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Know where there's a 74 El Camino 454 all original and in great shape I can get for 6000.

yep........this ole '70 would chirp the tires going into drive

Personal experience here. Had one just like that only silver. Open the rear of the scoop up so it can get air in. Bump the timing as much as possible. True dual exhaust. Those changes will surprise you a lot.
I had mine in 1977 so there were lots of Camaros- mustangs and a few dusters and Challengers still running around. The TA beat all of them. Edk

Simple fix...

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/esp-615014155/make/pontiac

That AMC 390 was a beast of a motor. Very underrated engine in it's day. My dad had a Javelin and Ambassador wagon with 390's.

That pic of the shaker hood ‘cuda just makes me sick. Makes me long for my ‘71 with the shaker.

I am currently working on a '63 1/2 Galaxie 500 XL. It is an original 390 4 sp white with black vinyl top. It has power steering and air, but not power brakes. That will be resolved. I am replacing the frame with a much more modern frame, disc brakes, far better front suspension, but I am keeping the 9" rear end rather than independent rear suspension.

I have already built the engine. It is a 445" Prison Break with a single 4bbl and I have tri-y headers. The dash is old school look, but modernized with digital/analog gauges. I need to do a pic thread on progress, but will start it next year after I get the replacement frame.

You don’t see that body style much, that will make a great thread on the restoration.

hate to think of cars like that, and people in places like NY State owning them and driving them in the winter...

rusted to hell and back within 5 years and then finish rotting away in the junk yard...

When I've lived in northern state salt country, I just had cars that were blasé and no one cared about them rusting out..

I drove a VW or Volvo, when I was really wishing I had an SS Chevelle... from like 65 to 72 Model....

yeah a 1970 440 6 Pack Cuda was road driving heaven....I use to cry having to go to the bone yard in the late 70s, early 80s and see all the rusted out mid 60s to early 70s muscle cars all rusted out.

Bought it from the original owner in 1970.....paid $1400...........):

Sold it two years later.........that guy still has it.....as per these pics in his garage in SW PA

I was made in 1975 and missed all the original muscle car days. I'm thinking about how I will make it through my mid-life crisis. I might "need" a Hellcat Charger or TRX Ram.

Had a 75 TA w 4 spd and Herb Adams mods

Gotcha partially covered.

No pity from me. This is a golden age of muscle cars too.

Yep. Cars are so much quicker now. Oh, and corners? We can actually go around them….

185 horsepower never looked so good..........

CONGRATS !!!

My brother bought a 1976 TA new with the 455 HO motor, then put a tarantula hi rise intake manifold on it with headers and challenged me to a race with my 1965 Pontiac. I had 308 gears in the rear end, so we went out on the interstate and raced from a 25mph rolling start. He went out of sight so fast, I thought his car stalled. I got a good look at him in my rear view mirror...

Thanks for the comments and suggestions.

I had a 76 Trams Am in 1979-85. It was a 50th aniv. car for Pontiac. It was a 455, 4 speed 3:23 rear and had t-tops. Only 110 were made in that configuration.
Ditched the cat and had a guy mod the carb and opened up the shaker scoop. The carb mods did wonders. The car was set up so lean and he fixed it where it opened the secondaries quicker. Advanced the timing all I could. It was like it was a different car just with tuning and ditching smog stuff.