Car Guys, Assemble!

[Hajo]

No doubt the newer engines, from any company, are going to be more fuel efficient.  Fuel injection made a lot of that possible.

That said, I do know some 550HP+ Cobra owners who get over 25MPG in their cars.  They are fuel injected with electronic ignition systems.  Lots of good stuff available, for those old engines, to make them far more efficient than they were in the 60's.

I loved my Road Runner.  Sweetest sounding car I have ever owned.  Those engines were just right.  Heck, my Road Runner got over 20MPG with the six pack setup and would still win at the track.

Skuzzy saw a show on velocity a few nights ago watching a guy adjust 8 Strombergs flawlessly without using any equipment but the back of his fingers and the sound of the engine.

Needless to say my jaw hit the floor.  Seemed almost impossible to me.

And....................... my favorite Cobra of all time the Daytona.  Only 6 built.  Great looking and was very fast.  Just ask Enzo

[Skuzzy]

Skuzzy saw a show on velocity a few nights ago watching a guy adjust 8 Strombergs flawlessly without using any equipment but the back of his fingers and the sound of the engine.

Needless to say my jaw hit the floor.  Seemed almost impossible to me.

Holy potatoes!  No way!  Those things were hard to get right with all the equipment! LOL!

[Hajo]

Holy potatoes!  No way!  Those things were hard to get right with all the equipment! LOL!

It's true!  They did a 32 Ford all steel.  Did not get his real name but they called him the Professor.

Watching that his nickname is appropriate.

[Skuzzy]

That would be very impressive to watch.

[CAP1]

Autobahn flier?

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 ok. you win. 

[Hajo]

To pry the  HEMI SRT Challenger from my hands would take a special car.

That one car is the Cobra Daytona.  Last one I saw go at auction (only 6 made) went for 7.25 million.

I believe 3 or 4 of them are in the US.  The other two in Europe I believe.

Carroll Shelby came a long way from an AC with a 260 cu. in. Ford in it to the later Shelby's.

In my estimation if not the greatest, one of the top 5 developers of all time.

Again....I just love saying this...just ask Enzo.  

[SFRT - Frenchy]

The Daytona is my favorite too over the Cobras, probably because Cobras are everywhere at carshows.

6 if you do not include this one :



I'm fortunate enough to live 3 miles away from this one:

I get to drool on it monthly, and once to sit in it .

This replica from SAAC38 was an attention getter even if not my style:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT14YtQXEe0
Got to chat around with a borred Peter Brock there too. Why did you pick a Daytona? Because it's the most beautifull car in the world.

[Hajo]

Frenchy I am envious!  Most beautiful of all the Shelby's imho and very fast.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Well ... come visit in Salt Lake City foo 

[Widewing]

The Daytona is my favorite too over the Cobras, probably because Cobras are everywhere at carshows.

6 if you do not include this one :

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I'm fortunate enough to live 3 miles away from this one:

I get to drool on it monthly, and once to sit in it .

This replica from SAAC38 was an attention getter even if not my style:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT14YtQXEe0
Got to chat around with a borred Peter Brock there too. Why did you pick a Daytona? Because it's the most beautifull car in the world.

Factory 5 Daytona Coupe replicas are stunning. The modern 5.0 Ford Coyote motor is an option. 440 hp in a car this light is impressive, with good reliability and fuel economy. Of course, a hot 289 is the historic set-up.

https://www.factoryfive.com/kits/type-65-coupe/

[SFRT - Frenchy]

I heard good and bad from F5, the 'benchmark' is http://www.superformance.com/. But that's not the same price.
I almost bought the F5 kit for the daytona, but decided stand by for RCR 330 P4 : http://www.race-car-replicas.com/

[mbailey]

I loved my Road Runner.  Sweetest sounding car I have ever owned.  Those engines were just right.  Heck, my Road Runner got over 20MPG with the six pack setup and would still win at the track.

My father in law had to sell his 69 Roadrunner piece by piece when my wife was born......needed to pay the hospital bills for her birth

To the day he died i told him he got the raw end of the deal  

[CAP1]

years ago, there was an old guy running around in a 68? or 69 coronet. if i recall, it was 440 powered. now me being the ford nut that i am.......i tried many many times to buy that thing from that old coot. he never would sell it.

[Stampf]

We all know it...those of us who owned them or were around them.

There was never and has never been since...anything produced by man or nature on this good earth that sounds like...

...a classic big block mopar.  Even the standard 383 had it.

A sound...how do you explain it...

well at idle it was saying, "I am going to eat your face off".

There's a reason those cars have the following and command the coin they still do today.  Those of us who experienced them...know that feeling that few other makes and models have delivered since.

 

[-ammo-]

Had this buddy in HS many moons ago. He was the luckiest kid IMO.  My dad bought me a little Mazda SE5 pickup truck when I turned 16 and I know I was fortunate.  But this guy gets a 1971 Dodge Demon with a 340.  The car was immaculate and his dad added a bunch of go mods like headers, aftermarket cams, MSD ignition, etc..  The point is, that little small block sounded mean.  I agree, a big block is a whole nuther chapter though.

His car looked just like this but was orange with black stripes