I don’t have any links, but GM has a new version of the Camaro at the car show, very butch looking, and suped up for the streets. One more thing for the car-buffs to drool over.
I wanna Goat. Actually, I want the '67 Goat they redid on “Overhauling” last night.
But I’d settle for a new Goat (and an unlimited, already paid for gas card!)
My favorite car is the Pontiac Trans Am (nice pics here)
And I’m planning, if I don’t have any unexpected expenses, to buy a '70-'74 Chevy by the end of the year. More precisely an Argentinian Chevy (looks very close to a '70 Chevy Nova).
whatever you do, do NOT get a '74 Nova unless the engine has totally been rebuilt in it. I had a '74 Nova, auto, air, 350 V8. It sucked - it had very little horsepower, and it got horrible gas milage. The paint job was also bad - it was brown with gold metallic fleck, and by 1979 (when my parents sold it) I had already had to take rubbing compound to it twice, and re-paste wax it afterwards - the finish kept oxidizing to a white powder. I also had to drive all winter with 2 strategically placed bags of Sakrete over the rear tires, I had chains for it, and I STILL managed to ditch it once on black ice.
In other words, I hated that car!
Now - the 1966 Nova station wagon I first learned to drive on was a different story - I loved that car, it would go through anything, and the person that finally got rid of it drove it to the junk yard with over 300,000 on it. It had the straight 6 engine, and enough room to stand in the engine compartment (that '74 Nova? In order to change the back 2 spark plugs on the driver’s side, you had to REMOVE the air conditioner compressor!).
It should be an interesting auto show, only ten minutes away in Windsor via tunnel bus, with Honda winning car of the year and truck of the year, Detroit is all a flutter about it. Muscles cars are all the rage with U.S. automakers this year.
Amazing! Just this morning as I was driving to work, I was looking at one of those . . . umm, well, that car that looks like a throwback to 1945 . . . whatever it is . . . and wondering what would be the next one to be resurrected.
I was thinking 1965 Mustang, but this is pretty close.
Makes you wanna find a hot date and go to the drive-in! Wooo!
Oh, dear. Now I’m hungry. I have this sudden craving for burgers, fries, and a chocolate shake, and I’m hearing “Little Deuce Coupe” in my head . . . and . . . and . . . ohmygawd! . . . I wanna drag!
Vrooom vroooooom! Ooooo! I love the feel of a stick shift!
Oh these are different, they were built here, they’re not really novas, they just look like them. Te engines are usually 230 or 250 (L6), and I don’t really care about the paint job as I’m painting all over again
Anyway, I’ve seen lots of cheap chevys (in not so good conditions) and I like the idea of fixing cars so I guess I’ll be OK. The chevys from here are very sturdy, I’ve seen many of them working just fine with zero maintenance in years. And even using natural gas (I mean the kind of gas from the kitchen, not fuel)
We also have argentinian Ford Falcons, they good cars too, but I like better the chevy
the 'cuda was the Challenger, just the plymouth version, so, in all reality, you’re absolutely right.
But, with looks that good the old cudas/challengers only needed slight reworking…
Personally, I applaud car manufacturers reverting to the retro-look for some of the classic US cars of yesterday. They had great personality in their appearence, something most newer designs seriously lack.