Classic American Muscle.

[Pickles2]

Anyone into U.S. Muscle Cars, I always have been. In view of the rapidly escalating values of Aussie Muscle, some of these U.S. cars represent excellent value.
Such a car has just appeared on the "Australian Muscle Car Sales" website.
It is:
'69 L71 Corvette.
427 tri Power, 435HP.
39,000 miles.
Original & unrestored.
Asking $139K.
What a great car this would be with that legendary 427 up front!
And great value it is, with some Brock/HDT Commodores making $300K+, older Monaros even more, and Phase 111s well they've gone stratospheric.
So yeah, I reckon this car is excellent value, only if ya're into this sort of stuff of course.
Pickles.

[goingbush]

Not sure you would call it a "Muscle Car" but I had a '76 2 door Continental MkIV for 5 years , 460 cubes & drove like a boat . Bought it for $12,000 ish in 1990 swapped it for a block of land in 1995 , Sold the land 2 years ago for $280,000 . Mark IV in the same condition can still be had for about $15,000 so I fell on my feet with that one :)

[Pickles2]

Not sure you would call it a "Muscle Car" but I had a '76 2 door Continental MkIV for 5 years , 460 cubes & drove like a boat . Bought it for $12,000 ish in 1990 swapped it for a block of land in 1995 , Sold the land 2 years ago for $280,000 . Mark IV in the same condition can still be had for about $15,000 so I fell on my feet with that one :)
That worked out MUCH better than any of the car deals I've done!
Gotta love a Lincoln, Pickles.

[justinc]

BIL just sold his 383 4spd 1970 Camaro SS/Z. Got 50k for it, about what a good v8 holden sandman ute goes for!!

[rick130]

BIL just sold his 383 4spd 1970 Camaro SS/Z. Got 50k for it, about what a good v8 holden sandman ute goes for!!I passed one of those parked yesterday.
God they are a nice car.

[Bigbjorn]

In 1975 when I got married I had a company car, the Mrs. had a near new Escort. Jerry built POS but she loved it. and I had a play car. A 1970 Dodge Challenger convertible with Hemi 426 and 4 speed. A very rare car. It was not original as the original street Hemi had been replaced earlier with a Mopar Performance drag race Hemi. Somewhere over 600 big horses. Stony broke after paying for a wedding, putting the maximum deposit we could rake up on a house, stamp duty, etc. The Dodge had to go to buy furniture refrigerator, freezer, washing machine and so on. I sold it for $5,000 which was market value at the time. It is now worth somewhere over $300,000 and would be more if it had the original engine. Sigh!!!!

Fastest thing I have ever driven other than a couple of pure race cars. The standard convertible body had no aerodynamic add ons like a Daytona or Superbird and got dangerous from 130 mph up as the air pressure was lifting the front end. Still had plenty of go left at 130 which was roughly 5,000 rpm and it would rev to 7,000 in the lower gears. Exhaust note at full revs and load was awesome.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Nicks the real deal,,,

YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxu_85y8YGFQcY11cJGNtA)

[goingbush]

I forgot, I also had a '62 Compact Fairlane , not exactly a Muscle car either but it would do a mean burnout , Being in my Youth I desecrated it by fitting a 351C in place of the 260W but of course I didn't realise it would not fit so cut a hole in the bonnet & completely buggered it up by putting an A9X scoop on it . The things you do.

FB on the trailer on the way to the Marysville Demolition Derby .

also my First Landy in the background .

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[Pickles2]

In 1975 when I got married I had a company car, the Mrs. had a near new Escort. Jerry built POS but she loved it. and I had a play car. A 1970 Dodge Challenger convertible with Hemi 426 and 4 speed. A very rare car. It was not original as the original street Hemi had been replaced earlier with a Mopar Performance drag race Hemi. Somewhere over 600 big horses. Stony broke after paying for a wedding, putting the maximum deposit we could rake up on a house, stamp duty, etc. The Dodge had to go to buy furniture refrigerator, freezer, washing machine and so on. I sold it for $5,000 which was market value at the time. It is now worth somewhere over $300,000 and would be more if it had the original engine. Sigh!!!!

Fastest thing I have ever driven other than a couple of pure race cars. The standard convertible body had no aerodynamic add ons like a Daytona or Superbird and got dangerous from 130 mph up as the air pressure was lifting the front end. Still had plenty of go left at 130 which was roughly 5,000 rpm and it would rev to 7,000 in the lower gears. Exhaust note at full revs and load was awesome.
A genuine Hemi Challenger "CONVERTIBLE" (UNREAL!), that is an extremely rare beast, even without the matching numbers engine, $300K?...I think you're underestimating!!,...and a genuine original 426 Hemi R/T?..could be in the seven figures.
Pickles.

[Bigbjorn]

A genuine Hemi Challenger "CONVERTIBLE" (UNREAL!), that is an extremely rare beast, even without the matching numbers engine, $300K?...I think you're underestimating!!,...and a genuine original 426 Hemi R/T?..could be in the seven figures.
Pickles.

I saw one for sale at Ellingson's in Minneapolis in mid 1916 for US$325,000. It was absolutely smick but an automatic. Hemi and 4 speed convertible would be the rarest version of this model. They did have a glorious original 1968 Cadillac convertible for US$25,000 and I got the feeling an offer of $20,000 would have got it. I was very tempted. Ellingson's style themselves as a museum but in reality it is a big classic car yard and all but a very few are for sale at the right offer.

Before left Oz the First Minister gave me a dire warning about buying a car in the US. She saw me perusing auction catalogues for historic race cars. I hoped to buy a Champ/Indy/Sprint car powered by Offy. I then thought a road car, a nice cruiser, would not attract the same wrath as a race car. I did seriously look at a 1976 Eldorado Biarritz for US $35,000 but the exchange rate was not in its favour. A 100 point car and the Cadillac Club of America Car of the Year in 2011.

[justinc]

I passed one of those parked yesterday.
God they are a nice car.

The guy who bought it drove it from Cairns all the way home to SA. Apparently totally in love by the time he got home😍

[Pickles2]

I saw one for sale at Ellingson's in Minneapolis in mid 1916 for US$325,000. It was absolutely smick but an automatic. Hemi and 4 speed convertible would be the rarest version of this model. They did have a glorious original 1968 Cadillac convertible for US$25,000 and I got the feeling an offer of $20,000 would have got it. I was very tempted. Ellingson's style themselves as a museum but in reality it is a big classic car yard and all but a very few are for sale at the right offer.

Before left Oz the First Minister gave me a dire warning about buying a car in the US. She saw me perusing auction catalogues for historic race cars. I hoped to buy a Champ/Indy/Sprint car powered by Offy. I then thought a road car, a nice cruiser, would not attract the same wrath as a race car. I did seriously look at a 1976 Eldorado Biarritz for US $35,000 but the exchange rate was not in its favour. A 100 point car and the Cadillac Club of America Car of the Year in 2011.
Gotta love a Caddy.
Many years ago Shannons had a white 1958 Series 62 Convertible, it was the "cover car" of their auction publication. Shannons is just around the corner from us, so after I saw it, I went home to Wifey & asked her to come & look. She wasn't keen, but when she saw it, she fell in love with it. So, I got Council Permits to extend our garage front & rear so that it'd fit in etc. The price was $60K, a LOT of dollars for us, but we were keen,......until we drove it! Unfortunately it had been converted to RHD many years ago. Anyway owner comes around to our house, still got pics of the Caddy in our driveway, and we go for a drive down the Nepean Highway (many people were waving at us!), with the hood down of course, it was a VERY impressive LOOKING car, but unfortunately the driving experience was not,....use the brakes & the front bumper almost hit the ground, steering?..move the steering wheel a foot in either direction,...with no change in direction,....lots of trim not quite right etc, so it didn't happen. If we'd had another $60K, we could've made it a ripper car, but without the dollars it was not viable for us. But ever since then, I've had a soft spot for a Caddy, definitely something special about them.
Pickles.

[Strangerover]

I forgot, I also had a '62 Compact Fairlane , not exactly a Muscle car either but it would do a mean burnout , Being in my Youth I desecrated it by fitting a 351C in place of the 260W but of course I didn't realise it would not fit so cut a hole in the bonnet & completely buggered it up by putting an A9X scoop on it . The things you do.

FB on the trailer on the way to the Marysville Demolition Derby .

also my First Landy in the background .

https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/10847159_815802325168226_5822016717188179997_o.jpg ?_nc_cat=109&_nc_eui2=AeFTS6NadOAA-B9cqmEQwztQN0_8Z-2UM1_8DViD4HNC7WPW9wSyXasXuGhT4C76jKj8Lwc4__cCfa1n osQEnFnQZfkorNtEAorfBZB3N7z-iA&_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.xx&oh=c7a0568eab3fbbf5566e3919bca13e57&oe=5CA3C6B9That Kombi would be worth a bit now too...

[goingbush]

That Kombi would be worth a bit now too...

Yeah, Dad sold it for $300 :( . Ditto Dads XL ute , worth a bob now I'd think.

Funny story , Dad thought he'd swap the Gearbox as he had a good one from a Beetle . Put it in and had One Forward gear & Four reverse gears , Didn't realise the Kombi's portal hubs changed rotation direction, The kombi has crown wheel on other side of pinion. Wasted effort but a learning experience, Put original gearbox back .

[Strangerover]

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[Pedro_The_Swift]

........ and I had a play car. A 1970 Dodge Challenger convertible with Hemi 426 and 4 speed. A very rare car. It was not original as the original street Hemi had been replaced earlier with a Mopar Performance drag race Hemi.

should bring back a few memories


YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JfkpyzlGxw)

[Pickles2]

should bring back a few memories


YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JfkpyzlGxw)
Yep, a REAL "Muscle Engine".
Awesome clip, thanks for posting, Pickles.