Best muscle car of the 70's

[KansasSooner]

Pretty Damn far away from a muscle car, but I've always liked the ugliness of the '72 Plymouth Fury Coupe.

I was of the opinion that Plymouths got ugly in the early 70s and stayed ugly until their demise...

 

[MISKO]

Hmmm. I'll have to read about that. I was always amazed how Fords and GMs looked so much different in their Euro counterparts. One of those could be my next weird daily driver when I get sick of the Mustang.

Sez here the Pontiac Banshee was the inspiration: Opel GT - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

you should get one juice .. i had fun with the one I had ..

 

[Rex Racer]

Hmmm. I'll have to read about that. I was always amazed how Fords and GMs looked so much different in their Euro counterparts. One of those could be my next weird daily driver when I get sick of the Mustang.

Sez here the Pontiac Banshee was the inspiration: Opel GT - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

64 Pontiac banshee Roadster concept

 

[KansasSooner]

Gonna sport this late 60's concept car as an avatar for a few weeks. Pretty cool looking sled.

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Speaking of concept cars did you ever see the AMX/3 concept car, never saw production

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

I was of the opinion that Plymouths got ugly in the early 70s and stayed ugly until their demise...

Nah, but the Neon

 

[Rex Racer]

Speaking of concept cars did you ever see the AMX/3 concept car, never saw production

Never have seen that. Looks radical for American Motors.

 

[KansasSooner]

Never have seen that. Looks radical for American Motors.

You can read more about it here

Muscle Cars You Should Know: '70 AMC AMX/3 Supercar Concept - Street Legal TV

 

[williewilliejuan]

Never have seen that. Looks radical for American Motors.

It's no Pacer...

By the way...I love that someone splurged for rims on his Pacer.

 

[Center Ice]

I love it when they turned shitty cars into something bad ass.

http://SportsHoopla.com/mv9yodz

 

[Center Ice]

Always like the Javelin. You could do shit to it.

http://SportsHoopla.com/qbr2lkb

 

[Rex Racer]

You can read more about it here

Muscle Cars You Should Know: '70 AMC AMX/3 Supercar Concept - Street Legal TV

I googled it in the meantime and found some great pics.

 

[KansasSooner]

I googled it in the meantime and found some great pics.

Reading about its design I think I understand where Toyota got the design concept for the MR-2, albeit with a much smaller motor.

 

[Rex Racer]

It's no Pacer...

By the way...I love that someone splurged for rims on his Pacer.

When I was stationed in Denver for tech school a buddy had a purple Spacer Pacer. Seemed appropriate since we spent all our free time riding around getting high.......... in the Colorados

Years later my mother had a yellow Pacer wagon (sorta) that had the fake wood paneling on the sides

 

[KansasSooner]

It's no Pacer...

By the way...I love that someone splurged for rims on his Pacer.

My sister had a Gremlin, it was a much neater car.

 

[williewilliejuan]

My sister had a Gremlin, it was a much neater car.

This was my introduction to the Gremlin...

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

My second car was a Mercury Zephyr Z7, looked a bit like this one:

Not sure where Ford/Mercury was going with this model (Fairmont/Zephyr), as it wasn't very muscley (had an in-line six), but it was a coupe -- like a shrunken version of the 70's Thunderbird that had gotten so huge. Mine was fairly durable; I tried to blow that motor every other weekend so I could get something else. It had one of those knocks that kept going for a few minutes after you turned it off. You could turn the key back to "On" and it would fire back up. Sometimes, the only thing I could do was turn it off in-gear and then put it in park.

 

[JohnRandle]

Are you speaking of Drag racing? If you are JohnRandle, that happened already and yes I was ready. Matt Hagan picked up where he left off last season taking down Ron Capps for the win in FC. I wish Allen Johnson and the Dodge boys would get their Darts going because they are getting owned by the Summit Camaros again. I am going to the Phoneix race next week-end when the NHRA boys come to town.

I guess I read the schedule wrong..
I turned it on last weekend expecting to see Pomona, and it was Phoenix.
Yeah Hagan is starting out nice.
I don't think the Summit Camaros are the Chevys that need to be feared..
Do you attend that race every year?
I plan on heading to Phoenix one of these years, because I'll have a place to stay while there, and I want to check out a track other than Brainerd .

 

[outofyourmind]

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64 Pontiac banshee Roadster concept

The Pontiac Banshee was a John Delorean concept car.
He was way ahead of his time.
The General Motors President wouldn't allow him to produce it due to his fear that it would compete with the Corvette, which it would have.
It would have had 4 wheel disc brakes, independent suspension, and lots of horsepower, although Delorean's vision of a european sports car would have put Pontiacs straight 6 in it. He said it handled way better with that engine in it.

It would have blown up the Corvette.
GM pussies couldn't handle it.

 

[Retroram52]

I guess I read the schedule wrong..
I turned it on last weekend expecting to see Pomona, and it was Phoenix.
Yeah Hagan is starting out nice.
I don't think the Summit Camaros are the Chevys that need to be feared..
Do you attend that race every year?
I plan on heading to Phoenix one of these years, because I'll have a place to stay while there, and I want to check out a track other than Brainerd .

I agree. Hagan with Dickie Venables as CC is really come out of the shoots with guns a blazin'. Two races, two wins. I missed the Phoenix Race again because I had to move. I was planning on going and then got behind in moving. I'll try again next year. We shall see how DS Racing does in Florida coming up.

 

[JohnRandle]

The Pontiac Banshee was a John Delorean concept car.
He was way ahead of his time.
The General Motors President wouldn't allow him to produce it due to his fear that it would compete with the Corvette, which it would have.
It would have had 4 wheel disc brakes, independent suspension, and lots of horsepower, although Delorean's vision of a european sports car would have put Pontiacs straight 6 in it. He said it handled way better with that engine in it.

It would have blown up the Corvette.
GM pussies couldn't handle it.

LOL..Shelby already did that years ago...
I'm not a big fan of the Corvette, but the independent rear suspension was huge in their development. It kept the tires on the ground for sure.