On Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 4:09:16 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 8/8/2018 3:56 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/8/18 3:07 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 8/8/2018 2:03 PM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 1:57:26 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 10:58:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I had a lady coworker ask me about older muscle cars. Her son was
going to get his licence soon, and wanted to get a 60's to 70's
"muscle car" to drive. My advice to her was get him a late model
Corolla or similar.Â* That old car wouldn't have ABS, airbags,
crumple zones, door beams, etc.Â* Maybe not even shoulder belts.
Plus the brakes and handling aren't very good unless you do some
resto-modding.

I like my old Torino, but I also respect it and its shortcomings.
No way a 17 year old should be driving something like that for a
daily.



No question.Â* The classics are stylish (something new cars lack) but
they don't come close to the handling and safety of new cars.Â* Plus,
the "muscle" carÂ* is a bit of a misnomer today.Â* The
old rule of "there's no replacement for displacement" really doesn't
apply anymore.Â* Some of the new cars with small, turbocharged engines
can out perform some of the old muscle cars of yesterday.

That said though, the low RPM torque of a GM 454 ci engine and
some of the Ford and MOPAR big blocks just has to be experienced to
appreciate.

No doubt about that. If I hit the lotto and decided I wanted an old
60s car, the first thing I would do is drop a brand new "box motor" in
it.
Judy really wants a 50s pickup truck but she wants the sheet metal
dropped down on a new Lincoln chassis. ;-)

I saw that very thing a few weeks ago.Â* It was a late 50's Ford
truck, but when I looked into the front wheel well it was obvious
that it was a late model chassis.Â* About then the guy walked out of
the store and we talked.Â* It was a Crown Vic chassis under the truck
sheet metal.


The 1955 Ford F-100 I had was built on a Mustang chassis, complete
with a HO 302.


The only classic truck to own, of course, is an early to mid 1930s Model
A Ford with the flathead V8.Â*


I don't know. The '55 was the only classic that I made a small profit
on when I sold it.

50's-early 70's vehicles are hot right now, partly because the people that had them back then are in a financial position to buy/restore them now. Old 30's - 40's stuff can be had for a song. The people that loved them are mostly dead.