What is your favorite Classic car?
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The third car I drove, first one I spent my money on back in 1972. Bought it from a farm girl going off to college ($550.00). 1966 GTO Black Convertible, 389ci, Carter AFB 4bbl., Powerglide transmission (ugh!) Photo shown is borrowed off the Internet. Mine had a white leather interior and white top. I put 60K+ miles on it. Sold it to a friend in the 80's, he sold it recently, about five years ago, for a bunch. He re-built everything, changed body color to red, added disc brakes, bought a new intake and added 3-2 bbl., added air-conditioning. I liked it better black. I had this through two years of high school and college. Had lots of fun in that old goat!!!!! I'll try to find photos of mine. Nice photos and stories guys!
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Idgit (me).
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Yes, it is. I should have known by the rims. Dead giveaway. I was referring to the ol' Pino Ferino's. Basically a go cart for small adults...
Good catch!
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aprazer402 wrote: »The third car I drove, first one I spent my money on back in 1972. Bought it from a farm girl going off to college ($550.00). 1966 GTO Black Convertible, 389ci, Carter AFB 4bbl., Powerglide transmission (ugh!) Photo shown is borrowed off the Internet. Mine had a white leather interior and white top. I put 60K+ miles on it. Sold it to a friend in the 80's, he sold it recently, about five years ago, for a bunch. He re-built everything, changed body color to red, added disc brakes, bought a new intake and added 3-2 bbl., added air-conditioning. I liked it better black. I had this through two years of high school and college. Had lots of fun in that old goat!!!!! I'll try to find photos of mine. Nice photos and stories guys!
This is the one time I will agree with Russ. Goats are cool!
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Liked the 65 GTO better as they were a little smaller. Good looking GTO anyway.Yamaha RX-A2070, Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amp, Benchmark Dac1, Bluesound NODE 2i, Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport, Parasound Zphono USB Phono Preamp, Fluance RT85, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Polk L600's, L400, L900's, RC80i's, SVS 3000 Micro, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, Nordost Silver Shadow Digital Cable, Cullen Gold and Crossover Series Power Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha Analog Interconnect Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 11 OCC Custom Power Cable, Signal Power Cable, Furman PL-8C 15 Power Conditioner, Sony 65" 900F, Sony UBP-X700, Fios, Apple TV 4K, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables.
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They were trying to give these cars some of the swagger the Buick Riviera had without making it look too much like a Buick. The Rivi was taken more upscale for 1966, sharing much of its body shell with the 1966 Toronado and the Eldorado, which followed for 1967.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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Four guys in my high school had similar GTO's, a '65, light purple/turquoise (can't remember the exact color name but it was unique and real sharp), two 66's, mine and a green hardtop with a 4 spd. and 5:13 rear end, and a burgundy '67. We had tons of fun; they all raced with their 4 speeds, but I got the girls with the convertible!
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Liked the 65 GTO better as they were a little smaller. Good looking GTO anyway.
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I liked the small cars with a good motor because they were usually faster and would handle better. I beat a lot of big motor cars (not all) with the 302 small block in my Z in a drag race. BTW I'm talking stock cars, not ones with a bunch of mods to the motor.
I did a lot of street racing in high school and I never had a problem with the Pontiacs, Mopars and Fords I ran against, just the 427 435 hp Vettes and 427 425 hp Chevelles.
The street Hemi's were very hard for the average person to keep in tune and the ones I saw weren't that quick except for one owned by a professional drag racer. He knew how to tune it and it was very quick. I'm sure there were other Hemi's around I never saw that were quick, but the ones I ran into weren't. Some of the rich kids owned one and didn't know how to tune it, much less drive it.
The fastest street car I ran into was a ZL-1 69 Camaro. If you don't know what a ZL-1 427 engine was, Google it.
I understand some like a bigger car, nothing wrong with that.Yamaha RX-A2070, Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amp, Benchmark Dac1, Bluesound NODE 2i, Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport, Parasound Zphono USB Phono Preamp, Fluance RT85, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Polk L600's, L400, L900's, RC80i's, SVS 3000 Micro, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, Nordost Silver Shadow Digital Cable, Cullen Gold and Crossover Series Power Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha Analog Interconnect Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 11 OCC Custom Power Cable, Signal Power Cable, Furman PL-8C 15 Power Conditioner, Sony 65" 900F, Sony UBP-X700, Fios, Apple TV 4K, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables. -
.I liked the small cars with a good motor because they were usually faster and would handle better. ... I understand some like a bigger car, nothing wrong with that.
A good friend had a 1970 Chevy Nova SS, all stock, 396 c.u., 4 bbl., auto on floor (console w/gauges) turbo-hydromatic. It was a silver body, 2dr hardtop w/black vinyl top. I never saw another stock 396 Nova. It just never looked like a muscle car. It had the factory Chevy mags, two wide metal grooved strips down the middle of the hood (not sure what they are called), and 396 flags on the front fenders forward of the wheels. It was fairly quick. I liked the earlier Chevy II's and Malibu SS's better. -
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aprazer402 wrote: ».I liked the small cars with a good motor because they were usually faster and would handle better. ... I understand some like a bigger car, nothing wrong with that.
A good friend had a 1970 Chevy Nova SS, all stock, 396 c.u., 4 bbl., auto on floor (console w/gauges) turbo-hydromatic. It was a silver body, 2dr hardtop w/black vinyl top. I never saw another stock 396 Nova. It just never looked like a muscle car. It had the factory Chevy mags, two wide metal grooved strips down the middle of the hood (not sure what they are called), and 396 flags on the front fenders forward of the wheels. It was fairly quick. I liked the earlier Chevy II's and Malibu SS's better.
I agree about liking the earlier Chevy II's and Malibu SS's better.
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Ha! When these first came out my Dad would laugh and say things like "upside down fish bowl" and "if it flipped over in water it'd just float away"Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
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There was a lady in my hometown that had one. Lime green and beige!
Just about every morning she would stop at the traffic light in front of my bus stop and I remember thinking to myself: "What would possess someone to see that godawful looking rig and want to buy one?" 
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1969 Mustang 428CJ. I have actually seen this car a couple times. Very rare."Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
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Not my first car but the one after that. Stock was a 318 auto. Eventually I bought a wrecked 72 Dodge PU with a big block 400 that was the donor for a custom built 426 wedge. I offset ground the crankshaft to accept BB Chevy H-beam rods and custom forged pistons. 400's were the biggest bore Mopar ever made (Ford 460's were the only one bigger). My rotating assembly and total engine weight was lighter than a stock 340. I raced it once in the Sportsman class at Heartland Park in Topeka, KS. Hit the finish line at 11.02 seconds and was immediately escorted off with "Son that thing's too fast for Sportsman" I'm sure with a little tweaking it would have been a 10 second car.
Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
This concept car still rides around on campus every so often. On permanent display in our internal museum. 1951 Buick LeSabre:
Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD. -
I would love a tour of that museum...The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
nooshinjohn wrote: »I would love a tour of that museum...
I can do that! Every year they have an open house for guests. First time I went there I was absolutely blown away! On occasion we will have special meetings there for our group at work. They do rotate the collection, so every time I visit there is something new. Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD. -
My dream that never came to fruition. I worked on this program, until it was cancelled. Hummer H4:
Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD. -
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I would love to see the Aerovette. You guys dropped the ball when they passed on building that one....
Would have been the world's first true supercar, and perhaps even more desireable than the 1963 SWCThe Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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nooshinjohn wrote: »I would to see the Aerovette. You guys dropped the ball when they passed on building that one....
It's there! Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD. -
Just seeing if you were out there lurking Jimmy! Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD. -
My dream that never came to fruition. I worked on this program, until it was cancelled. Hummer H4:
I think Jeep builds a version of that now...The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
McLaren F1 with airbrakes deployed
