NiftyNiblick
1960s Chick Magnet
The legendary “muscle car” era began in 1964 with the Pontiac GTO and ended with emission-controlled but still carbureted 1970s models that couldn’t get out of their own way.
Even the earlier good ones were in essence dolled up versions of very ordinary mid-sized passenger cars from General Motors or Chrysler Corporation.
Ford wasn’t a major player in mid-sized muscle cars.
They had the Mustang on one side of them and the Thunderbird on the other.
If you watch the Mecum or Barrett-Jackson auctions on television, you’ll see how popular those vintage muscle cars still are among motor enthusiasts.
My own taste in domestic motorcars of the era was more upscale –
I only liked Cadillacs, Lincolns, and Corvettes that young people like I was at the time usually couldn’t afford.
I’ve got a vintage Corvette restomod now, as a geriatric, but I wish that I had a huge Lincoln Connie to go with it.
Too late, now.
Even if I could in good conscience spend six figures on building another toy, I probably wouldn’t still be driving by the time the project could be completed.
I’m waxing nostalgic about classic cars right now because the internal combustion engine-powered car is on the way out,
and with it,
basically the last vestiges of the world in which I lived the prime of my life.
It’s probably necessary, but it absolutely sucks.
Imagine a boy being born who will never hear the roar of a high compression, large displacement V8 engine.
I can’t imagine anybody wanting to bring such a son into the world.
Anyway, this is the new car enthusiast thread.
Any thoughts on classic or performance cars are welcome here.
Even the earlier good ones were in essence dolled up versions of very ordinary mid-sized passenger cars from General Motors or Chrysler Corporation.
Ford wasn’t a major player in mid-sized muscle cars.
They had the Mustang on one side of them and the Thunderbird on the other.
If you watch the Mecum or Barrett-Jackson auctions on television, you’ll see how popular those vintage muscle cars still are among motor enthusiasts.
My own taste in domestic motorcars of the era was more upscale –
I only liked Cadillacs, Lincolns, and Corvettes that young people like I was at the time usually couldn’t afford.
I’ve got a vintage Corvette restomod now, as a geriatric, but I wish that I had a huge Lincoln Connie to go with it.
Too late, now.
Even if I could in good conscience spend six figures on building another toy, I probably wouldn’t still be driving by the time the project could be completed.
I’m waxing nostalgic about classic cars right now because the internal combustion engine-powered car is on the way out,
and with it,
basically the last vestiges of the world in which I lived the prime of my life.
It’s probably necessary, but it absolutely sucks.
Imagine a boy being born who will never hear the roar of a high compression, large displacement V8 engine.
I can’t imagine anybody wanting to bring such a son into the world.
Anyway, this is the new car enthusiast thread.
Any thoughts on classic or performance cars are welcome here.
