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I'm getting parts together to build 572 hemi stroker that will have electronic fuel injection, and make 1000hp on pump gas.

'63 Impala SS 409
My parents had one, my Mom was caught going well north of 120. So says my Dad and her brothers. She denies it to this day!

Any Goat makes my list. Along with either one of Northern Dave's rebuild cars!!!!

did i miss something??? no Monte Carlo?? hell its the only one still being made ! The Monte is a Chevelle in a BOW TIE

Of the one's I've owned , the 68 , 440 R/T Charger was the best as a daily driver ( once you gave the Carb a lot more air to breathe ) and would go head-to-head with the Hemi up to about 80 mph . I also liked the Style best . Had too much trouble with a 66 , 427 Vette . The 64 Tri-power GTO was slick until you tried to stop ( that could be improved with Ceramic-Metallic Linings that did'nt work so good in Cold weather ) and the same goes for a Ram-Air 350 GS Buick ...a real sleeper ! Hmmmm .... just remembered an 84 Camaro HO V8 that ties the Charger for Style IMO . It's nice to think of the good old days ! Nowadays , it looks like most of the Designers went to the same Schools .

Cracka' you crazy.

You gotta love it every time shrapnel posts a picture of his. Maybe I can get a ride if I'm ever in his locale...

I feel fortunate that my first car was a GTO- a '65 tri-power convertible (it needed work, but I was eager). I also was fortunate that I scored a job for a short time with PMD at a very young age in their marketing/program group. I've had a bunch of Pontiacs in my life, including a couple of Judges. Hardly needs saying that I wish I still had some of those older muscle cars I took for granted way back when.
I'm restoring a '69 GTO convertible now, and hope to add an SJ Grand Prix in the near future.

and will scare women and children. I love it!!

Some great choices, but I find it hard to believe that no one has mentioned my favorite.........66 and 67 Nova SS with the 350 horse 327 and a muncie 4 speed.
My daily driver now is a fully restored '63 Nova Wagon with a transplanted 250 C.I. Inline under the hood, and a Powerglide trans. Blood red body with an off-white top.

The 351 Cleveland would get it if built. I do like the body style, but not as much as I like the '69 Boss!

if i had a chevy it would be a 67 nova.

Both '70 and '71 Street Hemis used AFBs.

IIRC the Thermoquad debuted on the 340, in either '71 or '72.

And no such thing as a Holley Quadrajet. That's a Rochester, a GM carb (generally).

I stand corrected. I must have had Ford on the brain... God help me.

Lots of great cars listed from a great era for cars.

To me, the best one is the one sitting in my garage. Not the fastest or biggest motor, but I've owned it since 1978.
Hear guys always saying, "I used to have one of those", or "Wish I kept mine".
Been thru divorces and lean times and always resisted the urge to sell.
I don't take it out much and it's almost time for another do-over, but I'm glad I kept it.
Wish I had kept my '64 Goat or 302 Maverick Grabber, LOL.

My 1970 340 Cuda had an AVS carb that IIRC was a Thermoquad. It had small primaries and huge secondaries.

I ended up replacing with an aftermarket Carter AFB.

I miss my 66 toronado.
But it did cost 6 bucks in gas just to pull out of the driveway.
I still have my 73 beetle though.

I don't know exactly when they started but in 1956 when I graduated college I bought the hottest thing I could find and it turned out to be the first in the state. It was a Plymouth Fury with a humping big hemi. They were actually chopped and channeled Furies and you could have any color you wanted as long as it was white with the full length embossed gold panel down each side. It had push button transmission and would run circles around my buddies new 56 Vette. In 1971 after a transfer I bought a fire breathing red hemi Barracuda that I really liked to drive to the races in Mid-Ohio. Marriage and family pulled me out of that into a 4 door Chevy Malibu. When I moved to Arizona I bought a 'western' muscle car - a 440 Magnum Dodge Charger. It would go straight up a mountain while idling. I always liked performance cars whatever they were called.

Lots of great cars here.

Surprised nobody said dual quad 409/4 speed 1962 impala super sport?


I like my 69 road runner just fine





but there are a LOT of muscle cars out there and it would be very hard to rank them. (for me, cause I really like most of em)

64 goat
67 firebird 400
My brother bought a 70 F150 ranger with a 390 some guy built up for local track racing... in 74 soon after chevy put the 454 in their trucks... saturday nights we would go to town and 'put them to shame on main'... LOL

We couldn't afford to keep tires on the truck, kept burning them off.

edit, I'm sure it was a f100 not 150...

Kent

While the old muscle cars were cool,for as much power as they made,they really weren't all that fast.

A late model V6 Toyota Camry or Honda Accord will be neck and neck with any of the old muscle in the 1/4 mile.