On 10/26/2017 12:56 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 6:46:13 AM UTC-10, Casa de los peregrinos wrote:
>> On 10/25/2017 9:00 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 3:13:28 PM UTC-10, Casa de los peregrinos wrote:
>>>> On 10/25/2017 5:21 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>> My 67 Barracuda had a vacuum gauge instead of a tach. I thought that was the neatest thing.
>>>>
>>>> Here's a pic of what I consider to be the pre-70s most desirable 'Cuda:
>>>>
>>>> https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4e/ed/bd/4...8623576165.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Those colors, those scoops, but those tires oughta be red lines.
>>>>
>>>> And these are still very reasonable by comparison to the '70-'72 Hemi Cudas.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.hagerty.com/apps/valuati...outh-Barracuda
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Current Values
>>>>
>>>> #1 Concours$28,500
>>>>
>>>> Condition #1 vehicles are the best in the world. The visual image is of
>>>> the best vehicle, in the right colors, driving onto the lawn at the
>>>> finest concours.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.hagerty.com/apps/valuati...-plymouth-cuda
>>>>
>>>> Current Values
>>>>
>>>> #1 Concours$63,900
>>>>
>>>> Condition #1 vehicles are the best in the world. The visual image is of
>>>> the best vehicle, in the right colors, driving onto the lawn at the
>>>> finest concours.
>>>
>>> I used to drive my boss's 74 440 Duster. It had big tires in the back and small tires in the front. Everything was going fine until I had to do a quick stop and the tires squealed beyond all reason and the back started sliding. Ha ha, I must have looked like a real rube behind the wheel.
>>>
>>> These days, I wouldn't mind having one of these Fiat 124 Sport Coupe. I liked them so much, I had 3 of them back in the day.
>>>
>>> https://skbass.files.wordpress.com/2...offiat124d.jpg
>>>
>> One of the all time classic body styles, I dig the whole Alfa/FIAT
>> styling milieu!
>>
>> Like:
>>
>> http://en.classicpark.com/uploads/00...000540-09).JPG
>>
>> https://www.hagertyinsurance.co.uk/p...rint%20750.jpg
>>
>> Yeah!
>
> Beautiful cars, those Alfas. GM thought so highly of the 124 Sport Coupe that they bought a few and took them apart. Then they built their own version. That didn't turn out so well.
>
> http://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uplo...-Notchback.jpg
>
LOl, the Cosworth variant however was actually pretty nifty, in the
idiom of nasty 70s cars anyway:
Interesting comparison road test:
http://www.motortrend.com/cars/mercu...cury-capri-ii/
By mid-72 this technological gem was spinning out 170 hp at 7600 rpm
and 126 lb-ft at 4000 heady stuff in a 2300-pound car but
part-throttle driveability was poor and emissions werent clean enough.
By May 1973, output was down to 130 hp and 116 lb-ft, but Car and Driver
took a prototype to 60 mph in 7.7 seconds with a 16.2-second 85-mph
quarter mile, proclaiming, The only four-passenger coupes faster than a
Cosworth Vega have a Detroit V-8 under the hood.