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Whats your favorite muscle car ?

Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 3:48 am
by Road Warrior


In USA my favorite is the Mustang Shelby 350, and here in Brazil (we have only a fews "brazillian" muscles here) my favorite is the Ford Maverick GT V8 1979, this car is the LAST V8 of the Brazil, take a look in this one :


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Whats your favorite muscle car ?

Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 5:16 am
by Dmala


OMG.. a blown Maverick. Now I've seen everything. Image


I'd have to say my favorite is the 1969 Camaro Z-28.


-Dave

Whats your favorite muscle car ?

Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 5:34 am
by OzHemi


Favorite for me is a VH Charger R/T E-49.

Whats your favorite muscle car ?

Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 1:16 pm
by Mad Maxwell


Dude,


That Maverick is a '79?!?! It looks just like my old '71. Mavericks only lasted until about '76 or '77 here in the US.


I always figured it to be a closet muscle car with the right equipment!

Whats your favorite muscle car ?

Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 4:32 pm
by Road Warrior


Here the last Maverick is de 79, and the last Ford Landau (a "brazillian" Lincom) is the 1983 !!! the mavericks have a diferent history here, the build start at 73, with a very old Willys 6 cil. engine (i mean very very old !) and the famous 302 V8 with a poor carburator... some people buy a Holley quadrijet carburator to put in the Mavericks, and some crazy people put a blower on it !!! hehehe... i have one too, a original 1976, but my is the "ecomomic one", have a 4 cil. 2.3 engine (the same of Mustang 2), but i change the carburator too (is a little fast now) i dont know why... but the Brazillian Ford in the 70's always put a poor carburator in yours big cars... about the mavericks here, we have 2 clubs, take a look :


http://www.maverickclubecuritiba.hpg.com.br this is the clube from my city, Curitiba.


http://www.maverickclube.hpg.com.br and this is the big one in Sao Paulo, they have more than 400 mavericks in the club ! take a look in the pictures (galerias), and look for the Maverick Batmobile (what ?) yes, a BatMaverick ! hehehe... see ya around guys !



Whats your favorite muscle car ?

Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 7:03 pm
by MFP1
The Charger Daytona or RoadRunner Superbird, those both tie for a 1969 shelby gt500 for us Muscle. Nobody can forget the XB GT Falcon, thats got to be the worlds tops!!!

Whats your favorite muscle car ?

Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 11:18 pm
by Foxtrot X-Ray
In no particular order





The 1971-1974 AMC Javelin. (American)


The 1971-1973 Mach 1 Mustang (American)


the 1971-1973 Dodge Challenger (American)


the 1971-1973 Plymouth Barracuda (American)


the 1972-1978 Ford Falcon XA, XB & XC (Australian)



Whats your favorite muscle car ?

Posted: Thu May 16, 2002 12:08 am
by Anklecranker


Several come to mind....


'69 Hurst Olds 455


'68 Shelby KR500- a friend had the actual car raced in Lemans. it had two fourbarrels and sounded like danger.


'70 454 LS6 Chevelle- My cousin had one that was perfect. I mean conquors perfect. He sold it for $28,000. about ten years ago. LS6 is considered to be the highwater mark of muscle cars.


'71 454 StingRay -390 hp, 4 speed, side pipes. -another friend had this car. He would melt the tires so badly the rubber would have pebbles imbedded permanently


'77 TransAm 400 with 4 speed. Torque Torque and more torque. I had one that was geared in the high 2's and seemed to never top out. I can still hear the quadraJet moaning..


''69 429 Boss Mustang.


'87 Buick GN, Turbo 231 V6. These cars sound strange but they will make a 'vette look slow.



Whats your favorite muscle car ?

Posted: Fri May 17, 2002 12:45 am
by Humphrey351


Foxtrot X-Ray


Looks as though you are a fan of the 70's era cars, good to see someone else who likes the 71-73 MustangsImage. I myself am a big fan of them as well, but have a soft spot in my heart for the 70-71 Torinos as well.

Whats your favorite muscle car ?

Posted: Fri May 17, 2002 4:14 am
by Foxtrot X-Ray
I'll always have a special garage in my heart for my 1973 AMC Javelin.


Of everything I've ever driven, that one fit me the best.





Funny story on that, for many years a good friend of mine swore up and down that the Black on Black was indeed a 1972 AMC Javelin with of course, many body modifications. :)


He also maintained that the Yellow Pursuit & Intercept cars were '71-'73 Mustangs altered to be 4 door sedans.


(None of us knew anything about Australian cars back then)





Hehehe. The good old days.. Image