Subdeacon Joe Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Joe!! I don't know what a "Camero" is, but I've owned and raced several CAMAROs and the GM explanation is more often than not, accurate!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 I wouldn't know, never had any car up much past 90 mph. And that only twice. I just thought it was funny and worth putting up here. Bound to generate comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I just wondered if the misspell was intentional!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Bring em on. I don't have the fastest Mustang around, but I sure as hell ain't afraid of a Camero or a Camaro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 KNEW THAT'D GET YA' GOIN'!! Be careful what you wish for!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 I just wondered if the misspell was intentional!! Nope, jsut an example of my typoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I suppose they might have eaten them... On the rare occasion they caught one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 A 427 ci S/C cobra will put you both back on the trailer------ OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Camaro, Mustang, Thunderbird, anything by Carrol Shelby, Corvette, Ford or Chevy pickups... I got no dog in this fight. I love them all! The Golden Age of American automobiles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Camaro, Mustang, Thunderbird, anything by Carrol Shelby, Corvette, Ford or Chevy pickups... I got no dog in this fight. I love them all! The Golden Age of American automobiles! I'm the same way in that I love them all, and would gladly and proudly own a 327 Camaro, a 340 Challenger, you name it. Heck, gimme an AMC AMX, for that matter! I will admit that I have a preference for Mustangs, but I am not really one to hype the Ford vs. Chevy vs. Dodge sort of arguments. There were simply too many awesome cars from the era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 1962 Studebaker Avanti. A pony car before the pony!! and way ahead of it's time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Howdy, Once upon a time I met a fella who had a top flight suspension alignment shop. He had owned near 100 cars and raced some. His favorite was the Avanti. This was around 66 and pony cars didn't quite have that name. Once the Camaro came along the Z/28 wasn't far behind. Take one Camaro add all the corvette parts you can and merge chevy engine parts for the 302 just under the five L limit for transam racing. Some of these cars were actually economy cars. They had simple little 6 cyl engines and got nearly 30 mpg but no one hardly cared. About this time politics started getting into the car business headed by ralphie..... Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrider Outlaw Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 When I was younger (and more foolish) I got my Camaro up to 125mph. It was still climbing but I chickened out. Oh, I was also watching the gas gauge go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I could get from 3-22 mpg with my 69 Camaro with a 355 in it. I averaged about 6...... Not sure how fast it went. It had a 160 speedo in it but much past 120 I was too busy to look. Conversations with the Police started like this: "MR. AURICH! HAVE WE NOT HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE????!!!!!" I proudly hold a Masters degree from the Indiana School of Defensive Driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I had a 70 Mustang, 302 Windsor with a mild cam, three angle valve job on the heads and 650 Holley w/ vacuum secondaries. Tall gearing in the rearend, so off the line, not great, but top end was something. Buried the needle on the speedo one night when I was young and extremely stupid, running with a Porsche 911 until he got bored. No idea how fast, just know my tach went up another 1200 rpm or so after burying the needle, and my front end felt very light. At highway speeds, keeping out of the peddle and the carb, I got right around 25 mpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I didn't take my Stealth over 125 very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Mike 20653 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I loved my '66 Mustang for many years. We have been outrun by Camaros. Well .... all the time. But I still loved her. Wait ...... I probly still do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Got it handed to me quite a few times by Mustangs! I was usually good against a big block for the 1st 100 yards, then I was waving most times. Won most of my races by beating the driver, not their car. I was never afraid to step in it and stay there. Now I just think about it and shake. LOL Never could pass my wife in her Firebird. The mechanic where she worked at the time was smitten with her and all the parts and machine work were free. Not fair at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudgeBagodonuts Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 ironically, a lot of "ordinary" cars today would smoke that car off the line, even ones with a 4 or 6 cylinder engine. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I think most trucks would too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 My first Camaro was a '68 plain jane with a 468 cid big block and a complete drag suspension and cage. Seldom drove it on the street 'cause it had 5.14:1 gears and slicks and NO exhaust past the end of the headers. It would run 5.90 in the 1/8th mile and close to 9.00 in the quarter on the race track. I've had several others from eight second cars to grocery getters. Some were great, some not so much. Had two Mustangs. One was a '65 notchback with a 289 four barrel three speed car. The other was a '68 convertible with a straight six. My dad bought the '65 and I drove it back and forth to school. It was pretty sporty, but it didn't handle as well as the early Camaros I drove. The '68 convertible was my buddy's car that we shared while we were working for an amusement park and commuting together. It had belonged to his mom and was little more than a glorified Falcon. J. Mark has a screamer of a '73 fastback. He has built a really nice street pounder if we can figure how to make it hook up! Having raced all over the country and after sharing the pits with some of the best drag racers in the world, I found out that you can make a small dumpster run if you have a big enough engine and can hook it up!! THEY'RE ALL GOOD IF YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE 'EM WORK!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Having raced all over the country and after haring the pits with some of the best drag racers in the world, I found out that you can make a small dumpster run if you have a big enough engine and can hook it up!! THEY'RE ALL GOOD IF YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE 'EM WORK!! You wanna go how fast? How much money you got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I was in high school during 66-69. And I was (and still am) a MOPAR man. Anyhow, my best friends were Ford and Chevy fans and Mondays at school were always interesting because most of our conversations centered around who won, who wrecked, and who did what in our favorite cars. Needless to say, I was a HUGE Richard Petty fan. Still am. I've owned both a 318 Cuda and a 318 Duster. I would probably still have them fin they had a 340 or bigger engine. I now drive a 6 cyl Toyota. Go figure! ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Hanlon Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I had a 1961 Ford Skyliner with a 390 CI and 375 HP. Thing was a rocket and could beat Corvettes of the same period in 1/4 mile. Ended up driving in to trash truck which turned in front of me and totaled the car. Then I had a 1963 Ford XLT with a 406 CI and 405 HP and it was not as fast as the 1961 but was able to get 5 mpg! The fastest I have gone in a car is 125 during an SCCA race (1966 Mini Cooper). The fastest mph was in a SuperKart which topped out at 130 mph 2 inches off the ground. Now I Drive a Prius and an F150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Howdy, Could somebody pleeeze go spell Camaro right??????????? Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I know, let's stop talking cars and have a spelling contest! I had a 63 Pontiac Catalina with a 421 3:90 rear gears a 4 speed stick and Positraction that was my daily driver. Did high 11's to low 12's in the 1/4 at 120 to 122 MPH. Biggest thrill was at Union Grove Wisconsin when I hole shot a B gas Ford (he was sleeping at the light) and he blew his engine right next to my door trying to catch me, I sold it when I went into the service to a kid that ran it into a tree at about 90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangfire SASS #24379 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Ahh, the things we do when we're young and foolish, not to mention immortal. In H.S. I couldn't afford the toys some of you fellers had. I had a 62 Ford Falcon 4 door with a 3 on the tree. Still got that sucker up to over 100 on a back road in North Jersey. Of course, shortly after that, the car developed a serious case of blow by thus limiting my top speed to 45 if I was going down hill with a tail wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Church Key, SASS # 33713 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 My first car was an old 47 Chevy with a farmers setup (rear axle to pull stumps). Top speed was 63. Managed to wreck it somehow; duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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