OT: A Car/Racing section?

[Penguin]

My first car was a red & black 1972 Grand Prix. I bought it in 1985 when I was stationed at Naval Air Station Norfolk.

"We finance E-1 and up!! No credit check. Buy here, pay here!!"

Nice ride. Pontiac later came out with the Grand Am. Those were some nice rides as well. The looked like they were built on the Chevelle frame and had that iconic bullet hood on them. And the doors....man those doors were as big as a football field! LOL

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THE ONLY CAR I EVER HAD WITH A PUSH BUTTON SHIFTER

[Penguin]

THE ONLY CAR I EVER HAD WITH A PUSH BUTTON SHIFTER

My grandfather had an early 60s Pontiac Bonneville that had a push button shifter. No factory AC. He bought an aftermarket AC that sat on the tunnel. Funny looking thing. I rode many a mile in that car.

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Good article on a Mustang Mach 1, excellent car to restore.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/articl ... ang-mach-1

Here's one up for auction.
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FA0820-43288 ... UXBdjCX3f8



Here's another beast from 1970 also up for auction.
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FA0820-43997 ... KfNk9ulAsQ

[Penguin]

Them Roadrunners were something for sure. I worked with a gal that had an orange Dodge Daytona with the wing and pointed nose awesome car.

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The Charlotte Auto Fair that had been rescheduled for Oct. 22-24 has been cancelled due to covid fears.

Next Scheduled Charlotte AutoFair April 8-11, 2021
https://www.charlotte-autofair.com/

[Newcatntown]

I'm little bias toward the 69 Camaro but I love all the muscle cars of cruising the boulevard era. That was a major social activity during my teenage years. These days kids text while they drive, way more dangerous than what we had. We would already have our cars loaded with hot chicks, one of the benefits of cruising the boulevard. Every town had one, those were the days. Good times!

Why is America Obsessed With the 1969 Camaro?

While the 1969 Camaro isn’t mechanically much different from the 1967 and 1968 editions, new sheetmetal left the car looking more voluptuous and aggressive. It was, and to many remains, the best looking Camaro ever. That’s why both the 2010 fifth-generation—and the new sixth-gen—Camaros have been explicitly styled to resemble it.

The sheer number of different ’69 Camaro variations is staggering. The Z/28, built to dominate SCCA road racing was back in ’69 and still powered by the nervy, 290-horsepower DZ302 5.0-liter V-8. It took the Trans Am manufacturer’s championship for the second straight year. To go drag racing, Chevrolet sold ZL-1 models powered by an incredible, all-aluminum 427-ci (7-liter) big-block V-8, ludicrously underrated at 430 hp. Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, dealer Don Yenko ordered 201 Camaros powered by iron-block 427s to create his own Yenko Super Cars. There were RS and SS versions, and examples that combined the two. If you loved convertibles, there was an Indy 500 pace car replica Camaros with orange stripes, orange houndstooth upholstery and the totally radical “Cowl Induction” hood, otherwise offered only on the Z/28. For restoration freaks, there are a lot of different ’69 Camaros to keep the anal-retentive brain cells occupied.

But leaving the ’69 Camaro in pristine, factory-sealed condition is boring. Those with a supercharged engine bursting through the hood are as purely American as any Ferrari is Italian, or Porsche is German. Jacked up on a set of crapped-out leaf springs by a demented gas station jockey, or refined into a world-beating supercar by a legendary builder like GM engineer Mark Stielow, the mechanically simple ’69 Camaro remains great looking and relatively reliable. Given the ease with which its mechanical bits can be mutated, the sheer production and its resilient beauty, it’s no wonder the ’69 Camaro has been the car this generation has loved. But no generation lasts. Today ’69 Camaros have become stupidly valuable as their numbers have dwindled, and the Hot Wheels age cohort has hit its peak earning years. Youngsters living on a budget need not apply. But, like the generations who loved the ’32 Ford and ’55-’57 Chevy before it, those of us who loved this Camaro are aging beyond it.

In 20 years, we’re not going to have to the energy to sustain its massive popularity. The ’69 Camaro isn’t going away, but the kids born in the eighties, nineties and beyond won’t have the same balls-out passion for it either. I don’t know what’s next, but there’s always a next.

Right now, however, 50 years after it first appeared. The ’69 Camaro is the most loved car in America.

http://www.thedrive.com/muscle-cars/101 ... 969-camaro

More to come....

Why????? Because its got more curves than and can take more curves than Marilyn Monroe!!!

It’s SEXY!!!

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Why????? Because its got more curves than and can take more curves than Marilyn Monroe!!!

It’s SEXY!!!

They both look good from any view.


Not a 69' but the paint scheme is nice.

[racincowboy02]

Ok so with the national touring series dropping their new schedules yesterday for the 2021 season i think it will be safe to say that me and the boys will be doing some traveling next year to some different race tracks and maybe skipping football games starting next year cause there are some big time money and big time shows being put on next year and the good thing about living in Gaffney is Cherokee Speedway is about 5 minutes from my house and the big dogs are coming to eat a total of 3 times and the money that is being paid out on those shows alone is well worth goin to those shows. Oh man its goin to be a great year for some racing

https://lucasdirt.com/news/latest-news/ ... 1-schedule

https://worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels/t ... -schedule/

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But at this point, the appeal and cost of the package is a matter of marketing history--Chevrolet intended to offer the Hot Wheels Edition Camaro for one season, and that season has now drawn to a close. The model was actually out of production by the time we got to sample it. Total Hot Wheels Camaro production was reported at just over 1,500 units, which, we're told, is on par with the Transformer Edition model Chevy produced a few years back, a program that set the tone for the Hot Wheels package. Turns out, the two sold in similar numbers, so Chevrolet considers the venture a success.
Read more here:https://www.hemmings.com/stories/articl ... ls-edition



2013 Camaro SS/RS Hot Wheels edition
Low number production = high dollar collection