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Dan Bennett · 03-02-2010, 01:19 PM

Back in the sixties, a friend had a 66 Caprice 2 door with 395/325 bench seat (luxury fabric even) four speed. Not very quick but really unusual.

Staying on the "ain't no light weight" angle, I had a bunch of fun with a 70 Eldorado. Standard engine was a 400 hp 500 cubic incher. Heaven help the performance car that agreed to go from a roll.

There were a couple of W31 Olds smallblocks in town - think of it as a small block 442.

Another friend once owned a 59 El Camino 348 tripower 4 speed which was traded into the dealership he worked at from the original, boat towing owner.

Last but not least since it probably doesn't count, but I put together a 70 Malibu LS6 4 door. Back then, the AHRA rules allowed it in stock, and as I remember I gained about a second in record for 80 pounds in weight over a two door. Unfortunately, the AHRA collapsed about this time so it didn't hit the track very much. It was an ex-phone company car, army green with bottle cap hubcaps. One of the best street cars I ever had.

03-02-2010, 01:19 PM	#48
Dan Bennett Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 439 Likes: 853 Liked 595 Times in 136 Posts	Re: Oddball Muscle Cars Back in the sixties, a friend had a 66 Caprice 2 door with 395/325 bench seat (luxury fabric even) four speed. Not very quick but really unusual. Staying on the "ain't no light weight" angle, I had a bunch of fun with a 70 Eldorado. Standard engine was a 400 hp 500 cubic incher. Heaven help the performance car that agreed to go from a roll. There were a couple of W31 Olds smallblocks in town - think of it as a small block 442. Another friend once owned a 59 El Camino 348 tripower 4 speed which was traded into the dealership he worked at from the original, boat towing owner. Last but not least since it probably doesn't count, but I put together a 70 Malibu LS6 4 door. Back then, the AHRA rules allowed it in stock, and as I remember I gained about a second in record for 80 pounds in weight over a two door. Unfortunately, the AHRA collapsed about this time so it didn't hit the track very much. It was an ex-phone company car, army green with bottle cap hubcaps. One of the best street cars I ever had.