American Muscle Car, Best Ever, Cars from 1964 to 1972

[Joeychgo]

I pick these:

1969 Mustang Boss 302
1969 Chevelle SS 396 aka "Black Belt"
1972 Baracuda 383
1966 GTO
1966 Corvette

 

[1wykdmk8]

I pick these:

1969 Mustang Boss 302
1969 Chevelle SS 396 aka "Black Belt"
1972 Baracuda 383
1966 GTO
1966 Corvette

I would have to go with:
1965 Mustang Shelby GT350
1970 Chevelle LS-6 454 SS
1970 426 Hemi Barracuda 425HP
1970 GTO Judge Convertible
1966 Corvette 427 L7-2 425HP
1966 SHelby Cobra 427 425HP
1969 Plymouth Superbird 426 Hemi
1969 or 1970 Dodge Dart Hemi stripped down drag car you could buy for the street

 

[apbpetey]

I would go with the following:
1970 Hemi Barracuda
1967 Covette 427 convt
1965 Shelby GT350
1969 Yenko 427 Camaro
1966 Chevelle (I don't like the fastback as much)
1966 GTO

 

[Spidar6996]

1969 Yenko 427 Camaro
1966 GTO
1971 Cuda
1965 Vett 396
1968 Pontiac GTO "Judge"
:Beer :nos:

 

[Jibit]

My all time favorite is the 1970 Olds 442 Convertible with the Hurst package.

 

[Spidar6996]

That is a great car I know a guy that had one till an 18 wheeler backed over it in a parking lot. He never had the heart to have it fixed so he sold it.

 

[BlackIceLSC]

I would have to go with the following, in no particular order:

1970 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda convertible
1969 Plymouth Roadrunner 440-6pack(or Hemi!!!)
1970 Plymouth 'Cuda 440-6pack(or Hemi!!!)
1968 1/2 Mustang GT (428 CJ)
1967 Shelby GT-500(w/early 427)
1964 Ford Thunderbolt
1968 Hemi Dart
1969 Corvette 427/435 tri-power roadster
1967 Dodge Coronet Convt w/Hemi
1968 Chevy Camaro RS/SS 396 Convert.(drove one once-liked it)

and all time "dream machine"
1969 Mustang Boss 429(a raven Black one!!!)

 

[Spidar6996]

I would have to go with the following, in no particular order:

1970 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda convertible
1969 Plymouth Roadrunner 440-6pack(or Hemi!!!)
1970 Plymouth 'Cuda 440-6pack(or Hemi!!!)
1968 1/2 Mustang GT (428 CJ)
1967 Shelby GT-500(w/early 427)
1964 Ford Thunderbolt
1968 Hemi Dart
1969 Corvette 427/435 tri-power roadster
1967 Dodge Coronet Convt w/Hemi
1968 Chevy Camaro RS/SS 396 Convert.(drove one once-liked it)

and all time "dream machine"
1969 Mustang Boss 429(a raven Black one!!!)

:Beer Nice choices

 

[Black87LSC]

You guys are forgetting one car though.... The '70 Buick GSX with the Stage 1 455! Only offered in two colors though (Yellow with Black Stripes or White with Black Stripes) Everybody needs one of these cars! :steering

 

[mespock]

Don't forget the Dodge Coronet 500 Simple but they could fly.

Why are the classics the cars that they always crash in Movies

Makes me want to cry everytime I see them put one on the screen, because I know it's going to die.

It's kind of like the name less guy on Star Trek, you always knew he was going to be the one to die from the landing party.

Remember The Days of the Jacked up @$$ on cars. You had to wear your seat belt just to keep you from slidding off the vinyl into the dash LOL.

 

[hintsclue]

Only one I can think of--1969 ZL1 COPO Camaro

 

[Sifrino3]

We need pictures for these sweet H.R.!

 

[MonsterMark]

My all time favorite is the 1970 Olds 442 Convertible with the Hurst package.

Man Jibit, we are on the same page there. I almost bought a blue one from the Volo museum in Illinois 2 years ago. My favorite car. Something they did during the body off restoration scared my off. Still looking for another one though. I would love to send it to that show where they steal the guy's car and totally redo it in 1 week. Those guys are crazy and their cars are incredible works of art.

Anybody want to steal my car???

 

[JoshMcMadMac]

I dig the 442 as well. And the Roadrunner. The 'Cuda is hard to argue.

My personal favorite though is a 69 Vette convertible with the L89 427 putting out a very underrated 435hp.

 

[JohnnyBz00LS]

My all time favorite is the 1970 Olds 442 Convertible with the Hurst package.

You are referring to the Hurst shifter (4-spd) or Hurst dual-gate (AT), correct? Because there was no Hurst/Olds built in '70 or '71. The H/O returned in '72 and paced the Indy 500 (the '70 442 Indy pace car was not a H/O). There were even H/O Vista Cruiser wagons built for track duty that year (now THAT's my idea of a SUV !!). The only H/O 'verts besides the '72s are the TWO '69s built for show duty, one was sighted extensively w/ Linda Vaugh riding on the rear deck lid w/ a 8' Hurst shifter, and the other was given to Linda herself.

But I'd have to agree, it's hard to top a '70 W30 442 'vert. A '70 LS6 SS Chevelle 'vert, a '70 GSX Stage 1 'vert or a '70 455-HO GTO 'vert would suffice in a pinch. I'd even suffer in one of the 8 '69 T/A 'verts, 4-spd preferred.

 

[JohnnyBz00LS]

1969 Yenko 427 Camaro
1966 GTO
1971 Cuda
1965 Vett 396
1968 Pontiac GTO "Judge"

FYI, the "Judge" didn't appear as an option on the GTO until '69. But I get your point, '68s were very similar to '69s. The '68-'72 GM A-bodies are my favorite from that era, easily swallow a big-block and can transfer weight on launch quite well.

 

[Jibit]

You are referring to the Hurst shifter (4-spd) or Hurst dual-gate (AT), correct?

I was referring to the Hurst dual-gate, I guess I was a little misleading when I said Hurst package. I like that year because I like the front end with the headlight together and it still had the 455 in it. If I'm not mistaken, the HP started to decrease in the 442 after '70. Or maybe they were just rated less by Oldsmobile. I've heard tales that the manufacturers claimed less HP back then so that insurance wasn't as expensive.

 

[JohnnyBz00LS]

You are referring to the Hurst shifter (4-spd) or Hurst dual-gate (AT), correct?

I was referring to the Hurst dual-gate, I guess I was a little misleading when I said Hurst package. I like that year because I like the front end with the headlight together and it still had the 455 in it. If I'm not mistaken, the HP started to decrease in the 442 after '70. Or maybe they were just rated less by Oldsmobile. I've heard tales that the manufacturers claimed less HP back then so that insurance wasn't as expensive.

Yep, other than the H/O and Yenko / COPO cars, '70 was the 1st year GM allowed an engine w/ greater than 400 ci into an A-body. In '71, GM dropped compression ratios in all their engines to meet emissions, and HP dropped accordingly (some Ford and Mopar engines retained the higher CRs / HP into '71). In '72, the "net HP" rating (vs. "gross HP" rating) standards went into effect, so the same engine in '71-'72 had lower HP ratings in '72. So 1970 stands as the one year where HP peaked for many GM cars. And yes, many engines were under-rated by the factory for insurance reasons, but this practice started in the mid-late '60s (the Chevy L88 and Shelby Cobra 427 comes to mind). I've seen articles that contained "proof" that the W31 and W30 Olds engines were under-rated as well. The Chevy and Ford 302 ci engines used in the Z28 and Boss 302s (both rated at 290HP) were also under-rated, but that may have been driven more by their participation in Trans Am racing than insurance reasons. Even today, some engines are under-rated (f-body LS1s and '03+ S/C Cobra engines). Remember in '99, SVT learned a hard lesson to NOT over-rate their engine output. It's better to be conservative.

 

[codewize]

I don't think many people are familiar with that one. The COPO is pretty rare. That and the Yenko would be my personal favorites, without making a long list including certain GTO's and Tempest, Mustangs, 63' vettes and all that jaz... :dancefool

Only one I can think of--1969 ZL1 COPO Camaro

 

[JoshMcMadMac]

...63' vettes...

But he said 1964

 

[Lincolnman]

how about the 1969 Mercury Cyclone 427 :biggrin:

 

[1965cobra427]

Best muscle cars

These are the best I've had ...
1966 Plymouth Belvedere II Street Hemi
1969 Camaro Z28 RS
1965 Cobra 427 - Mine's a (clone)
None fast be today's standars, but still a gas to drive!

 

[codewize]

You're still forgeting a car. What about the 409 Impala

 

[virginiafiveo]

1969 camaro baldwin motion
chevelle ss (pick a year)

 

[Katshot]

I'd have to say 1969 and 1970 were the two best years for muscle cars, PERIOD! I had a '70 'Cuda, and '69 Mustang fastback myself. Face it, most cars after 1970 were either slower, uglier, or BOTH.