<VV> If you want to move..no corvair (not even close!)

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Mussle cars? Sounds pretty shellfish to me. What about the Barracuda? Or the Marlin? OK, on a 'scale' of 1-10, which is your favorite 'mussle' car? 

I slay me...

That being said, the Camaros and Mustnags with their V8s outperform pretty much any of these muscle cars (done with the shellfish comments. For now...) and at a reasonable price. 

Apply inflation, and today's muscle cars (although, in the old parlance, these would be pony cars) are quite the buy! 

The CTS-V is awesome, but it's not a muscle car. It's not competing against the Dodge Charger, for instance, it's competing against the supercharged Benz's and the twin turbo V8 powered Bimmers. And no one else on these shores has anything else like it. 

Then there are the whole host of cars like the Subaru STi and the Lancer Evo 8. Also awesome performers. 

The other huge difference between then and now, besides today's cars being quicker, is they also have really good handling and brakes!! The old GTO was quick, but heaven forbid you needed to throw it into a turn or stop it from 130 MPH!! 

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Pepke <kenpepke at juno.com>
To: N2VZD <N2VZD at aol.com>
Cc: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Mon, May 14, 2012 7:28 am
Subject: Re: <VV> If you want to move..no corvair (not even close!)



OK Tim, once you have said CTS v you are done talking.  It is one of the few 
'mussle' cars of today that can really perform like their earlier brethren.  
Still, the old timers still have the lead in one VERY significant area.  
Availability!  In the day, almost anyone could afford to order a 409, 413, 421, 
426 or 427 in high performance tune and there were plenty of them 'looping' the 
drive ins every night.  While those Caddies' are the last word in modern 
performance their price makes them as rare as their performance!   

Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.

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On May 13, 2012, at 10:08 AM, N2VZD at aol.com wrote:

> If you want to move , try a caddy CTS v  or even SRX.   Now If I was 
> younger , I would jam a powertrain from one in a EARLY  corvair coupe.
> but on with Corvair projects...
> look for links in U tube
> 
> regards, Tim Colson

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