What if....1966
 

I'm working on a contract and it's been pretty low key now, so I thought I'd share something I think about on occasion. If you were of moderate means in 1966, which muscle car would you have bought and how would you have equipped it?

I think I would have had a tough time between a Chevelle SS and a GTO.

1966 Chevelle - 396/360HP, 4 spd, 3.73(?) gears, in either Bronze with a tan interior or Black with a red interior.

1966 GTO - 389 Tri Power, 4 spd, 3.36(?) gears, Azure Turquoise with white interior, maybe a white vinyl top or a white top on a convertible.

1966 L72 Biscayne, bench seat 4 spd, 4.10's, Bronze with a fawn interior

L-79 equipped NOVA for the win.:3gears:

'66 L72 Corvette... Black/Black leather, big tank, side pipes, KO's, M22, F41, J56, PS, PB, PW, wood wheel, tele column, head rests, speed minder, goldline tires.

LOL - not like I've done this before...

Dan

That's a good question, Mark. I was in my sophomore year in high school back in 1966. The car bug hadn't quite bitten me yet. My dad was a Mopar man; he had first a 1949 Plymouth, then a 1956 Dodge Coronet, and lastly a 1965 Dodge Coronet. My driver's training car in high school was a 1966 Plymouth Satellite. Just to give some background.
So, I would have ordered a 1966 Plymouth Satellite with a bench seat and auto trans on the column. I couldn't pick a favorite color not remembering what colors were offered on a Satellite back then; probably a shade of blue with a white interior.
If I could afford it I would have gotten a 426 hemi with a 3.23 or 3.55 rear going more for highway cruising rather than drag racing. If that was out of my budget then a 383.

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1966 Hemi Belvedere with 4 speed, PB, PS and AM radio. I would want room for more than one friend, hence no Corvette.

black with red guts L79 CHEVY II SS

GTO, I’m partial
 

Nice question for day dreamers.

Since your asking about “Muscle Cars” and not sports cars (Corvette), I’ll go with the ‘66 GTO.

1966 GTO Hardtop,
389 / 360 HP Tri-Power, 4 spd. 3.55 posi.
Aluminum front brake drums.

Cameo Ivory on Red.

----If I wanted to race some heavy hitters on the street I would have bought a 66 350HP SS Nova. Then I probably would have stuffed a 365hp solid cam and lifters in it
with a bit more carburation and made it into a relatively cheap money maker. Probably headers, ignition, some stiff gears, etc.. Maybe it wouldn't have been so cheap, but the fun factor would be worth it.....Bill S

Just make sure you race from a roll. That rear suspension sucked for off the line starts.