Music & Muscle

[SVTCOBRA]

Was at the music store that my family works at strumming a guitar a few days ago. My daughter was selling a strat pack to a couple (actually their daughter). Overheard my daughter talking to the man about mustangs so I started listening a bit. Started talking to the fellow about his restoration business and the cars he was working on. Anyway, he gave me his business card & website. Has some nice pics so I thought I would share. Very nice cars too!!!! Several would be in MY garage HAD I won the lottery today!!!!!

http://www.rk-collection.com/sale.html

[370Z/28]

OMG....where is a drool smiley??

Check out the COPO Camaro! Whew....what a collection.


Modified by 08.black.G37 at 6:18 AM 8/21/2009

[SVTCOBRA]

Pretty sure I saw the Copo in person at an Auto Fair at Charlotte Motor Speedway a few years ago. Awesome sleeper!!!! Very rare!!!

[370Z/28]

Yum! I think one of the rarest cars I ever saw was a '70 Superbird at the Don Garlit's museum in Ocala, FL. It was low mileage (I forgot how many) but it was THE ONLY ONE that Plymouth painted that color. It was kind of a burnt orange metallic.

[SVTCOBRA]

I remember sitting my my 69 Mach 1 back in the day (1979ish)....behind an all white Hemi Superbird. He was well known in G'boro NC. HUGE rear tires. HEMI1 license plate. Barely gave it gas when the light changed and chirped the HUGE rear tires. I was told he had several others hidden somewhere in G'boro. I did not mess with him

Also remember getting picked up by a couple of girls in a Starky & Hutch Torino while out cruising one night...... .....oh the days!!!

[pfarmer]

I remember sitting my my 69 Mach 1 back in the day (1979ish)....behind an all white Hemi Superbird. He was well known in G'boro NC. HUGE rear tires. HEMI1 license plate. Barely gave it gas when the light changed and chirped the HUGE rear tires. I was told he had several others hidden somewhere in G'boro. I did not mess with him

Also remember getting picked up by a couple of girls in a Starky & Hutch Torino while out cruising one night...... .....oh the days!!!

One that I remember that impressed me was a guy in a Road Runner on I5 near Tacoma. I was next to him at about 50-60 when he laid down a patch of rubber like most hot cars do from a stop.

Noise wise one that really got my attention was one stuck on the beach at Ocean Shores. In the middle of the night we woke up to this racket going on not too far from us. The tide was coming in and a Road Runner was stuck in the sand trying to get out. He made it just as the water was reaching the car. Amazing sound coming from that one, sounded like a giant trapped bear. Now that is the sound I would like to get from an exhaust system on a 'G'.

Perry

[370Z/28]

I think I have mentioned here before about the 440 6bbl my first hubby and I had. The guy that had it before us had bought the engine and had it shipped directly to Racing Head Service here in Memphis. That car was just a ball of torque. It had such a cam in it that it would barely idle. Along with the mechanical fuel pump, it had an electric fuel pump on a toggle switch under the dash. If you didn't flip that switch when you punched it, the car would die.

I know you guys are going to say I'm making this up, but this is the truth....a set of spark plugs would hardly last more than a week. Hubby would pull one out and the whole little electrode thingy would be burned off. We were constantly changing plugs, coil wires and alternators.

Those cars were fun, but they were a pain to maintain. If you remember the first Dodge commercial with the Charger on the trailer and the guy asking the guy in the truck if "That thing had a Hemi in it?". Our Charger looked JUST LIKE the one on the trailer.

[Poyzinous]

I want the GTO. and The Camaro Z28.

[bschurr]

Good stuff.Thanks for sharing. It is also very cool that you rdaughters are into cars. I have 2 daughters and they think I am nits and could care less about my "toys".

I especially like the 1970 TA - that is a rare bird indeed. Kinda reminds me of my all original 1979 TA 6.6L. I used to run low 13's in the 1/4 mile with street tires.

OH THE DAYS!!!

[370Z/28]

My daughter loves cars too. I had promised her my Camaro when I die and she is really going to be pissed at me if and when I sell it.

[atn_chargers]

I'll take the Ford GT PLEASE!!!!

[kmckis1029]

those cars always just looked nice to me... but i would never buy one... i guess its my taste... never really been into old american muscle cars or old cars in general... i have always liked japanese technology/engineering of cars... guess that explains why i have a g35x and my profession as an engineer.

great looking cars though

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

Very nice car...

I love the Super Bird... I would just feel like Richard Petty lol

I love old cars that are made to with up to date tech...

Like that orange camaro rally sport.... All new tech with the old big car body...

[SVTCOBRA]

Good stuff.I especially like the 1970 TA - that is a rare bird indeed. Kinda reminds me of my all original 1979 TA 6.6L. I used to run low 13's in the 1/4 mile with street tires.

OH THE DAYS!!!

In my HS dayz, most of my friends had muscle cars (big surprise right! )and one had a TA just like that with a built 455SD. Was extremely fast.He lost the rear end once into a curb....but, got it back together. There were three of us with 69 Mach 1's.

[370Z/28]

I had a friend and her brother had a T/A just like that. We had a bad storm one night and a tree blew right across the middle of it and totalled it.



Both of my husbands had Camaros when I met them.

[G_whizz]

Good God Rich!!!!



I would take the 69 GTO Judge which is what my Dad used to have and it was supposed to be handed down to me until it caught fire and the 69 Camaro Z28 RS

Holy Hell I'm envious...

[pfarmer]

Good God Rich!!!!



I would take the 69 GTO Judge which is what my Dad used to have and it was supposed to be handed down to me until it caught fire and the 69 Camaro Z28 RS

Holy Hell I'm envious...

Having grown up in this era and detailing cars I have driven most of the 60's muscle cars. Of all of them (and don't get me wrong, I would love a Judge) I found the big goat the hardest to drive. Inside was much tighter than what you would believe from the outside. Hard to see out the back. I found the steering heavy. But most of all was the clutch. Some of these you would almost have to grab the bottom of the seat to hold you in place while you pushed the sucker in. The Road Runners and others were stiff, but the Judge took it to another level. The thing I miss the most is the roar of almost any of these beasts, completely the opposite of what many coffee can exhaust that a certain class of people put on their cars now.

Perry

[Poyzinous]

The thing I miss the most is the roar of almost any of these beasts, completely the opposite of what many coffee can exhaust that a certain class of people put on their cars now.

you mean hond@ kids? Oh man perri, you better come up with a good caption for monday's contest. I bet you remember the roar of your first vehicle, that white 4 year old Lusitano pulling your 4 wheel 10 foot carriage convertible and 14 spoke 28" redwood wheels

[pfarmer]

you mean hond@ kids? Oh man perri, you better come up with a good caption for monday's contest. I bet you remember the roar of your first vehicle, that white 4 year old Lusitano pulling your 4 wheel 10 foot carriage convertible and 14 spoke 28" redwood wheels

This is what was used to make the lioness roar. Works everytime.

Perry

[Poyzinous]

This is what was used to make the lioness roar. Works everytime.

Ah the good ol days. Now you need a $60,000 car and a wad of cash as big as your top hat. or a charming personality. Like me!

[pfarmer]

Ah the good ol days. Now you need a $60,000 car and a wad of cash as big as your top hat. or a charming personality. Like me!

You misspelled 'charmed' remember the lioness is the boss.

Perry

[audtatious]

Nice cars but he must not want to sell some of them for the prices he is asking.

[pfarmer]

Nice cars but he must not want to sell some of them for the prices he is asking.

I thought I noticed some of this as well. Some of them to me seemed to be right in the ball park while others that I am familiar with look a little high although some of those were very rare as compared to rare.

I would like to look at the Challenger to see its imperfections. This may sound a little bit different but this tells you a lot about how original it is right down to misalignment of the rear shackles which was common from the factory. I didn't see a 69 Charger which is one of the Chryslers I would l like to have as long as the rear window had maintained its seal.

Perry

[zozoka1212]

Wow that Copo. Thanks for sharing.

[370Z/28]

If you don't mind me asking....why a '69? What did it have over a '68 or a '70?

I always loved Challengers. Have you ever seen the movie Vanishing Point?

[pfarmer]

If you don't mind me asking....why a '69? What did it have over a '68 or a '70?

I always loved Challengers. Have you ever seen the movie Vanishing Point?

I live the movie. Sort of like the tv series 'Then Came Bronson' (or name close to that).

Anyway the Chargers are a tough call. I lean towards the 68 when it comes to the tail lights. I would like the enhancements of the 70 when it comes to things like electric light doors. However it comes down to two things for the 69. One is i think it has the best looking front grill by far. The second thing is pretending you are driving the General Lee. Of course with the 68 I could pretend to be the bad guys against Steve McQueen.

Perry

[370Z/28]

You would have really loved ours. It was a '68 with a '70 interior. The guy that had it before us bought the whole interior out of a wrecked '70.

I agree the '69 had the best grill. The '70 had a tad too much chrome.

[pfarmer]

You would have really loved ours. It was a '68 with a '70 interior. The guy that had it before us bought the whole interior out of a wrecked '70.

I agree the '69 had the best grill. The '70 had a tad too much chrome.

The only issue I see there would be keeping it original. The grill may be an easy upgrade to a 68 or 70 that could be reversed (not sure what other differences there are as far as mounting etc.). May be the same with the interior, but to me the key is keeping it so you could go backwards when selling as this drastically can affect the value.

Probably the ultimate of neet I have seen when it comes to interior changes was a modified Cuda. It was heavily modified but looked original to most from the outside who really are into the look but don't notice certain changings. The guy who had the project was very tall and had an original he ended up selling.

Anyway he got a ride in a friend's Viper. He modified an older Cuda to the point of having the Viper running gear including the Viper interior. He now could push the seat all the way back into the rear passenger are since no seats were there.

As far as the Chargers go I ran into one that had Viper running gear as well. So you had the looks of the old Charger with the power and suspension of a Viper.

Perry

[370Z/28]

Wow! I went to a car show once and a guy had put a total 4th gen Camaro interior in an early 2nd gen Camaro....I mean dash and all! It looked really cool.

We saw that Charger about a year after we had traded it in. Some old fat haint was sitting in it smoking cigarettes and dropping ashes everywhere. When we asked her about the car, she said she blew the engine right after she bought it and replaced it with a 318.

I hate seeing a car again once I have gotten rid of it. I surely hope I can find somebody nice to buy my Camaro. Someone that will just use it like a toy and show car like I do. I would die if some punk made a drag car out of it, or worse that that, saw it going down Winchester with 22" spinners on it.

[pfarmer]

Wow! I went to a car show once and a guy had put a total 4th gen Camaro interior in an early 2nd gen Camaro....I mean dash and all! It looked really cool.

We saw that Charger about a year after we had traded it in. Some old fat haint was sitting in it smoking cigarettes and dropping ashes everywhere. When we asked her about the car, she said she blew the engine right after she bought it and replaced it with a 318.

I hate seeing a car again once I have gotten rid of it. I surely hope I can find somebody nice to buy my Camaro. Someone that will just use it like a toy and show car like I do. I would die if some punk made a drag car out of it, or worse that that, saw it going down Winchester with 22" spinners on it.

Or trade it in for 'Cash for clunkers'.

Perry