Q Ships

Dwight Southerland · 11-19-2011, 10:13 AM

I will throw in three for consideration.

1) 1957 DeSoto Adventurer, 392 Hemi with 2-4s, 375 hp. A friend of my older brother had one of these in high school and it would school many of the hot rods from a 30 mph roll.
2) 1970 Oldsmobile Toronado 455 400 hp. Although the hp was bogus (same engine in a 442 was 365 hp), the power was still there. My boss had one that I drove on a sales job when I was right out of college. It had so much torque steer from a dead stop that if it ever broke the tires loose hard, it would head straight for the ditch.
3) 1968 Carprice 427-425hp 4-speed. A college friend whose family owned a small town Chevrolet dealership had one at school. Leather seats, 8-track player, opera lights, wire hubcaps. The car stayed in the shop a lot with busted driveline parts. The rumpity-rump sound of that car always surprised people wherever he went.

11-19-2011, 10:13 AM	#12
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 2,001 Likes: 64 Liked 780 Times in 194 Posts	Re: Q Ships I will throw in three for consideration. 1) 1957 DeSoto Adventurer, 392 Hemi with 2-4s, 375 hp. A friend of my older brother had one of these in high school and it would school many of the hot rods from a 30 mph roll. 2) 1970 Oldsmobile Toronado 455 400 hp. Although the hp was bogus (same engine in a 442 was 365 hp), the power was still there. My boss had one that I drove on a sales job when I was right out of college. It had so much torque steer from a dead stop that if it ever broke the tires loose hard, it would head straight for the ditch. 3) 1968 Carprice 427-425hp 4-speed. A college friend whose family owned a small town Chevrolet dealership had one at school. Leather seats, 8-track player, opera lights, wire hubcaps. The car stayed in the shop a lot with busted driveline parts. The rumpity-rump sound of that car always surprised people wherever he went.