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Old 09-18-2011, 12:56 AM
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What is your favorite muscle car of all time and why? I'll go ahead and start. This is my all time favorite namely for sentimental reasons. I first got my driver's liscense in this vehicle.

A 1984 Buick Grand National:

















This car was awesome to say the least. It was ungodly fast and had great lines. At one time Nascar used these vehicles for a couple of seasons. This was one of Buick's best cars of all time and it was in production from 1978 to 1988. The Regal was a tuned downed version of this vehicle and had a somewhat different suspension and it wasn't turbocharged like its Grand National cousin was. It still was pretty fast. GM got rid of it because they were scared it was going to out perform and handle their corvette line basically. That would've been awesome if they brought the new Regals back in this body style wouldn't it? That's just one of many of my favorite muscle cars, but hands down it will always be my favorite for the reasons I stated above.
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Old 09-18-2011, 01:19 AM
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I'm sorry, i can't consider a v6 turbo a muscle anything.
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Old 09-18-2011, 01:30 AM
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I'm sorry, i can't consider a v6 turbo a muscle anything.
It's the only V6 that I consider a muscle car. I also like this monster too:



Like I said earlier, the only reason I consider the Grand National a muscle car was because its speed and power was "under rated" and my choice was also based apon sentimental reasons as well. It is the only V6 I consider a muscle car.
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Old 09-18-2011, 02:43 AM
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Hmm love me some Grand Nationals, but the 87 GNX version was the best, as the Buick guys say going fast with class...my favorite muscle car I would consider a muscle and most others wouldn't either, they would be the 79-87 cutlasses, and regals, old people cars with a shit load of power....my brother had a 87 cutlass with a 307 that ran 12.5 in the 1/4
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Old 09-18-2011, 02:49 AM
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Gotta be the 1968 Dodge Dart GTS 340


I love the 1967 Pontiac GTO as well


but the Dart handled better cause it was lighter and was almost as fast as charger 440
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Old 09-18-2011, 03:21 AM
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Hmm love me some Grand Nationals, but the 87 GNX version was the best, as the Buick guys say going fast with class...my favorite muscle car I would consider a muscle and most others wouldn't either, they would be the 79-87 cutlasses, and regals, old people cars with a shit load of power....my brother had a 87 cutlass with a 307 that ran 12.5 in the 1/4
Yep the 87 GNX was the best model they had out of that line up. It is also a favorite of mine. And how can you forget about the old Cutlass 442. Those are really getting hard to find along with the old Grand National and 87 GNX's. There's been so many killer cars that it's hard to pick a favorite. There's one car that GM, and Ford hated more than any other model ever produced by Mopar. The 1971-1974 Dodge Demon. That thing would skip pavement from the factory. Even a 440 Charger couldn't catch it at one time or another. And no I'm not talking about the Plymoth Duster Demon either.There is a difference now.
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Old 09-18-2011, 03:30 AM
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Yep the 87 GNX was the best model they had out of that line up. It is also a favorite of mine. And how can you forget about the old Cutlass 442. Those are really getting hard to find along with the old Grand National and 87 GNX's. There's been so many killer cars that it's hard to pick a favorite. There's one car that GM, and Ford hated more than any other model ever produced by Mopar. The 1971-1974 Dodge Demon. That thing would skip pavement from the factory. Even a 440 Charger couldn't catch it at one time or another. And no I'm not talking about the Plymoth Duster Demon either.There is a difference now.
A challenger appears, equipped with my favorite engine.


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Old 09-18-2011, 03:34 AM
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Yep the 87 GNX was the best model they had out of that line up. It is also a favorite of mine. And how can you forget about the old Cutlass 442. Those are really getting hard to find along with the old Grand National and 87 GNX's. There's been so many killer cars that it's hard to pick a favorite. There's one car that GM, and Ford hated more than any other model ever produced by Mopar. The 1971-1974 Dodge Demon. That thing would skip pavement from the factory. Even a 440 Charger couldn't catch it at one time or another. And no I'm not talking about the Plymoth Duster Demon either.There is a difference now.
I did forget the 442, i can find the 80s versions around here all day long for sale in fact i know of an 85 for $4000
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Old 09-18-2011, 03:37 AM
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I did forget the 442, i can find the 80s versions around here all day long for sale in fact i know of an 85 for $4000
yeah $4000 for a large boat that has 140 HP with a v8 and does 0-60 in 12 secs. I'll stick with my ranger
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Old 09-18-2011, 03:43 AM
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A challenger appears, equipped with my favorite engine.

Yeah those were a killer car. But the Demon is about the only one I know of that was track ready from the factory.

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I did forget the 442, i can find the 80s versions around here all day long for sale in fact i know of an 85 for $4000
The old 442 was a killer car in its own right alot people forget about that model.

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yeah $4000 for a large boat that has 140 HP with a v8 and does 0-60 in 12 secs. I'll stick with my ranger
That's if it hasn't been modded out Andy. If you knew how to do "certain things" with those cars, 9 times out of 10 they couldn't be caught.
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Old 09-18-2011, 03:49 AM
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most cars from the 80s that were modded out had nice rims and loud sounding exhaust and some butch job of silicone on the engine cause the head gasket blew. I have seen my fare share of garden shed f*ck ups on "muscle cars" from the late 70s and 80s. In my opinions if the damn thing doesnt have at least 250 HP from the factory, then it aint a muscle car (pending the v8 from 60s-70s-80s-90s, i realize that some cars were light enough to not need 250 HP, but still...)
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Old 09-18-2011, 03:54 AM
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Yeah those were a killer car. But the Demon is about the only one I know of that was track ready from the factory.
~370 hp and 500 torque, i'd say that car was ready wouldn't you?

Got a friend who wanted to sell me one for my t/a, because he was drag racing with his parisienne and had bent the frame lolol
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1969 Boss 429 Mustang...I would kill to have one of these
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Old 09-18-2011, 04:14 AM
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most cars from the 80s that were modded out had nice rims and loud sounding exhaust and some butch job of silicone on the engine cause the head gasket blew. I have seen my fare share of garden shed f*ck ups on "muscle cars" from the late 70s and 80s. In my opinions if the damn thing doesnt have at least 250 HP from the factory, then it aint a muscle car (pending the v8 from 60s-70s-80s-90s, i realize that some cars were light enough to not need 250 HP, but still...)
I'm talking about a properly modded out engine Andy. Not a hacked up car by some wanna be that doesn't know a piston head from their sister's titty. The 1964 Hemi that was modded by Richard Petty's crew was a prime example. In the 1964 Daytona 500 King Richard lapped 2nd place and led for over 180 laps. He went on after that to win 9 more races in a row and that's when Nascar said good bye to the Hemi and introduced a "de-tuned version" under the new "production rule".


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~370 hp and 500 torque, i'd say that car was ready wouldn't you?

Got a friend who wanted to sell me one for my t/a, because he was drag racing with his parisienne and had bent the frame lolol
No doubt man. I was talking about a factory engine when those cars first came out. I loved how a big block was choked from the factory back then. For example: let's say you just got a 426 Hemi back in the 60's and it was only putting out about roughly 300 horses. Then you see Richard Petty's race car that won the Daytona 500 with the same engine putting out about 700 plus horses and god know how much torque. I'd be a little po'ed about that myself.

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I would too. Have you seen the new 302 Boss Mustang yet?
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