Muscle car/Classic car for daily driver??????

[EZ Nova]

Nice stories and El Camino. KEEP THEM COMING.

Ziggy, Harvey's??? Umm Jane and 401 by any chance?? That was before my time. We used to run out of Weston & Finch on weekends. Always made some $$$. Never lost but that was because we knew our limits. Ran with a '73 454 Vette with nitrous. Ran twice one night. Ran a Blue '69 COPO Camaro and another '69 Camaro out of Comp Auto. After winning, Serge with the Challenger wanted to run. Umm I knew better and we declined.

My first car was "supposed" to be a B5 Blue '70 Cuda 440+6 4sp 4.10 Dana. Black hockey stick stripe, black int. with Keystones classics. Put $1000 down till spring. Owner got shipped out for work and offered my $$$ back as he didn't know when he could get back and it was now mid April, 1982 (I think). 2 days later a buddy called and said he would take my offer for his '68 GTX Convert. 440 4 sp 4.10 Dana Blk on Blk with red interior. That was my daily driver for 4 years in the summer. Had winter beaters but from april till it snowed, I drove that 440 everywhere. I was 16 and pumped gas. Worked 2 years to save for the car. Car went 12.70's with slicks. Fun car and nice size. Been thinking something like that for a retirement driver. Nice ride, big, has some power and the '68's just look tough.

Nothing seems to match the late 60's Mopar B bodies for size, comfort and power with some tough looks. The '68 GTX/'69 Coronet Rt's as well as the '69 Chargers. There power steering was just sick. Most 440's were fast and pretty trouble free. Ya a L72 Impala would be fast, but just wouldn't "look the part" like the Mopars.

[ZiggyL78]

Originally Posted by EZ Nova

Nice stories and El Camino. KEEP THEM COMING.

Ziggy, Harvey's??? Umm Jane and 401 by any chance?? That was before my time. We used to run out of Weston & Finch on weekends. Always made some $$$. Never lost but that was because we knew our limits. Ran with a '73 454 Vette with nitrous. Ran twice one night. Ran a Blue '69 COPO Camaro and another '69 Camaro out of Comp Auto. After winning, Serge with the Challenger wanted to run. Umm I knew better and we declined.

My first car was "supposed" to be a B5 Blue '70 Cuda 440+6 4sp 4.10 Dana. Black hockey stick stripe, black int. with Keystones classics. Put $1000 down till spring. Owner got shipped out for work and offered my $$$ back as he didn't know when he could get back and it was now mid April, 1982 (I think). 2 days later a buddy called and said he would take my offer for his '68 GTX Convert. 440 4 sp 4.10 Dana Blk on Blk with red interior. That was my daily driver for 4 years in the summer. Had winter beaters but from april till it snowed, I drove that 440 everywhere. I was 16 and pumped gas. Worked 2 years to save for the car. Car went 12.70's with slicks. Fun car and nice size. Been thinking something like that for a retirement driver. Nice ride, big, has some power and the '68's just look tough.

Nothing seems to match the late 60's Mopar B bodies for size, comfort and power with some tough looks. The '68 GTX/'69 Coronet Rt's as well as the '69 Chargers. There power steering was just sick. Most 440's were fast and pretty trouble free. Ya a L72 Impala would be fast, but just wouldn't "look the part" like the Mopars.

Hi.Ya.That was me.I probably met you at Weston & Finch one time or another.It was a great hangout.I had my Grand National back then.I was on Nitrous also.I shocked a lot of Big Blocks as the car ran 11.80s and idled like stock.We didn't have drag radials so we ran McCreary dirt tires.They hooked real well on the street.When I first started using the spray on my GN I did a lot experimenting.Always trying more boost and a hotter chip to go faster.When I got in the 11s I blew a lot of head gaskets.The car was still under warrenty so I just took it in and they usually fixed it.After about the 3rd time my original dealer turned me down.The service manager told me that my Ecm screws were loose and so was the waistegate actuator rod.I had to tow the car to Burlington were nobody knew me to get it fixed.lol.
Thanks for posting.
PS.Buy that GTX before they hit 100K!

[EZ Nova]

Originally Posted by ZiggyL78

Hi.Ya.That was me.I probably met you at Weston & Finch one time or another.It was a great hangout.I had my Grand National back then.I was on Nitrous also.I shocked a lot of Big Blocks as the car ran 11.80s and idled like stock.We didn't have drag radials so we ran McCreary dirt tires.They hooked real well on the street.When I first started using the spray on my GN I did a lot experimenting.Always trying more boost and a hotter chip to go faster.When I got in the 11s I blew a lot of head gaskets.The car was still under warrenty so I just took it in and they usually fixed it.After about the 3rd time my original dealer turned me down.The service manager told me that my Ecm screws were loose and so was the waistegate actuator rod.I had to tow the car to Burlington were nobody knew me to get it fixed.lol.
Thanks for posting.
PS.Buy that GTX before they hit 100K!

Ya we must have meet.

McCreay Dirt 60's Eh. I started running mine on my '88 Mustang GT rag. Like your is was stock, but with a kit and headers. Sprayed 100. That was one of the most fun car I ever had. Best I got with the stock motor and Nitrous was 11.60's at JP Day @ St.Thomas. People kept saying I was in the "wrong-lane, that the 11 second car lane" LOL Even had the turbine on it with the McCreary's.

I too hurt it at the track, Cayuga this night. Raced a 427 '68 Firebird, beat him bad as I think he thought I was just a stock 14/15 second car. KILLED him off the line and sprayed in 2nd. Last pass of the night, went to run and I hear, "this is a grudge race" over the PA and the Firebird passes about 10 cars to race me. Well this time I spray off the line. I heard it hit the bottom end and rattle some. It was off as RPM was a bit low, Ran 12.0??? and KILLED him again. He didn't believe the car could run like that. Too it to the local dealer and said "it just started poppin and farting" Car had about 70,000Km so there replaced the engine (they had already did 3/4 trans). I went to get some stuff out of it, and the mechanic goes "HOW FAST IS IT ON NITROUS". said he didn't care just wanted to know and said the new motor is balanced and .030 over, so should be a bit faster. It was and that's when it went into the 11.60's. Ran like that for about a year.

The went to JP to get a top-end. I knew Paul and Joe already from the track as I was crew on my buddies SB Ford IHRA record holding B/D dragster. So I talked to them some and when I got there Paul was taking apart his black Tbird. So he said, "Give me and hour and you can have my heads and intake off my car" For years those "stock" casting had more work than anything we saw, done very well. Car was running 11's WITHOUT Nitrous now. Never did need the nitrous, but did play with it a few times with that deal. Man the car was fast, for a 4000lbs + GT with a big stereo. Only thing that fit in the trunk as a case a beer sideways, or a 10lbs nitrous bottle. But couldn't be at the same time....

So back on track. With my dealings noted about in the past. I have thought of a Ranger with a 5 liter as a drive to fit this DD stuff. Just think it's too small and doesn't have the look. Plus time to do all this just isn't there for a while as we just had a baby Feb 2018. Like something that "could" tow an open car trailer. So I guess a wagon or El Camino would be the smallest I would go. Not towing far maybe a couple hrs.

Ya the GTX deal, maybe a couple/3 yrs away. Just can't swing it now I think. BUT never know.