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He says he's not dead.

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Slap Shot said:
Wow that's embarrassing. :)
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IIRC that's how Duguay bagged Carol Alt. So not embarrassing at all.

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(Well. Embarrassing for Ron Greshner.)
 
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A 427 Cobra is just one wild machine, those were the days. Todays cars are more comfortable, stop better, handle better, more reliable but nothing turns heads like a true Muscle car.
 
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walrus said:
A 427 Cobra is just one wild machine, those were the days. Todays cars are more comfortable, stop better, handle better, more reliable but nothing turns heads like a true Muscle car.
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The Top Gear guys are always noting that the high performance cars from the 1960's are incredibly uncomfortable and have all sorts of handling problems. But still... incredible eye candy.
 
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Kepler said:
The Top Gear guys are always noting that the high performance cars from the 1960's are incredibly uncomfortable and have all sorts of handling problems. But still... incredible eye candy.
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Exactly-back in the 60's I could never afford one-so they were my dream cars. Fast forward 50 years and there are just so many better choices for me. But for the reason you mention they still hold my attention.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
A loss of a true legend. The Cobra, the Daytona, the GT350, the GT500, even had his hands on the GT40 and the Viper. Just a Legend.
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I was actually wondering about his involvement in the GT-40.... I couldn't remember if he was involved from the beginning or if he came along and worked mainly on the Mark IV...
 
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DrDemento said:
Exactly-back in the 60's I could never afford one-so they were my dream cars. Fast forward 50 years and there are just so many better choices for me. But for the reason you mention they still hold my attention.
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This was more affordable and fun too!
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SteveP said:
This was more affordable and fun too!
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Steve-In the 60's I drove a VW Beetle (used) with a 40 HP engine and could barely get up even minor hills on the NY Thruway without slowing down. I think top speed was about 72(with the wind at my back). I must admit to envying those GTO's that roared by me on the trip up to Troy or Albany.
 
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DrDemento said:
Steve-In the 60's I drove a VW Beetle (used) with a 40 HP engine and could barely get up even minor hills on the NY Thruway without slowing down. I think top speed was about 72(with the wind at my back). I must admit to envying those GTO's that roared by me on the trip up to Troy or Albany.
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Doc, your beetle may have been equipped with the famous auxiliary gas tank, which IIRC, held one liter (the cars had no gas gauge). So when it sputtered to a stop. And you reached down to flip that handle to give yourself the extra few sips of gas, you IMMEDIATELY headed for a gas station and did not pass go.
 
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DrDemento said:
Steve-In the 60's I drove a VW Beetle (used) with a 40 HP engine and could barely get up even minor hills on the NY Thruway without slowing down. I think top speed was about 72(with the wind at my back). I must admit to envying those GTO's that roared by me on the trip up to Troy or Albany.
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Oh yeah - my buddy had one with the "heater" that usually blew cold air. Made for some miserable drives home after skiing.
I bought a well used Subaru wagon in Denver. Driving it home to Glenwood Springs it was all I could do to coax it up to the Eisenhower Tunnel. It had the engine that was a clone of the VW engine. But, in 4wd it could climb a tree :)
 
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Kepler said:
The Top Gear guys are always noting that the high performance cars from the 1960's are incredibly uncomfortable and have all sorts of handling problems. But still... incredible eye candy.
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They evoke so much for many of us I think--music, girls (well, the hope of girls), the anything-is-possible time in life.
 
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DrDemento said:
. Fast forward 50 years and there are just so many better choices for me. But for the reason you mention they still hold my attention.
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Their might be a hand full of new cars that I might turn my head around to look at, probably none made in the USA but a 64 Fairlane, I'm all over it. A 64 Fairlane with a Drag Pak, I'm drooling. There were so many cool muscle cars, I've ridden in many, some that are now so valuable people don't drive them. A buddy had 64 GTO 389 tri power, their was no way possible to get enough tire under it back then to make it hook up, a true tire roasting machine:D. You coud order anything you wanted back then, family sedan with a 426 Hemi, Station wagon with a 427.
 
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