American muscle....appreciation thread.. post ur faves

[whatisjustis]

 

[Ali]

There no replacement....

Jeep SRT-8 if fuel was cheaper in the UK i'd have one in a shot!

 

[wozzaa]

^^ 4th pic down



Immense - Richard Petty 440 RT Charger - worth an arm and a leg ( not as nice as the 68 69 70 model but very valuable )

Not a 440. It's a 426 Hemi. I would love a 426 powered charger. Unfortunately I dont have £100k+ to buy one.

 

[MATT BLACK]

Not a 440. It's a 426 Hemi. I would love a 426 powered charger. Unfortunately I dont have £100k+ to buy one.

Sorry it is a 426 - profound mopar man like me getting that wrong is a sin punishable by death

 

[Turkish]

Some more pig iron for you guys.

 

[mugglesquop]

MOAR!

 

[VeinAST]

Love street rods but imagine they must handle like a wet trout after being punched in the face on anything other than a straight?

 

[MATT BLACK]

For the those of you that know there Muscle this needs no introduction

 

[VibeFliClioGrande]

i want that... and i wana be at that derby

 

[Turkish]

lol @ this monster.

 

[Kneel]

I know I've probably posted this video about a million times now, but that noise Should be in any thread about american muscle even if its a rat rod...
[youtube]2Omj6zxtIB0[/youtube]

 

[dalla]

 

[tom_dot_COM]

that looks amazing, what is it?

 

[MATT BLACK]

Shelby daytona cobra - the cars that beat Ferrari at Le mans in the 60's

 

[whatisjustis]

It's actually a copy of Shelby Daytona...

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=19900

 

[Dubai182]

Not a 440. It's a 426 Hemi. I would love a 426 powered charger. Unfortunately I dont have £100k+ to buy one.

£100k? Never in a million years. I guy in the states recently had a 426 shortblock conversion and vortech blower done for under $35k, including new transmission, new transfer case, brakes, the works.

 

[Terry172]

Love american muscle cars and one day I would love to own one. Yes they may handle poorly but the noise, the rawness etc is just so good and immense!!

Just to name a few....

 

[richy22]

I know I've probably posted this video about a million times now, but that noise Should be in any thread about american muscle even if its a rat rod...
[youtube]2Omj6zxtIB0[/youtube]

Thats f**king immense

 

[wozzaa]

£100k? Never in a million years. I guy in the states recently had a 426 shortblock conversion and vortech blower done for under $35k, including new transmission, new transfer case, brakes, the works.

Think you should look up again at how much a properly restored original 426 Hemi goes for.

$200,000+ is the going rate. Anyone can go out and buy a crate motor and stick it in an old charger. It isn't the same though.

 

[MATT BLACK]

Ive seen them for $400,000 for a numbers matching correctly restored car

eg

http://www.oldride.com/classic_cars/224027.html

http://www.oldride.com/classic_cars/912931.html

http://www.oldride.com/classic_cars/997825.html



A Yenko Nova and a COPO Camaro ( correctly restored and no's matching ) have recently gone for double that at a private auction in the states

 

[MATT BLACK]

This would be my ride if i had $250,000

http://www.oldride.com/classic_cars/904552.html


Theres a tale about the Hurst Super Stock Hemi Dart which circulated the Drag racing scene in the states back in the 60's. Car and Driver magazine were test driving a brand new Black Hurst Super Stock Hemi Dart for a feature in there magazine when it was stolen from outside there offices by a car thief. A few weeks later the car turned up 600 miles away on a drag strip painted in grey primer with 383 badges. The thief was arrested and the car recovered. Needless to say the car had totally cleaned up at the drag strip and beaten some highly respected cars and drivers several times over. Top man !!

 

[MATT BLACK]

If you own one of these you could sell it and retire from the proceeds - 1964 Ford Thunderbolt 427

100 were made and they ran 11's straight out of the factory - one recently went for $1,6000,000 at the barrett jackson auctions

 

[R20 CWH]

hemi cuda

dodge charger r/t

 

[Gaz]

Ill post a viper up if no other bugger will

 

[VibeFliClioGrande]

dunno bout the viper, moving away from the token muscle look too much for me, like it as a high performance car, but not as a muscle car

 

[Kneel]

Yeah but it follow American Muscle principle, 8litres of powaaa as opposed to the usual supercar recipe of 4-5litres of power and no weight.

 

[VibeFliClioGrande]

fair point... with muscle its mostly about the look for me... when i say mostly i mean slightly... u gotta have a loud big lump up front

 

[Andy.]

 

[Englebert]

Would love a Z06!

 

[MATT BLACK]

ZR1

 

[JB]

Not sure if this will work as I'm on my iPhone but:

[YOUTUBE]GMc2RdFuOxI[/YOUTUBE]

 

[dunganick]

 

[Kneel]

Cant believe I've not posted a superbird...

...

They aren't the prettiest cars ever, but they were a f**king brilliant idea from Plymouth when it came to the NASCAR.

 

[Gavin.]

67 mustang gt.500

2010 chevy camero

 

[jamboyscott]

lol @ this monster.

Oh my YES bloody please

 

[edgeydt50]

 

[Addz]

Gotta love vipers, ultimate yank tank for me. always been a dream car dispite the worlds worst interior!

 

[Addz]

 

[JoeyD]

 

[DaveDreads]

I don't normally like 'stanced' cars, but that is f*cking evil looking.