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Originally Posted by BDBiker
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I was lucky enough to live in the "Muscle Car" era, where the cars you pass daily would be:Nova, Chevelle, Camaro, GTX, GTO, Superbird, SuperBee, Mustang, Cuda, Challenger, etc. Those were the days for car lovers!
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Yes, same here. What started it for me was a ride with my g/f and her g/f and date in a 64 GTO, (goat). Next year ('66) landed a career path job right out of HS and bought a 67 goat. Later a 69 Ram air III and the sad end with a 72.
A lot of young guys working with me and we all had some muscle. 396SS, Chevelle 325 or 350 hp 327 sleeper, Vett, another SS, several superbees and a good friend with a Hemi cuda that we road in a lot. Cuda was tops for the stock crowd. All had high lift cams and real nice sounding/loud exhaust...no after market required...
You would meet for the evening and load up and just cruise the drive-ins etc. Not out much during the week as everyone worked. Mainly Sat night. The girls liked the cars as much as the guys.
No road racing, ie thru traffic, lane changes etc...just some red light drags to the next light as traffic was thin at best or not there after 10....serious drags were at the track or some were done on deserted back roads with stoppers at both ends...
In one small town near by, the rail track was not used at night, so we would put the car on the track and just idle along in 1st or 2nd gear...no steering required except at road crossings...like a sail boat, a real nice quiet ride..people on the hood etc...
As Viet Nam war was in full go and you could be drafted the next week and dead in less than a year, the cops were/seemed more tolerant unless you were just a total dumb ass and asking for it.
Really fun car times, except for Nam...the engines had tons of torque and you could cruise in 3rd from light to light as the Tq was enough to take off in 3rd...oh and no safety nannies, it was all on you...
Oh I could go on, but one thing..except for the stang,cuda,camaro/firebird,
these were large cars and room for four was ample and not crunched....so cruising with four or road trips were fun..(my only complaint with the gen 5 not to mention no hardtop)
And The best for last!... Hardtops! no B-pillar!!.....if you have not seen the look or ridden in a 2dr hardtop with all four windows down you need to get an oldie and enjoy....Mercedes is the only one I know that now makes a hardtop, e-550 coupe i think..
example of 67 goat:
http://ultimategto.com/cgi-bin/showc...967/67_00175_3
Edit: '67 goat in 67 was around $3,400, air, disk frts p/s radio..etc
69 ram air III was about $3,800 if I remember correctly and the '72 goat was around $4,200 or so all window prices..