And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thats a lot of engine in that size sedan. Owned a beat up Fury, even tired the 440 was an animal, with only a two bbl it was faster than I ever wanted to get that car up to. With proper tires maybe. It had so much torque like endless.
The GTX model represented the luxurious, high content end of Plymouth’s high performance cars, hence the wood grain trim among other features. The Road Runner model was offered as the cheaper, lower content alternative.
Our old muscle cars were mighty fine and seemed quick. Between my brother and I we have many. The fact is, my wife's new little turbo SUV with AWD has a quicker 0-60 than any of those old cars. It blows my mind how quick it is.
My first car. Ran like a bat out of hell. Love the comment could pass anything but a gas station. You could burn rubber at 40 or 50 mph just by flooring it. The brakes also faded very quickly and that made for some interesting times when out-running the cops.
My neighbor has a 72’ 440 in lime green with a black stripe. Bought it new.
ReplyDeletePass everything but a gas station. I had a '69 440/4 barrel Charge, beautiful car, , I couldn't afford it.
ReplyDeleteMy dad had a 300 with a 413 twin carb set up. Got 9 mpg.
DeleteNice '71. Kind of strange having wood grain panels in a muscle car.
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That's the Belvedere coming through.
DeleteComes with the automagic transmission.
DeleteI’ve got a 68 Firebird HO- vinyl stripes outside, vinyl wood grain inside. It’s what they did.
DeleteThats a lot of engine in that size sedan. Owned a beat up Fury, even tired the 440 was an animal, with only a two bbl it was faster than I ever wanted to get that car up to. With proper tires maybe. It had so much torque like endless.
ReplyDeleteThe GTX model represented the luxurious, high content end of Plymouth’s high performance cars, hence the wood grain trim among other features. The Road Runner model was offered as the cheaper, lower content alternative.
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Our old muscle cars were mighty fine and seemed quick. Between my brother and I we have many. The fact is, my wife's new little turbo SUV with AWD has a quicker 0-60 than any of those old cars. It blows my mind how quick it is.
ReplyDeleteThose old muscle cars were fun, until you tried to corner them. The suspensions weren't up to what we're used to today unless you spent some money.
ReplyDeleteMy first car. Ran like a bat out of hell. Love the comment could pass anything but a gas station. You could burn rubber at 40 or 50 mph just by flooring it. The brakes also faded very quickly and that made for some interesting times when out-running the cops.
ReplyDeleteJust think how much better they could be with today's tolerances and technology Bring'em back.
ReplyDeleteWOW it's an automatic! Said no man ever.
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