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davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

Great view of this car. Lots of drivers saw the same view as this muscle roared away.. Differential and tires tell of massive power to the pavement. No tire smoke means a relaxed "launch"? Could have been an ad for the Bow-tie boys!

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

I was about to Google AAR Barracks

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

"The Boss 429 was a high-performance Mustang variant that was sold between 1969 and 1970 and is considered one of the rarest and most desirable muscle cars of the era. Ford used the vehicle to test out its 429 semi-hemispherical NASCAR engine and just 1359 examples of the car were built during its two years of production."
https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/1969-ford-mustang-boss-429-garage-2910720/

1969 ZL1 Camaro with 427 c.i. all-aluminum big-block COPO model. COPO stood for Central Office Production Order and was used to produce vehicles in limited quantities that were deviations from regular production. The only requirement was that COPOs had to use production parts and be approved by Chevrolet Engineering. COPOs could be used to order anything from a fleet of taxi cabs or school buses to the minimum of special cars to qualify for drag racing.
https://www.motortrend.com/features/sucs-0707-1969-chevrolet-camaro-zl1/

Finally, the 1989 Corvette naturally aspirated 5.7 liter LT5, with 32 valves debuted in the C4 ZR-1 at the 1989 Geneva Motor Show with a jaw-dropping 375 HP. This was at a time when the top-dog Mustang could only muster 225 and Ferrari’s new mid-engined V8 model made do with 296 ponies.
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2020/12/23/the-first-32-valve-dohc-lt5-v8-engine-ever-produced-is-now-for-sale/

My Memory For Both: The only example I ever saw of the Mustang was probably a clone because most of these cars were sold to professional racers and the cost was so high.
For the 1969 ZL1 Camaro, I actually saw one at a local Chevy dealer in Portsmouth, Va. It was STRICTLY a race car with one bucket seat and no other trim, carpets, etc. It cost around $20K when other Camaros were in the $2-4K price range.
For the 1989 Corvette, the engine roughly doubled the price of the car, placing it WAY OUT of my price range. There were such a limited number of these Corvettes, however they may be frequently seen at car shows.

Currently The 2021 6.2 L (378 C.I.) Corvette makes 490H.P. and is EPA rated at 15 mpg city, 27 mpg highway, and 19 mpg combined. "We subjected it to our own 200-mile highway fuel-economy test and recorded 26 mpg, 1 mpg less than expected. . . .we recorded a zero-to-60-mph time of 2.8 seconds and the quarter-mile in 11.2 seconds at 122 mph . . "
https://www.caranddriver.com/chevrolet/corvette-2021

Please don't forget the 389 C.I. Pontiac GTO's, 421 C.I. Pontiacs, or the current Chrysler Demon's or the . . .

Aaaaaahhh, those were the days. Those memories still make me . . .
Smile,
JimmyT Sends
Bravo Zulu
For the memories TriX

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Nice going away shot, vz.

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

My first muscle ‘car’ was a Schwinn, single speed, manual transmission.

gary_oshiro Loc: So Cal

my "completely stock" 1963 Chevy II Nova SS that I inherited from father in-law

Quixdraw Loc: x

Then there is a possible future classic muscle car, my 2005 Dodge Magnum RT. 340 HP 5.7 litre Hemi. Automatic with what we used to call a Slap Stick. Mercedes inspired suspension. Just completely overhauled mechanically, new high performance tires. A joy to drive.

Hereford Loc: Palm Coast, FL

Never had much interest in big block, big displacement muscle cars. I always thought it was more fun to drive a small engine car fast than to drive a muscle car slow.

I had a friend who loaned me his 427 Corvette 4-speed while he was away for a week. This car was a brute. Frankly I could hardly tell the acceleration difference in any of the gears -- they all pulled my hair back hard.

Another neighbor recently gave me a ride in his supercharged Corvette engined Camaro. He could just barely nail the throttle and we were already way over the speed limit.

By contrast I could enjoy driving a 1600 cc 912 Porsche my neighbor had me maintain for her. I could lay the throttle down in every gear waiting and enjoying the sound of that engine making power for quite a period before grossly exceeding the speed limit. I found similar enjoyment with a 1957 283 Chevy as being more fun to drive than a muscle car. Easier to keep my license too.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Nice set

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

340 Duster would run with the big boys.

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

Wish I had a stack of 340s in the shop to play with.

skylinefirepest Loc: Southern Pines, N.C.

What a beautiful 396!! They were exceedingly fast cars and would either win or lose to my 1968 Barracuda 340 Formula S by inches...and I freely admit that I beat most of them because they couldn't keep from smoking the tires off the line.

skylinefirepest Loc: Southern Pines, N.C.

TriX...yeah, you left out the 340 engined Mopars. I have a time slip from Kinston, N.C., dragstrip for 14 flat on street tires and through the mufflers! Geez, those were fun days. The Darts and Barracudas were also operating on a 51/49 weight distribution so they would corner with ease while hauling butt on the straights.

Railfan_Bill Loc: "Lost Wages", Nevada

Yes you did: 302 Chevy Z 28