Want a cool, powerful "driver"? Consider a "Personal Luxury" model!!

A lot of "Personal Luxury" models are great performers and make fun, reliable drivers. And since their not super-valuable-i.e. like a Hemi Cuda or Shelby Mustang, people don't feel bad about driving or modifying them. Here's some of my favorites. # 1 1966-69 Buick Riviera. These cars have the swoopy, fastback, hidden headlisght 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. And with 430 cubes under the hood, they move pretty good too. However I see one Jet-Black with 17 inch Torq-Thrusts, and a snarling, 620 hp 572 inch Rat under that long hood! All you'd need is some Chevy motor mounts and a Chevy bolt-pattern Turbo 400. Like I said, It's not like your cutting a up Hemi Cuda. # 2. 1967-71 Ford Thunderbird. Cool styling, lots of luxury, and 390, 428 or 429 cubes under the hood. 1972 and later models are based on the heavier and uglier Lincoln MKIV platform, and the low-compression 460 engines don't have near the power of the earlier ones. # 3 1969-76 Pontiac Gran Prix. These cars are probably the best bang-for-the-buck steal out there. 400 4bbl power standard all years, and a fair number of 70-76 "SJ" models had 455s! Cadillac-like luxury and GTO like performance. Further, any aftermarket suspension or brake upgrades that fit a Chevelle or Monte Carlo also fit these cars. Dynamite. # 4 1971-73 Buick Riviera. The famous "Boat Tail" design. 455 cubes standard. Movie tough guy Jason Statham drove one in "Crank" and Bruce Willis had one in "The Last Boy Scout". 'Nuff said. # 5 1969-72 Plymouth Sport Fury. Peter Graves drove one in "Mission: Impossible." Most had 383 or 440 cubes under the hood. Or build the one that Mother Mopar never did and swap in a crate Hemi. Mastermind