With the new 5.0's putting down 400wheel,

[Baron Von Crowder]

I lived it and owned many "muscle cars" from the '60's/'70's, and I've always said this new stuff (beginning in the late '80's) would kill any of those in every form or fashion. Ever see how many G's a '67/'68 GT500 will pull on a skid-pad? How about braking? Trust me...they were/are horrendous. Many of those SS396's and 454's couldn't break into the 14's.

I assume that when they were newer and working somewhat properly, they were tolerable, but I drove mine TWICE before deeming it unsafe and put it on jackstands.

[Ratt]

My stock Mazda 4-banger turbo puts down more than all of those minus maybe the GT500KR O.o

[Vertnut]

Didn't the leaded fuel back then allow for more HP? Or maybe it was just they had higher octane?

Both. When I started driving (mid-'70's) you could get leaded regular/leaded premium/ unleaded. Premium was commonly 98 octane (sometimes 100 or 102 if you could find it). In '75, the gas fill tubes on cars were a lot smaller, and the leaded pump handle wouldn't fit in them. Of course we aleviated that problem rather quickly with tin snips...really.

[Vertnut]

I assume that when they were newer and working somewhat properly, they were tolerable, but I drove mine TWICE before deeming it unsafe and put it on jackstands.

We didn't know any better. Ignorance is bliss I guess.

[Vertnut]

My stock Mazda 4-banger turbo puts down more than all of those minus maybe the GT500KR O.o

And would probably whip it's ass...in comfort.

[46Tbird]

You guys know I've always loved the old stuff, but with very few exceptions, it is SLOW and it's also JUNK - rattles, leaks, spooky suspension and alignment, noisy, and stinky. Yes I still love that old stuff but my new car is pretty flippin sweet.

[Craizie]

I really want a 5.0.

[Vertnut]

You guys know I've always loved the old stuff, but with very few exceptions, it is SLOW and it's also JUNK. Rattles, leaks, spooky suspension and alignment, noisy, and stinky. Yes I still love that old stuff but my new car is pretty flippin sweet.

Your new car would have beaten the piss out of the fastest car at my school, not to mention probably the bikes too. I can't imagine the trim that car would have lured in back in '78! LOL!

[yellowstang]

We didn't know any better. Ignorance is bliss I guess.

Shit, when I was a kid I don't ever recall being in a car seat, or wearing a seat belt for that matter!

[Vertnut]

Shit, when I was a kid I don't ever recall being in a car seat, or wearing a seat belt for that matter!

LOL! Hell, my sisters and I would stand up next to my mom when she was driving! She'd hit somebody and we'd bounce around the car like ping-pong balls, go by the doc and get stitches, and go to the house. It's amazing we've all survived as long as we have!

[Ratt]

I really want a 5.0.

You and me both, my friend.

[Baron Von Crowder]

LOL! Hell, my sisters and I would stand up next to my mom when she was driving! She'd hit somebody and we'd bounce around the car like ping-pong balls, go by the doc and get stitches, and go to the house. It's amazing we've all survived as long as we have!

seat belts. Mine has optional shoulder belts. Seperate from the lap belt, seperate buckle.

[Vertnut]

seat belts. Mine has optional shoulder belts. Seperate from the lap belt, seperate buckle.

We were riding in a '66 Caprice. It had lap-belts, but were never used.

[Pro88LX]

lol! Hell, my sisters and i would stand up next to my mom when she was driving! She'd hit somebody and we'd bounce around the car like ping-pong balls, go by the doc and get stitches, and go to the house. It's amazing we've all survived as long as we have!

lol!

[Vertnut]

lol!

Those "padded dashboards" were a bitch!