Saturday, June 25, 2011

Cool Full-Size Muscle that no one thinks of!!

While the masses fight over 1961-66 Impalas, and Pontiac Catalinas, there are a lot of very cool cars out there that can be bought dirt-cheap, and give incredible "Bang for the Buck, yet are largely overlooked by enthusiasts".  I'll list them in no paticular order. # 1 1967-68 Pontiac Gran Prix. The last of the "Big" GPs-in 1969 they went to the A-body platform. These cars have roomy, luxurious interiors, unique hidden-headlight styling, and with 400 or 428 cubes under the hood, plenty of muscle. Ray Liotta drove a '68 in "Goodfellas".  # 2 1966-69 Buick Riviera. These cars have the swoopy,fastback,hidden-headlight styling of the revolutionary Olds Toronado, but are still rear-wheel drive. I personally think these are one of the best-looking cars of all time. With 430 cubes under that long hood, they move pretty good too.  # 3 1966-69 Olds Toronado. Racy, futuristic styling, and tons of luxury. They may be front-drive, but with 425 or 455 cubic inches under the hood, they have some muscle too. Car Life tested a 1969 model-that even weighing 4,700 lbs, still blasted through the 1/4 in 15.0 seconds flat. # 4 1967-71 Ford Thunderbird. Racy, Nascar-inspired styling, and 390,428 or 429 snarling cubes under the hood. The last badass T-Bird until the Supercharged 1989 model. 1972 and later models had 429s and 460s, but compression ratios and power were way down, and the car was then based on the much heavier, and uglier Lincoln MKIV plaftorm. # 5 1971-73 Buick Riviera The famous "Boat Tail" design. Cool styling, luxurious interior, and 455 cubes for motivation. # 6 1967-68 Cadillac Eldorado The futuristic, wedge-like, hidden headlight styling is still cool today. And with 429 or 472 cubes, they move good too. Front drive, but like the Toronado, the driveline is virtually bulletproof.  These cars might not be considered "Mainstream Muscle", but they are unique cars from the era, and have tons of big-block grunt, and make incredibly nice drivers.  Mastermind   

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