Your new musclecar

[Dwight Southerland]

I bought a "leftover" '69 Camaro in Mar 1970 that had been special ordered for a couple who never completed the deal. It was a Nassau Blue SS 396-325hp, four-speed, 3.07 positrac, no spoilers, ZL-2 fresh air hood, console w/gauges, AM-FM radio, Strato bucket seats (optional interior), disc brakes (required option on all '69 SS cars). The car later ran 14.11 as a "pure" stocker on Goodyear G70 Polyglass tires. The only mods I ever did was to smoke over the carb and distributor, adjust the valves and do a little exhaust work. A friend of mine and I drove it to the Springnationals in Columbus in 1972 and averaged 77 mph and got 16.1 mpg. One of the best cars I ever owned.

[Irv Johns]

Well it happened one fine winter day in 1963 while I was hanging around at V.V.Cooke Chevrolet in Louisville Ky.Someone told me that 6 blocks from there at Broadway Chevrolet they had a special aluminum front end car there. I went down to the dealer that fine day and on the back lot with the sticker still on the window sat a Palamar Red Z-11. I went inside and they let me test drive it. I loved the raw stock HP and told them I would give 3600.00 and put their name on the car, they declined putting their name on the car from a liability stand point but said I could have it for the 3600.00 I paid a deposit signed the contract and headed off to get a cosigner , I was 19 years old and that was not the legal age then. My mother went back and had it put in her name and I was off to the races..To BE CONTINUED

Irvin Johns

[BobUnkefer]

18 years old picked up a 1966 Chevy II SS 327 4 spd from the 3rd owner, lt blue metallic with blue buckets, it was my street & strip car, won a few bracket races my freshman year of college, helped out with those educational expenses. Sold it off :-(....... to get a jump start on my sophomore year.
The new owner wrapped it a round a tree a month after I signed the title....sad, sad day,,,, driver was ok, car was a total loss. To this day I have a soft spot for any 66-67 Deuce.

Unk

[GUMP]

I was way too young to buy a new car in the muscle car era, but in 1995 I put in an order for a new Formula. It's only option is AC-delete. It has 186 original miles and has always been raced in Stock. I guess all of the stories of guys racing new GTOs right off the lot had an impact on me.

Daren

[John Leichtamer Jr]

1969

BURKHART MOTORS Waynesburg Ohio Walked in, there set a new bright red(orange) Dart Swinger 340 4speed ofcourse. radio, posi the only options on it. Paid $2650.00 out the door.A few changes had to be made.Yank the engine do a piston & cam swap,set of hooker headers, out back a set of slapper bars & 4.56 gears. Low 12 sec street car ,not to bad for the late 60s early 70s.Did alot of street racing had a real good win/lose ratio.

Hammer

PS I'm a chevy guy

[Doug McCue]

I just went out to the local chevy dealer and ordered a l-88 427 camaro. I thought the ZL-1 was too pricey then $4900.00 plus shipping. The L-88 was a better price, however the sales man had to do some digging to figure out the opions I thought I wanted. Total price was $3900.00

[Jeff Lee]

My only new muscle car was a '94 25th Anniversary T/A. I always wanted to buy a new car and do a sideways burnout off the lot. Finally got my wish. It was a spectacular burnout on a car with 7.2 miles on the odometer! Car ran 13.95 with nothing but a Borla cat-back.
I have a friend that just inherited $40K and wants to buy a new muscle car. Once the 6-speed Challengers, Camaro's and the new 5.0L Mustang come out we're going to have a lot of fun test driving some new hot cars!

[Stewart Way]

Got a call from a racer named Larry Abbott in 1971 from Kelly Chry-Ply in Marietta, GA. Said a 70 Hemi Cuda Convert was just traded in. My soon to be racing partner and I went up and $2400 later we had an original Hemi Cuda Convert. It was on the street about 5 months including in my college homecoming parade. Then it was off to Barnett Race Cars in Norcross, GA for a build. 13.60 atb 100+ mph on skinny polyglas tires before the build. Fast as 10.87 after setting the National record at 11.17. That was back when a college student and a guy working in a tire store could field a record holder.
It was all black, leather, power windows and a rim blow horn. 1 of 9 automatics. 14 total.

[Sean Ward]

Ok i was not around then but the first car i ever dumped the clutch on was my dads 62 max wedge i was 7 years old and that is all it took it has been fast cars and faster women ever since

[Frank Castros]

My father bought a new '69 Road Runner 383-335 4 speed new and I got my license shortly thereafter..........
what an adventure that became! We are still talking about it!
Then I bought a '69 Camaro SS 350-300 4 speed (I was banned from the Road Runner) and promptly replaced the 350 with a 427, more stories! That was followed by a 428 CJ Mustang (I didn't discriminate). Then a '63 Max Wedge Savoy and finally a '64 Max Wedge Belvedere (A/SA). I then got married, had 2 kids and sold everything to devote my life to my family and career. I still dream about resuming my addiction to speed. I envy you guys every day.