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Originally Posted by BadNick
I don't know how old you are,
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23 years young
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Originally Posted by BadNick
...but for reference I was 18yo in 1967, and I grew up driving and drag racing these cars like you are choosing, including all sorts of Hemis (always capitalized like "God"), 440 Magnums, 440 six packs, 396 Chevelles, 454 Chevelle, GTX, Road Runner, all sorts of Corvettes, GTO's, 442's, and many street rods, some of these stock and some with pretty radical mods. So in spite of the fact that I'm watching Barrett Jackson auction as I type this, and earlier tonight a Hemi Cuda sold for something like $2 million, IMO the fantasy and legend of these cars exceeds their actual performance. In fact, my current fun car (700hp '95 Supra 6sp) could take out almost any of them in any kind of venue, straight or curvey. I'd still take the CB1 over any of them so I can enjoy driving it, not collecting it or building it.
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Ah, but it's not just about numbers or autocross, it's about soul. The Supra is really fun to drive, espically at 700 hp, but it probably doesn't have the history you have with the classic big engine monsters from the 60s and 70s. It's like the pretty girl you grew up with being better than the model you're dating now.
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Originally Posted by Cycler
If we are not sticking to only cars this is in the muscle car "vein" and call haul stuff too.
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Oh, trucks can be muscle cars in my opinion, and that's a damn good place to go for a great automobile.