What a haul this guy made!

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What a haul this guy made!

Reply #30 – December 08, 2005, 08:43:46 AM

Well, first if you think you pissed me off...not even close.

Muscle cars aren't THAT amazing. They can go fast in a straight line....woohoo:rolleyes: They can't stop for shiznit or handle. They are overly popular due to the fact that the "kids" who were around when they were new are the baby boomers who are the middle-agers now. They are a pretty large demographic, and they have money. Most of it is that they want the "status" of owning a "muscle car"...and while there are actual enthusiasts out there, most just fanboys doing for the prestige, or because their neighbor has one. Why do you think there has been this big "retro" trend lately? This group is being marketed to, and the rest of us have to suffer this .

When something get's put on a pedestal (whether it's worthy of this position or not), it gains "fans" just because they think if they say they like something, then they can fit in and be cool too. Which in turn feeds the whole madness.

Anyway, just because it's mainstream/popular with the "masses" , does not mean it's "cool".

I know it's hard to understand my mania....I don't expect anyone to :D

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #31 – December 08, 2005, 09:16:08 AM

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Anyway, just because it's mainstream/popular with the "masses" , does not mean it's "cool".

I see what you are saying. In my case if the general public decided today that muscle cars weren't popular anymore I'd still dig 'em. And in the same respect a well built Fox T-bird/coug will always get me goin'. So I guess I pretty much don't pay attention to fads as I see muscle cars in person regularly and have my whole life. Its what I grew up with so its kinda my guage for everything else. I don't rely on a propaganda machine (i.e. HOT ROD magazine) to tell me what is cool (while sadly many folks do...look at all these rice burner mags that high school kids read these days).

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They can go fast in a straight line....woohoo They can't stop for shiznit or handle.

I'll admit most can't. But for the era they were OK. Hell my T-bird didn't stop or handle for shiznit when I got it but thats changed now :evilgrin: . And my '72 Chevelle is down right scary when you have to get on the binders or throw it into a corner (but it wasn't built to do that anyway). For me when a car does what it was meant to do well...its cool. Last thing I want to do is start an argument here. I just try to respect everyone for what they do and try not to be too vocal about something I don't like because hey...someone else does like it and it obviously holds meaning to them...so why put it down? Have a good one.

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #32 – December 08, 2005, 09:33:25 AM

My nova goes around corners on two wheels.

It also has a three pump hell mary brake system.

Three pumps then a hell mary, maybe you'll stop!?

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #33 – December 08, 2005, 04:47:02 PM

I'm not really impressed with muscle cars either, except the exceptional ones (428 Mustangs, 427 Camaros, Hemi Cuda's, etc). The run-of-the-mill small block and small big block (383, 396, 390) cars simply aren't that impressive. They look good, but a modern day Nissan Altima SE 3.5 would hand one its ass in almost every performance category except straight line acceleration, and even then it would probably hang pretty close with one. Yes, the old cars were hobbled by their stiff bias ply tires, ancient leaf spring suspensions, and primitive brakes, but that's the way they came. You can certainly upgrade all of the above and increase the car's overall performance considerably, but then it's no longer stock. Modern cars, even bread and butter family cars, come equipped to stop, go and turn better than old cars ever hoped to, straight from teh showroom floor. The mainstream magazines point this out regularly - the "good ol days" aren't as good as people remember.

That being said, once again I must state: Whether you like those cars or not, think of the eBay (or Barrett Jackson, in the case of the cars) money you could make!

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #34 – December 08, 2005, 05:51:27 PM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken

That being said, once again I must state: Whether you like those cars or not, think of the eBay (or Barrett Jackson, in the case of the cars) money you could make!

I can see the $$$$ in Carmen's eyes from down here in VA...

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #35 – December 09, 2005, 08:08:34 AM

Link to some pics of the stuff in the trailors....
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=238155

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #36 – December 09, 2005, 12:15:57 PM

Whether or not a Nissan Altima can handle or accelerate better than an old muscle car doesn't really make a difference to me. I mean, it's a Nissan. Who cares if your Honda Odyssey takes the curves better than a Dodge Charger? For some people, the appeal of a muscle car is that it is an echo of a bygone era when no one cared about emissions or gas mileage. It was a time when stock car racing was so called because you could actually go to the dealership and purchase the same car that you saw race at Bristol on Sunday.

I like all old cars that someone has taken the time to keep clean and put some love and work into. Be it a concours restoration or a cool resto-mod, a '25 Model T or '93 Mustang. They're all cool to look at and listen to, IMO.

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #37 – December 09, 2005, 01:01:23 PM

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Whether or not a Nissan Altima can handle or accelerate better than an old muscle car doesn't really make a difference to me. I mean, it's a Nissan. Who cares if your Honda Odyssey takes the curves better than a Dodge Charger?...

Exactly. Its just something about driving an old muscle car. There is nothing like getting stared at and people giving thumbs up or old guys coming up and saying "man I had one just like this". To me cars were cars back then. Anyone with a mechanical bone in their body could work on them. I guess its just that nastalgia thing.

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #38 – December 09, 2005, 11:14:22 PM

Yeah I know old muscle cars can't handle but they just have so much more personality than anything that has come out in the last 20 years (except for the T-bird/Cougar). I've always liked the way that muscle cars looked but I hate it when they get in the hands of these street rod people who turn them into 20" wheel wearing show cars. Mabey I'm just nuts but I think that most of the time muscle car designers got the car right in the first place. Of course I like the way my car looks with no body kits or anything. I just like the stock look. Any ways out of all those cars the only one I'de take would be the blue and white 70 Chevelle SS 454. I always liked the way they looked in blue and white. Actually I don't care for 69 Camaros. Now if I had all that stuff I'de sell it all and build one hell of a kick ass Tbird:D .