Now here's a cool car

I think you're a bit late when talking about "hot" Studebakers.
The 1951-52 Commander weren't too sleeply, and the '53 was even
better. That's with a little Studie V-8. They shoved a 352 Packard
engine in the Golden Hawk in '56, which was more "muscle car" in that
it would go fast in a straight line, but going around corners was a
bit hazy

Well, shove you memory about the Buick Century back to 1936. If you
want to define a "muscle car" as a big engine in a light body, that
was the original Century,

Then you can look at the 1949-50 Olds 88. Making that car wasn't the
original plan---they were going to offer a 6-cyl in the GM A body and
the V-8 only in the C body (98). Until somebody figured out that a
303 CID V-8 might put a bit of serious performance into the Olds
product line.

And nobody here has yet mentioned the Hudson Hornet, which cleaned
everybody's clock in stock car races for years.

In 1967, when those Mustangs were new, I was driving a 1965 Buick
Riviera, and the Mustang didn't interest me in the least.

Hank

 

Cool car? Yep... I'm on my third Mustang - how I wish I'd kept the others...
especially the 64 and a half....

Spawned anything? Pony cars yes... But here's muscle
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1964-ford-fairlane-thunderbolt.htm

 

No one here wants to horn in on your territory...


Dave

 

Fastest off the line? I don't ever recall a Beetle with "neck-snapping"
acceleration...

 

That's an opinion, AFAIC so are you.

As opposed to what, a 63 Belvadere? GMAFB

And I corrected him without offending half of Usenet or being a
dickhead about it.

It was a troll. Are you new to Usenet?

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"Uhoh, well that shouldn't have happened..." - Mike Holmes

 

Which is cool, yet hardly fits the definition of "muscle car."

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"Uhoh, well that shouldn't have happened..." - Mike Holmes

 

Which brings up an interesting thought. If half of the car drivers
switched to horses, how much CO2 and methane would replace the lost CO?

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"Uhoh, well that shouldn't have happened..." - Mike Holmes

 

ROFL....

"FOR SALE:
Nothing at the moment. Well, everything's for sale, for a price, but
I'm not actively trying to sell anything..."

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"Uhoh, well that shouldn't have happened..." - Mike Holmes

 

Not that was 100% stock anyway...


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"Uhoh, well that shouldn't have happened..." - Mike Holmes

 

http://thatwillbuffout.com/2010/03/18/funny-car-photos-supercharged/#comments

 

My memory is substantial and durable, but even with a good shove
doesn't go back that far.

Let's let the "conversation" return to the hysterical arm-wavers.
Nothing worthwhile to be gained here.

Cheers!

 

Less than 50% of what is currently being spewed in DC...

<G>

JT

 

Phooey on the Rebel... Go back to 1957 and the Golden Hawk.

<G>

JT

 

No love for the '56? (was trying to find the link to the news article
about the demise of my own in a literal blaze of glory, but it seems to
have expired. However the last owner of that car has apparently
purchased another! that's dedication...)


nate

 

Not for me... My ol' '56 Power Hawk is 'nuff for my purposes if I ever
get the gas tank cleaned out.

Oh, post the link as I did not know that your GH is no longer...

JT

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/GlobalWarming/story?id=2906888&page=1

 

Nice troll, interesting mix of groups.

And an interesting hobby you have. Hope it works for you.

dwight

 

If you like that, you'll love this!


http://holycoast.blogspot.com/2010/03/its-too-late-to-save-planet.html


I actually read this the other day on BBC, (linked from Drudge), but
found it today on Google at this site.

JT

(Who has an utterly short fuse when it comes to stupidity)

 

Hmmm...maybe someday we will sprout organic USB ports as so we can
plug into "Gaia", a la the leftist liberal movie, Avatar.

 

Right wing asshole alert!

How about you give it a rest and let's talk about cars here? (reading
the Honda NG)