Favorite Car of the 1960s (1 Viewer)

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My first car was a Corvair and then a 66 Ford Mustang with 289 engine and 3 speed transmission. I loved that Mustang, but I totaled it after flipping it at a small country road bridge. I then got a Dodge Dart GT.

You say it like flipping a car at a bridge is no big deal. :hihi:
 
You say it like flipping a car at a bridge is no big deal. :hihi:

Surprisingly I did not get hurt except for aches and pains. I hit some loose gravel while going around a curve too fast and away I went. The car ended up facing the opposite direction, right side up and on the opposite side of the bridge. The roof was crushed and one side was crushed from hitting a wooden bridge support. After the car was towed to the wrecking yard the engine cranked right up.
 
You had Chevy , and you had BOP (buickoldspontiac). Mopar was all Mopar ...
true, but try finding parts for the Mopar back in the 70's, The small block chevy was the engine of choice at the drag strip I used to
hand around ;)
 
Half true ... The Challenger , in all forms , is a sled but the newest badass Camaro , I want to say ZL1 ? (don't quote me...) is quite an impressive road car for the genre , you'd have to go pretty high end Japanese to compete ...


ZL1 1LE


and now I just feel dirty ...


Have they added independent rear suspension to the Camaro yet? I know they finally added it to the Mustang a couple years ago.

Anyway, I'm kind of biased. I drive a Mazda MX-5. I can't keep up with a Camaro in a quarter mile, but I guarantee I'll out corner it.
 
true, but try finding parts for the Mopar back in the 70's, The small block chevy was the engine of choice at the drag strip I used to
hand around ;)
The small block chevrolet earned that rep more through ubiquity of all the variations moreso than interchangeability . Mopar Performance (Direct Connection back then) has led the way in performance parts and availability and again , the interchangeability , basically any big block from anything fits , big car , motorhome , industrial wedge motors , other than application specific accessories , everything goes .
In drag racing , small blocks are for tiny tiny cars , grown ups run big blocks ... Non hemi Mopar big blocks are , even today , the cheapest and most interchangeable big blocks . Of course the Hemi is the standard by which all are judged ...
 
Have they added independent rear suspension to the Camaro yet? I know they finally added it to the Mustang a couple years ago.

Anyway, I'm kind of biased. I drive a Mazda MX-5. I can't keep up with a Camaro in a quarter mile, but I guarantee I'll out corner it.
I'm guessing you didn't click , absolutely no chance you run lap times anywhere close to that car in a miata ... It's a 5 link with active electro magnetic shocks and adjustable bars ...
I get it , Miatas are fun , but that's just silly . This is not Billy Joe's Camaro from back in the day .
MX-5 skidpad averaged .91g , very respectable . The ZL1 1LE averaged 1.12 , it would pass you at will at any point on the track .
 
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Have they added independent rear suspension to the Camaro yet? I know they finally added it to the Mustang a couple years ago.

Anyway, I'm kind of biased. I drive a Mazda MX-5. I can't keep up with a Camaro in a quarter mile, but I guarantee I'll out-corner it.
In 2010 they did add independent rear suspension...it can probably out-corner your MX-5....not by much though.A 1LE, however, will though.
 
My mom's first car was a brand new GTO ('66 iirc), the only difference between hers and the photo is hers was a convertible.
my mom's first car was a some year 442 cutlass. she was drunk one night and bragged about the guys she "had" in it. sigh.

my grandfather took it away after she wrecked it about a dozen times (mostly hitting poles).

then, around the time i was born till maybe 5? had a powder blue nova with white interior.
 
A "ride share" driver once posed the following question to me " Do you mind if I drive a bit above the speed limit?" To which I replied, "I don't really care about how fast you can drive, I care more about how fast you can stop. "

HP isn't everything. Braking and cornering are for more important to me than how fast you can drive in a straight line with little to no traffic surrounding you.
 
A "ride share" driver once posed the following question to me " Do you mind if I drive a bit above the speed limit?" To which I replied, "I don't really care about how fast you can drive, I care more about how fast you can stop. "

HP isn't everything. Braking and cornering are for more important to me than how fast you can drive in a straight line with little to no traffic surrounding you.
The same could be said for any car with or without any traffic around them.
 
I'm guessing you didn't click , absolutely no chance you run lap times anywhere close to that car in a miata ... It's a 5 link with active electro magnetic shocks and adjustable bars ...
I get it , Miatas are fun , but that's just silly . This is not Billy Joe's Camaro from back in the day .
MX-5 skidpad averaged .91g , very respectable . The ZL1 1LE averaged 1.12 , it would pass you at will at any point on the track .

I don't believe I said anything about the ZL1 1LE. I'm talking about he average Camarao, not the supped up pseudo race car. I mean, you are talking about a $60,000 plus dollar car compared to a car that costs less than $30,000. I would hope it could pass a $30,000.
 

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