighbor and it had a home made flatbed with dual wheels on the rear. It never left the farm and it had about 35K miles on it when my brother got a hold of it. When he restored it, he put a 302 Mustang crate engine in it. This thing will burn the rear tires off of it if you wanted it to.

Not really a classic, but this was my first pickup. 1983 GMC S-15

Winner!!!

Lets hold up a minute.... a Vega may arrive[get towed in] at some point.

I've had this one for 52 years....

I wanna play. 1968 AMC AMX 390 GO PACK

Do I recall a build thread on this about a decade ago pointing to a 5.9L 12-valve cummins on board?

My 1970 Olds Cutlass Supreme convertible. Dad bought it new, three months after I was born. All original...

Yep.

What did you do to it to get it up to 400?

Here's me '64 GMC Carryall (Suburban) original 4x4 up in the hills:

Didn’t you sell this rig Hig? Shame if so but I understand. Mine is always $200 and 4 hours of my time from being good to go.

That’s an awesome paint scheme. I’m a 2 tone fan and I’ve never seen one like that.

I did. Some guy in Missouri bought it.

Looks like a 1956, which I think many feel was the most desirable F100 of that style.

Beauty!

There I fixed that for you 😂😂😂😂

2011 Grand Sport.

I had a 1975 Triumph TR6. Beautiful car but I couldn't keep it running even when it was new. Last British vehicle I ever bought.

Uncle has 2 of those. One is rough, rusty, needs a new fuel tank, tranny slips, and the 351 engine is pretty tired. The 2nd need floor pans and some HVAC plumbing for the AC/heat but the 400 and transmission are good to go.


Grandpa had one of those for 25+YRS, it's what I used to learn how to drive a standard transmission.

The AMC 390 was a badass motor. Love the AMX.

My dad had a Javelin.

Or an AMC Pacer….

77 C3, 383, tunnel ram, 700r4, etc



Complete with factory 8 track

Sweet B-body

I’m running the same pie tin. Used to be my avatar on here. Never got any love for it from the Prius and Taco bunch

Parked in the barn right now. Ain’f started it in 5 years. Just too much other shît has my attention

906 heads, 2.08 and 1.88 valves, hp block from a 67 belvedere, purple shaft, port job, forged crank. 72 car with 67 magnum motor, sure grip, 3:91 gears

Was a 318/904 car. Now B-block/727

Where’s the Never Post Pics Ankle Biter mafia???

LOVE IT!!!

Nice!

It's not a true Classic yet, but well on the way, give it another 10 years.
2010 Jaguar XK, 10 speed,with paddle shift if wanted, 385 HP.

My first car in HS, 55 Merc., traded it in for a new 67 Mustang when I graduated from College. Wish I had kept both.

1972 Cheyenne 350 auto , just hit 100k miles. I'm 3rd owner. Dad owned it since the mid 70s

Beautiful. I learned to drive in dad's 67 GTO

67 RS/SS & appropriately blacked out future first wife.

I guess this MAY be a classic now? '78 Jeep CJ5 with AMC 401 v8.

That's a nice one! Best I can do - 72 K10 4 speed:

Thats nice. I always liked the short bed 4wd .

That color! Is that "Plum Crazy Purple"? My dad's "Purple People Eater" was that color. My (blonde) mother was in the shop the night he painted it and she graduated High School with a purple tint in her hair from being in there.

I had a tunnel ram on my '69 Mustang Fastback....many years ago.
429 big block, dual 750 hollys, direct port Nitrous Oxide, locker rear end, 31 spline axles, manual shift body C6, 3500rpm stall, ported heads and on and on.

And yes, I know in '69, Ford didn't put 429's in Mustangs. I did.

Tony

Edited to add: The motor would spool to 8,000rpm, but it was best to shift at 7,200.

351 Stroker 501hp on dyno to rear wheels.

gorgeous

That’s a lot of ponies for a 351, I’m at the edge of usable vacuum in my 383 at around 450 crank hp. Any more cam would require a vacuum pump.

Yes, Plum Crazy

Me and my cousin painted it. Basecoat/clear coat. PPG, custom mixed.
He wanted to put those ralley,ta stripes- those are hinted pearlescent in their tones.

Had fiberglass drop pin hood, flat black with pearlescent flames on it
Found a Magnum hood and went with it for current use.

Was a dodge dark blue originally. But that was boring.

Weren’t no innanet when I started building. Hauled out of backyard for $125
missing, engine, fenders, hood, wrecked in front. No gas tank, interior trashed.

Used to ride around for hours 20 county radius and look in peoples’ back yards for other challengers and try to acquire parts or parts cars.
Have a Burley tobacco barn with a lot of spare parts and 4 additional big block 383 engines stored in along the wall in my shop.

A pretty solid 427 sits under the hood of the Mustang.

Got pic's of the Cameo pickup?

Raeford;
Good evening to you sir, I trust you're well.

How about a '74 Astre GT?



The irony is that at 15, when I'd sold my motorcycles I had enough cash to buy a 3 year old car and build a 283 SB which was supposed to go into it.

Times change don't they?

All the best and thanks to all for the photos.

Dwayne

First car I ever owned. 69 Fairlane, maybe find another one some day.

1966 CHEVY II ss.

All;
The mildly built 283 went into this thing in the end.

It's a Canadian built '71 Pontiac T37 so some parts are interchangeable with the US made LeMans and some were not.



It got traded along with some cash for this '80 Toyota 4x4 just in time for hunting season in '81.



Current midlife crisis/money pit 40th Anniversary Mustang.



Thanks again for the photo feast all.

Dwayne

Stormin Norman

My good friend rebuilds motors he built the motor it is very nice not crazy he said and tons of torque.

It does get your attention when you punch it.
The rest of the car is what i did for after retirement it took me a year to get it where i wanted it. I got super lucky with the paint job long story but Pete Finlan aka Hotdog painted it from show Jesse James.

I thought so! He built a 64 Chevy 4 door post, 4 speed and 327/350 HP and dropped in that car. The last time I saw it, there was a 16 inch diameter tree grown up through the engine compartment.

I forgot about this one I owned for a few years. '72 Mustang convertible, 3 speed manual. Gutless 302 under the hood.

Tony

My friends 56 T-bird, he has had it for almost 60 years, 427 chevy.

Definitely Classic

Wish I could post pictures and contribute
I have currently

78 jeep honcho (project) had it 30
Years
89 k5 blazer restored
84 k20 restored
84 k30 non dually. Nice work driver
85 c30 dually big block 4 speed
Wife’s 02 GTP low miles
64 gto project
66 chevelle 4 door hard top barn find 56 k origonal miles. New battrie and it rams fine

Damn Slummy I figured you for a General Lee type. Nice Challenger.

That's pretty sexy!

AC Ace

Winner first gen Hilux 4x4!!

Schrapnel is correct. One exactly like this was my daily driver from 1966 through 1971. Added a hard-to-find hardtop and then a Judson supercharger. That made it a junior screamer, but way too hard on the valve train, so that came off. Later painted it Nevada Silver, then sold it to get a Corvette.

A few from the fleet

The Heavy Hauler


and the lighter hauler



and the monster



and the de-flamer



and the work truck



the Burb



and a nice old transport

Some of mine.............past and present

I don't understand this. How is supercharging hard on the valve train?

Forced induction will exploit components like weak valve springs, inadequate (in this instance) rockers and pushrods. Boost pressure needs stouter components to control valve opening and closing.

I stuck Judson Superchargers on two cars: a 1962 MGA MkII DeLuxe and a 1959 Bugeye Sprite. I got dinged pretty hard by the judges when I showed the MGA so off it came. I was trying to make the Bugeye into an autocross "screamer" but even with the supercharger it was merely an autocross "yeller", so I yanked the original 948cc engine + supercharger and fitted a 1275 Cooper S engine + 40DCOE Weber carb and extractor exhaust, and boosted compression to 10.5:1 with larger valves/heavy duty springs - then it screamed and I filled a shelf with trophies. Oh for the days of four wheel drifts on Goodyear Blue Streak racing slicks.....

Judson Superchargers had an almost laughable low boost, but did have enough to bollox up engine dynamics with only a modest power increase. That, plus most people couldn't remember to keep the glass oil reservoir filled with Marvel Mystery oil, so the things ran dry and the bad mouthing by people with "Detroit Mindsets" killed it in the marketplace.

Thanks badger for the excellent precise rundown.

Not hard on built valve trains of course - but that was a small straight 4 cyl (story is it was a modified version of what had been an implement type engine) not designed for very quick rev and high RPM. Operator enthusiasm when sitting next to a Porsche or Lotus had a lot to do with the wear factor.

MG purists either love the TF or hate it. I love it. The ultimate progression of classic pre-war styling. MG had to do something between 1953 and 1955 while they came up with a "modern" aerodynamic design (which became the MGA), so they gave the TD a facelift and muddled through with it as the TF.

Champions of Detroit Muscle laugh at the little things, but I'll say there's room on the planet for all tastes - and there's nothing finer than a leisurely drive through the countryside on an Indian Summer afternoon in a vintage British roadster with the top down and a sweetheart by your side.

Yeah, the TR engine started life in tractors. Not exactly small 4-bangers, they displaced 2 liters, and had a typical British under-square design. It was tuned sufficiently to give spirited performance in those light roadsters - so what if they only revved to 5000rpm's give or take, they had bags of torque to spare and they pulled like, well, tractors. They were bullet proof and with their heavy duty bottom ends could take a lot of punishment and withstand a lot of "performance upgrades".

I got early 60s TR-4 engine in my shop

Barn find, from a heap of TR4-A and MGA parts. Doors, bonnets, even got a transmissions. Out of the rain

Someone needs.

Hauled the car bodies off, stripped the parts. The body panels are aluminum

Ain’t nothing but chevy dumbasses in this town.

I "know a guy". Might get back to you.

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My 66 Fairlane. 302 CI, 4 speed

Have you considered swapping that out for a more modern grind?

One of my LT1 draggin' wagons.

sactoller - is this your Gen 2 Corvair? I hope so.

It was. I started building it in HS. It had the 140HP quad carbs. I rebuilt it, Isky Cam and .040 over. It dino'd at 186 to the wheels so it was a mover. I finished it in 1988 and drove it until I sold it in 2003. I wish I never had but it is what it is.

Thanks - you did a great job with that - beautiful. I, too, wish you still had it - and would be trying to get it from you.

I have owned four Corvairs over time (all Gen 2) and, to my regret, do not have one now. Had a vanilla 65 coupe to start in 1972 (someone ran a light - smacked me hard across the front and totaled it) so bought it from the insurance company and salvaged the drive train and anything else possible. Later sold that stuff, with 2 Corvairs, to a guy in the local C club.

Immediately got a 65 Convertible with the 140 hp four carb setup (metal flake blue with white top - maybe kinda ghey today?), then a Corsa turbocharged quickie. Sold those two when we left Tucson for the East - no garage there.

Later, for my wife when we were in Prescott, bought a 68 convertible 140 with 4 speed manual and she loved it. Ran all over the place with the top down. When we later moved to the valley we sold it - she needed an AC car for her business work and we did not have enough garage space - would not let a jewel like that sit out in the desert sun. I am still thinking and looking. What is a guy likely to spend for one like yours?

Always loved the look of the flat fender jeeps- especially when they had been updated with modern running gear and V8 engines... until I rode in one for a while.

it was a new stick if I recal .284/484
Still hydraulic lifters

It’s fine for just the 600 edelbrock carb.

I know that grind. What I mean is there are designs that can improve drivability and power at the same time. Newer stuff can get more area under the lift curve even with less duration.

I never got into the muscle car stuff but I can sure love them. Sweet rides. I’m not a loyalist for brands either. If I see a sweet ride I dig it.
I love them all, really.

Kinda like guns……. I like the bang. Not the name.

I put that car together in 1991. My tech level is stalled. I’ve not turned a wrench on it in 25 years. 😀

Just stays inside.
I’ve never let a rain drop hit it since 1989

All my gear head buds are dead, moved far off now.

I need to get myself back in there do some work and learn the the new tech.

Been busy with medical chit for 10 years

I haven't turned a wrench in a long time either. I live vicariously through the cars of others.

I like these two.

Dad and I rebuilt a 58 Chevy 4x4 in when I was in High School. Would have to look through shoe boxes to find a picture.

Those are SWEET. Thx.

My thoughts too.

Nice looking automobiles.

America: America's hard-working people made some great automobiles.

We can do it again, we are a proud people, we are a strong people. We have American pride.

I kinda miss it, but the market got so crazy & classics becoming too valuable to enjoy other than just looking at.

They've created an annual rod run in my little town that now attracts over 1200 entries, a lot of stuff to look at. I quit going. Can't have an old hot rod anymore to just do some burnouts of bang some gears, cause anything worthy seems like it's worth as much as my house. Guess that's what I get for being a broke dick, when hot rods are part of what got me there in the first place

Sounding condescending here..NOT. Maybe jealous. Enjoy every single photo posted of old cars & trucks. Hell tractors & motorcycles too. Please keep em coming.

Love some barn dust.

You could put that on just about anything for more value. lol

Those are some nice cars!

Ordered this one new in 1973, kept it 45 years, and finally sold it.

Original paint and 29,000 miles:

Yes, not daily drivers but fun and great on the trails.

That is a pretty good group of Vairs!

I had a 62 coupe, that I put a 180 turbo/4 spd. I hadn't started the body, very strait no rust, my mom cruised it around on nice days. I wish I had that one as well, a real sleeper.