Awesome choices guys. I like and appreciate exotics and imports, but for me bad ass all American Muscle is where its at. I'm glad to see a bunch of really sweet classic muscle has already been mentioned.
Quite frankly, I'm surprised no one has mentioned any Plymouth cars yet, but all the same it makes me feel more unique.
My dream car of dream cars is a 1970 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda. AAR stands for the All American Racers team, headed by drivers Swede Savage and Dan Gurney. The AAR 'Cuda was Plymouth's entry into the Trans-Am racing series, and though it was a late contender, it held its own against the heavily factory backed Boss Mustangs and Z28 Camaros. There were only 2,724 AAR 'Cudas ever built by Plymouth. The Production run AAR 'Cuda has a 340 cubic inch engine, three (count em, three) Holley two barrel carburetors dubbed "the six pack," an Edelbrock aluminum manifold and low restriction side exit exaust. The street version made 290 hp @ 5000 rpm and produced 345 lb ft of torque @ 3400 rpm. The racing version made nearly twice that at 460 hp during the beginning of the 1970 season, and climbing as the season went on. Even the street versions are known to spit fire out the side exhaust when revved high enough.
Seeing as AAR 'Cudas are so freakin rare, I would be none the less extraordinarily pleased with a non AAR 1970 or 1971 'Cuda with a 440 ci engine. I appreciate the collector value of the Hemi engined 'Cudas Plymouth produced over the years, but in terms of actual performance, they do little over and above what standard cylinder heads do.
Oh, and as for how much I would drive it? A freakin ton. I would probably have a cheap daily driver and only drive the 'Cuda when the weather was nice, but I'd drive it to work or school or wherever I was going. I'd probably take it to the track and race it too
Quite frankly, I'm surprised no one has mentioned any Plymouth cars yet, but all the same it makes me feel more unique.
My dream car of dream cars is a 1970 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda. AAR stands for the All American Racers team, headed by drivers Swede Savage and Dan Gurney. The AAR 'Cuda was Plymouth's entry into the Trans-Am racing series, and though it was a late contender, it held its own against the heavily factory backed Boss Mustangs and Z28 Camaros. There were only 2,724 AAR 'Cudas ever built by Plymouth. The Production run AAR 'Cuda has a 340 cubic inch engine, three (count em, three) Holley two barrel carburetors dubbed "the six pack," an Edelbrock aluminum manifold and low restriction side exit exaust. The street version made 290 hp @ 5000 rpm and produced 345 lb ft of torque @ 3400 rpm. The racing version made nearly twice that at 460 hp during the beginning of the 1970 season, and climbing as the season went on. Even the street versions are known to spit fire out the side exhaust when revved high enough.
Seeing as AAR 'Cudas are so freakin rare, I would be none the less extraordinarily pleased with a non AAR 1970 or 1971 'Cuda with a 440 ci engine. I appreciate the collector value of the Hemi engined 'Cudas Plymouth produced over the years, but in terms of actual performance, they do little over and above what standard cylinder heads do.
Oh, and as for how much I would drive it? A freakin ton. I would probably have a cheap daily driver and only drive the 'Cuda when the weather was nice, but I'd drive it to work or school or wherever I was going. I'd probably take it to the track and race it too
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