Best American Muscle Car?

[Strychnine]

If we're talking modern...

The Hennessey Exorcist Camaro..

As only the Exorcist can defeat the Demon!

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

If jimmies rustled had a face.

It does..






And it describes your disposition well, Dick.

 

[MikeMcMann]

REEEEEEE
As great as this car is, it's a pure sports car. The antithesis of what a muscle car is.

Ya I know it does not fit a strict reading of the thread but based on some other cars being posted I thought it fit.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

If we're talking modern...

The Hennessey Exorcist Camaro..

As only the Exorcist can defeat the Demon!

I’ll give Chevy props for this if they actually build it.. there’s a crazy ass modern limited edition TA that tops the Demon out there too if I’m not mistaken.


But either way, that’s pretty awesome.


@TeTe you seen this yet lol..?

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

As someone who has owned three V8 Camaros, I'm obviously going to be biased. But if we're talking old cars, probably the 70 Z-28 is my favorite.

As an aside, I was just at a car show in Escondido and a guy had a 68 Camaro with an LS3 engine dropped in it. Talk about awesome. I love me some numbers matching, but having a 426 horsepower modern small block in an old car is pretty great.

Speed Inc in Schaumburg (if you’ve heard of them) did a turbo charged 68 Chevelle (I think it was a 68) and had a video of it up on their website years ago.. thing was nasty. Saw it in person when I went to one of their open houses, really sharp car.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

1966 Buick Wilcat Gransport

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These are cool cars. I dig a lot of mid-60’s GM stuff. 65 and 66 are great years. There’s a reason 66 is in my screen name..

 

[TeTe]

Speed Inc in Schaumburg (if you’ve heard of them) did a turbo charged 68 Chevelle (I think it was a 68) and had a video of it up on their website years ago.. thing was nasty. Saw it in person when I went to one of their open houses, really sharp car.

I can't remember speed inc. I remember a place in Addison and Fast Times. I had a friend at Fast Times that took a drivetrain out of wrecked 5.0 Fox body and put it in a 78 Mercedes... Nothing stranger than an old Benz with a mustang rumble and a five speed Tremec. But I like cool shit like that.

 

[Krixes]

My favorite Ford of all time is the 93 Cobra.

I always loved the 93 Teal Cobra, but good lawd they have gone up in value.

 

[Krixes]

This is a pretty badass station wagon I recently seen for sale..71 Chevy Nomad

 

[TeTe]

I always loved the 93 Teal Cobra, but good lawd they have gone up in value.

You're not lying. Can you even get one with low miles for under $20k now? Crazy to think that 90s cars have shot up that much. But then again, a cherry Grand National is $20k minimum so I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[Krixes]

You're not lying. Can you even get one with low miles for under $20k now? Crazy to think that 90s cars have shot up that much. But then again, a cherry Grand National is $20k minimum so I shouldn't be surprised.

I doubt you could, I kick myself for not buying one, I looked at a low mile one a few years back for $17k...Some how I convinced myself that was too much to pay for a foxbody. Grand National prices are just ridiculous. A GNX is basically for rich people only now.

 

[Sir Galahad]

Yeehaw. @HI SCOTT NEWMAN @Jackie Blue

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[RollSonnenRoll]

You're not lying. Can you even get one with low miles for under $20k now? Crazy to think that 90s cars have shot up that much. But then again, a cherry Grand National is $20k minimum so I shouldn't be surprised.

I doubt you could, I kick myself for not buying one, I looked at a low mile one a few years back for $17k...Some how I convinced myself that was too much to pay for a foxbody. Grand National prices are just ridiculous. A GNX is basically for rich people only now.

It's almost as bad as Broncos/Blazers/square body trucks. Those things are damn near investments now

 

[TeTe]

Yeehaw. @HI SCOTT NEWMAN @Jackie Blue

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Damn Rednecks

 

[ripsta619]

New firebird supposed to have 1100hp to compete with demon.

 

[Sir Galahad]

Damn Rednecks

Oh yeah.

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[90 50]

My favorite Ford of all time is the 93 Cobra.

Mine is the 93 Cobra R

<{monica}>

 

[raty tat tat]

 

[90 50]

saying Mustangs and Camaros aren't muscle cars is rubbish you going to say Barracudas and Challengers aren't muscle cars either. Just because they are pony cars doesn't mean they wasn't also muscle cars. Look at the Yenko and COPO Camaros or the Boss 429, Shelby GT500, and the 428 Mach 1. Shit just the Mustang GTs starting in '67 came with a 390 and could get the 428 Cobra Jet the Camaro SS could come with a 396 and in '69 chevy had the 427 as a factory option those are big blocks.

In the old days, the muscle cars were the big cars with big blocks.

I didn’t make the definition of muscle car up, that’s how it was.

Now days the term gets thrown around for damn near everything.

Doesn’t make it right.

 

[90 50]

Boom



And I already own one too.


There’s lots of badass cars from that era tho. A lot of old time street racers I’ve talked to said the 69 Chevelle 396 4 speeds were a pain in the ass to deal with back in the day. And that’s coming From Ford guys, Dodge guys, and Chevy guys alike. That particular car comes up a lot.


@TeTe

The 396 was a bad dude, but the 427 powered ones were the real mother fuckers. Only hemi’s in a dart could really fuck with them.