Musclecars That Should Have Been Made

FINESPLINE · 04-26-2010, 07:28 PM

Ed, i read you there. Spoken like a true s/ss racer.

hemicop · 04-26-2010, 09:15 PM

Boss 351 Maverick
455 Stage 1 Omega
RamAirV '73 GTO
SOHC Mustang, Maverick or
Boss 429 '70 Falcon
ZL-1 '69 Chevelle
RamAir IV or V Pontiac Astre
'70 Hemi Duster
440 Duster/Demon with Max-wedge top-end
These are all easily buildable with pretty much factory parts.
Randall AMC in Mesa,Az. built 401 Gremlins & even a few 401 Pacers!

Baldwin/Motion built a few big-block Vegas & would build/sell most anything you could imagine. Mr. Norm's pretty much did the same thing in Chicago. Unfortunately the other dealers didn't see fit to do this with their marques, but I'll bet Tasca Ford had a few oddball cars running around.....

Paul Ceasrine · 04-28-2010, 09:08 AM

HemiCop,
Great A-Body choices,
70' Hemi Duster
70/71 Duster/Demon 40 (Max-Wedge Top-End)
Also, a S/S wish. Maybe a 1968 bare-bones Belvedere with a
440/375HP With some S/S package bolt-ons. Would have made it a
better SS/E runner in 68'.
PC

NewHemi · 04-28-2010, 07:37 PM

Would have loved to see Ford put a bigger engine in to the early (61-63) falcons.

We shoehorned a 289 into it, and had to cut both shock towers and the firewall, and respring the front to get it done, we used factory exhaust headers or wouldn't have had to cut quite as much from the towers. And we put an econoline truck rear into it for good gearing. But it came out so good it looked factory stock and we were often thought to be a 260. But it was only thought of as a 260 until we went by them.

Those pesky 273 hipo barracudas still got the best of us though... So now I am a Mopar guy.

But with a bigger motor, and a lot bigger springs to hold it up, it would have been all different...

Mostly I was too early for the muscle car phenomenon, but caught the end of it with a loaded 76 GP 455 that weighed about 10,000 pounds, but still could scrabble your eggs.

David
The New Hemi Guy

04-26-2010, 07:28 PM	#1
FINESPLINE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Island of high taxes, N.Y. Posts: 541 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Musclecars That Should Have Been Made Ed, i read you there. Spoken like a true s/ss racer.

04-26-2010, 09:15 PM	#2
hemicop Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 63 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Musclecars That Should Have Been Made Boss 351 Maverick 455 Stage 1 Omega RamAirV '73 GTO SOHC Mustang, Maverick or Boss 429 '70 Falcon ZL-1 '69 Chevelle RamAir IV or V Pontiac Astre '70 Hemi Duster 440 Duster/Demon with Max-wedge top-end These are all easily buildable with pretty much factory parts. Randall AMC in Mesa,Az. built 401 Gremlins & even a few 401 Pacers! Baldwin/Motion built a few big-block Vegas & would build/sell most anything you could imagine. Mr. Norm's pretty much did the same thing in Chicago. Unfortunately the other dealers didn't see fit to do this with their marques, but I'll bet Tasca Ford had a few oddball cars running around.....

04-28-2010, 09:08 AM	#3
Paul Ceasrine VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,546 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Musclecars That Should Have Been Made HemiCop, Great A-Body choices, 70' Hemi Duster 70/71 Duster/Demon 40 (Max-Wedge Top-End) Also, a S/S wish. Maybe a 1968 bare-bones Belvedere with a 440/375HP With some S/S package bolt-ons. Would have made it a better SS/E runner in 68'. PC

04-28-2010, 07:37 PM	#4
NewHemi Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 472 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Musclecars That Should Have Been Made Would have loved to see Ford put a bigger engine in to the early (61-63) falcons. We shoehorned a 289 into it, and had to cut both shock towers and the firewall, and respring the front to get it done, we used factory exhaust headers or wouldn't have had to cut quite as much from the towers. And we put an econoline truck rear into it for good gearing. But it came out so good it looked factory stock and we were often thought to be a 260. But it was only thought of as a 260 until we went by them. Those pesky 273 hipo barracudas still got the best of us though... So now I am a Mopar guy. But with a bigger motor, and a lot bigger springs to hold it up, it would have been all different... Mostly I was too early for the muscle car phenomenon, but caught the end of it with a loaded 76 GP 455 that weighed about 10,000 pounds, but still could scrabble your eggs. David The New Hemi Guy Last edited by NewHemi; 04-28-2010 at 07:40 PM.