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81 messages, Last post on Apr 03, 2009 at 12:54 PM
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Replying to: piCARso (Jan 10, 2009 8:00 pm) After 1972 or so, American cars became burdened with clumsily-designed emissions controls, lower compression engines, and generally mediocre performance, quality and styling. They are simply not highly regarded by collectors and for good reason. The thrill is gone and you end up tinkering with them all the time. This rarely gets any better until the mid 1980s, when you start to get some interesting American iron again, like the C4 Corvette and the Buick V-6 Turbo cars. In fact, one could actually attribute the rise of the "red hot" collector car market for 50s and 60s cars, to the rather dismal choices people had of late 70s and early 80s cars.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 11, 2009 8:30 am)
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Replying to: bhill2 (Jan 12, 2009 1:10 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 13, 2009 9:23 am) |
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My Q ship was going to be a 2 door 69 Valiant with Hemi Cuda engine and suspension with old-man hubcaps and the dual exhausts tucked discretly out of sight. My logic was that the Barracuda was built on the Valiant chasis, so all the 'cuda parts should bolt right on. A nice sleeper, I thought. Sometimes, in my more practical moments, I thought that I'd settle for a 340 instead of the Hemi.
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Replying to: lokki (Jan 13, 2009 2:56 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 13, 2009 3:15 pm) |
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Replying to: lokki (Jan 13, 2009 2:56 pm) Well, they made Hemi Darts too, so it sounds like it would be a feasible thing to do, as long as you swapped everything you needed, and did the appropriate beefing up. A 2-door Valiant would probably be sturdier, too, as it had a B-pillar and framed doors, whereas the Hemi Dart/Barracuda were hardtops. But yeah, a 340 would probably be a much better bet overall. In the Dart GTS, the 340 was good for 0-60 in about 6 seconds, with an automatic tranny and middle-of-the-road 3.23:1 gearing. And that was just the 4-bbl 340, not the six pack. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 14, 2009 10:46 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 14, 2009 10:46 am) A 440 in that car wouldn't even run that. Show me the time slips is my skeptical response. I'm thinking 7.5 to 8 is more real world. |
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