My daughter is researching something - she didn't say what - and asked the question.
Any guesses? Comments??ÿ Answers?
(I picked the Plymouth Road Runner as a sort of family-hot-rod type.?ÿ I told her Chevy made ugly cars in the '60's.?ÿ I owned a Ford Galaxy four-on-the-floor with a 390 V-8 then.)
The '66 Chevelle has a sweet spot in my heart.?ÿ But man there are sooo many of them.?ÿ All different shapes and sizes make picking one really difficult.?ÿ
I also had a girlfriend that had a '64 Pontiac Catalina.?ÿ The hood was so big it had two area codes.?ÿ While not a muscle car, it seemed like the lap of luxury to me.?ÿ?ÿ
Pontiac GTO. There wouldn't have been a Roadrunner if there hadn't been the GTO before it.
I'd say...the VW Bug!
I never owned one, but learned to drive in my Dads 64 (along with advanced training in his 66 FJ40). Just about everyone I knew had a Bug (or Bus) at one time or another, and the stories my generation could tell involving VWs are nearly limitless (and often not suitable for publication).
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Never had one, never wanted one.?ÿ A VW bus painted in pastel colors with large flowers all over it and a cloud of funny smelling smoke coming out of the windows.?ÿ That would be something that clearly says "the 1960's".?ÿ How any of us survived that decade I will never know.
?ÿHow any of us survived that decade I will never know.
I'm convinced that it was just dumb luck (no skill involved).
@norman-Oklahoma I believe that. My best friend had one: Four-on-the-floor, triple two-barrel carburetors, the biggest V-8 they offered!
What was the Dodge counterpart to the Road Runner? (The one with the hemi)
@norman-Oklahoma?ÿ ?ÿI believe that.?ÿ My best friend had one: Four-on-the-floor, triple two-barrel carburetors, the biggest V-8 they offered!
What was the Dodge counterpart to the Road Runner??ÿ (The one with the hemi)
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I believe that it was the Super Bee.
'65 Mustang.?ÿ They don't call them "pony cars" for nothing.
I'm only slightly prejudiced, having spent some formative teenage time in a friend's '66 fastback way back when.?ÿ My mid-life crisis car was a '65 GT "A" code with a 4-speed.?ÿ Bought it from the original owner in '83, sold it in '96 when I got married.
A 68 Dodge Charger of course. ?ÿBlack, 426 hemi, 4 speed. ?ÿDiscussion over now, move on.
Bought a new '67 Camaro SS with a L78 engine when I was 17. I had worked at a beach concession renting Honda 50 Cub's to tourists. Made enough money in two summers to put 50% down and a bank actually loaned me the rest with no cosigner.
The car was fast, IF you could keep it straight when accelerating and forget driving in the rain. Although it was positraction the rear wheels would break loose at the first hint of hard driving. Plenty of power but lousy handling. Had it 11 months before pre ordering a '69 Chevelle SS.
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How any of us survived that decade I will never know.
You and me both. When I think back about those days I actually realize how lucky I an to be alive. ?????ÿ
'68 Westphalia steel-top VW Campmobile, beige.?ÿ Sin-bin don't even cover it.?ÿ What fun we had!
Grossly underpowered, and cabin heat was a Coleman Catalytic heater, which I'd light off about 15 min. before departure in the winter. Finally blew up the crankcase and sold it for $100.?ÿ?ÿ
Once again.?ÿ Learn something new all the time around this place.
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'65 Mustang.?ÿ They don't call them "pony cars" for nothing.
I'm only slightly prejudiced, having spent some formative teenage time in a friend's '66 fastback way back when.?ÿ My mid-life crisis car was a '65 GT "A" code with a 4-speed.?ÿ Bought it from the original owner in '83, sold it in '96 when I got married.
I bought a 65' Mustang K-code Fastback (red on red) w/ a top loader 4 speed & Hurst Shifter in 1968. I sold it in 1970 when I got married (groan).
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I bought a 65' Mustang K-code
That must have been fun.?ÿ Even my A-code had loads of snap when I bought it, but a couple years later when 100-octane gas became scarce I rebuilt the motor and put in dished pistons to drop the compression ratio to 9:1 so I could run unleaded.?ÿ That took away a lot of the punch.
@jim-frame I had a 1966 Mustang and it was one of the worst pieces of junk that ever rolled off an assembly line. I had it about 12 months, three transmissions (all Ford replacements), two power steering pumps, the air conditioner never worked. The radiators were WAY undersized. To run at highway speeds for very long I had to switch on the heater to flush extra water through the heater core. I had people say. "Well you just drove it too hard". I COULDN'T. Just before I traded it for a Malibu the front end started to shake so I took it in to the shop. When they lifted it up the front end FELL OFF. it had been spot welded in place. It was 30 years before I would even think about owning another Ford.
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I bought a 65' Mustang K-code
That must have been fun.?ÿ Even my A-code had loads of snap when I bought it, but a couple years later when 100-octane gas became scarce I rebuilt the motor and put in dished pistons to drop the compression ratio to 9:1 so I could run unleaded.?ÿ That took away a lot of the punch.
I built a new 289 from the ground up in about 69 (new block, went through the K-code heads, dual Quad Shelby Manifold w/ 2 AFBs, Stage 3 Cobra cam, WH dual point/coil ignition, Mickey Thompson Headers, 13/1 forged aluminum pistons, etc. etc.). It would barely idle @ 1500 rpm, and was a dog below about 3000 rpm, but it would really scream from 3000 to 8500 rpm (when I mixed some avgas into the tank).
It was undrivable in the rain (even w/o the Casler Slicks on it).
I wish that baby was still out in my garage...
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