I had a 1968 Couger XR7 that had a 351 Cleveland out of a 1970 Mach 1 . 330 HP and 11:1 compression from the factory . The next year for 1971 it was labeled as a Boss 351 .
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For you old myscle car nuts.
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Cool car, but a bit more money than I'd be interested in dropping for a garage ornament too. I can appreciate the uniqueness of them, but I like to drive my cars. Objectively, there's just so many newer cars that are just as fun to drive but so much more practical, I leave the old cars to guys who just want to go to shows in em.
I had friends stop in from out of state two weekends ago to attend Corvettes at Carlisle. We all have Vettes. As much as I admire the older cars, honestly I just can't get excited about owning one. Saw a few 71 370Hp 350 4 speed cars at the show. My older brother had one and that was the first Vette I ever drove. Man I loved tha that car, but I still wonder if I'd want to own one. Anything earlier than about 2005 is just too much hassle for me. Just too old and too impractical. And this coming from someone who's been a car guy since birth. Rode in my first Vette at age 4, a 66 vert. My sister's brother in law's car (at her wedding).
My first car was a Camaro, and I've owned 16 F Bodies in total. Still own a 93 LT1 6 speed I bought new. I've had Fords, Buick, MG, obviously Camaros and Firebirds, Cadillac, but my favorites have been Vettes. Currently have a 13 427 Convertible (Collectors edition carbon fiber car wtih the CF/Balsa wood floor, CF body, etc.) Fast on a scale that's hard to describe, and just finished with HP Tuners on it a month ago after having the heads redone. Just went over 40K miles, never been driven in the rain. Not so much as a windshield wiper mark on the windshield. I use it as a fair weather daily drive in summer. Can't imagine getting less use than that from a car.
And having just come from C@C, I can tell ya we saw plenty of insane numbers on cars. Ironically, there's also great deals there. It's hard to understand why some folks want a fortune and others near give the cars away...
I had friends stop in from out of state two weekends ago to attend Corvettes at Carlisle. We all have Vettes. As much as I admire the older cars, honestly I just can't get excited about owning one. Saw a few 71 370Hp 350 4 speed cars at the show. My older brother had one and that was the first Vette I ever drove. Man I loved tha that car, but I still wonder if I'd want to own one. Anything earlier than about 2005 is just too much hassle for me. Just too old and too impractical. And this coming from someone who's been a car guy since birth. Rode in my first Vette at age 4, a 66 vert. My sister's brother in law's car (at her wedding).
My first car was a Camaro, and I've owned 16 F Bodies in total. Still own a 93 LT1 6 speed I bought new. I've had Fords, Buick, MG, obviously Camaros and Firebirds, Cadillac, but my favorites have been Vettes. Currently have a 13 427 Convertible (Collectors edition carbon fiber car wtih the CF/Balsa wood floor, CF body, etc.) Fast on a scale that's hard to describe, and just finished with HP Tuners on it a month ago after having the heads redone. Just went over 40K miles, never been driven in the rain. Not so much as a windshield wiper mark on the windshield. I use it as a fair weather daily drive in summer. Can't imagine getting less use than that from a car.
And having just come from C@C, I can tell ya we saw plenty of insane numbers on cars. Ironically, there's also great deals there. It's hard to understand why some folks want a fortune and others near give the cars away...
Good friend and neighbor has one. His father bought it new as part of his collection of cars, picked it up on NY, drove it home to here in PA and never drove it again. His parents owned an auto parts store and the Father and both sons collected cars, bikes, you name it. Warehouses full of em. I think Dan's got more than 30 Harleys. His parents are both gone now and both brothers are retired now. I know Randy has a Zonda that I've wanted to get a ride in but haven't yet. They've been Ford guys since birth and boy do they have a trainload of Fords...
Only $110K for this beast https://www.facebook.com/share/1BkDFLb96B/
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