Wednesday, January 27, 2016

More BAMF musclecars......

Had some people tell me about a few BAMF musclecars I missed in the last post. I aim to please so here they are.... # 1. 1968-71 Dodge Super Bee. With the cool sunglass and helmet-wearing Bee with smoking tires for an ass graphics,scooped hoods, simple black wheels with chrome lug nuts, and at least 383 cubes under the hood with the 440s and the Hemi optional these stripped-down street fighters were lean and mean. '68-70 models were based on the Coronet body; for '71 only they were based on the Charger. # 2. 1969-70 Cougar Eliminator. Cool hidden headlight styling, Boss 302 style graphics and spoilers and 428 cubes under the hood? I'd say that qualifies. # 3. 1971-73 Mustang Mach 1. With the NACA ducts in the blacked-out hood,front and rear spoilers and fat tires on the swoopy fastback body-these cars still look mean today. When I first saw "Mad Max" and the "Road Warrior"-I thought the Interceptor was one of these. ( It's actually a 1973 Falcon XB coupe-an Australian Ford Musclecar that looks a lot like a Mustang. There's a company called "Aussie Coupes" that will build you a Mad Max interceptor as mild or wild as you like ). Or you could just buy one of these 'Stang's and copy it....Most have 351C motivation and there is a ton of speed equipment still available for these engines. # 4. 1978-79 Dodge Li'l Red Express pickup. With a cool red and gold paint job,fat tires on chrome wheels, and vertical semi-style dual exhaust stacks,and a Police Interceptor 360 V8-these stepside 2WD pickups were the the third-fastest American production vehicle those years-edged out only by the L82 Corvette and WS6 Trans-Am. Dynamite if you can find one. # 5. 1989 20th Anniversary Trans-Am. These cars had a cool white and blue paint job, Recaro seats and the vaunted Turbocharged V6 out of the wicked Buick Grand National. Since the GN motor had more power and was lighter than the LB9 and L98 small-block Chevys-these cars were not only substantially faster than a regular T/A they also handled better-and the cars were nothing less than awesome handlers to start with. These command a King's Ransom-but their worth it. Let me know if I overlooked any others...Mastermind        

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