Originally Posted by DweezilAZ
I was gifted a car recently. Not a muscle car. Not even close. But I loved it when I bought it 25 years ago and it's back in my driveway again. I just waxed it.
Muscle cars are not my cup of gasahol. It's my neurotic nature to be concerned with filling them up and the cost. Most are too big and fat. I'm a base level misfit groupie.
But then again: a Pontiac Tempest with the OHC 6 or the early ones with the Super Duty [? High comp, 4BBL carb] 4 cyl. A v8 Gremlin X. Hornet 360. Rebel Machine. 62 or 63 Plymouth 2 or 4 door sedan with 383, even 318. Very standard Road Runner: no options, bench seat, pop out rear windows
Jeez... I guess I can get tempted out of my skinflint ways.
Heh, I can get that. I'm finally getting past any desire for the inline sixes; the modern era with vehicles that go zero to arrest in under 10 seconds make routine driving "need" reasonable power to avoid frustration. But I think a plain jane setup with a 2bbl V8 would be fine, that way all the brackets are in place and it can be hopped up cheaply. Then I could do all the mods to the level that I like.
There used to be a time where it was more honorable to do your own work, be it on your car or your house or whatever. In some ways I'm not sure why muscle cars and hot rods get lumped together, used to be "not cool" to buy your car from a catalog. A real rod had blood sweat tears in it, and was unique when done (or not done, since they were always works in progress, just waiting for the next mod).