1970 Muscle Cars

Here is a pic of my 70 Laguna Grey. We have 70, 71 and 72 represented :)

magmag said:
70 Vette Conv. here, not a muscle car (350/300HP, auto), more of local high school prom queen parade car but it can do doughnuts tho ;-)
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ladder13 said:
Not mine, identical except for the 454 and whopping 270 hp :) that mine had. ‘72 Steel Cities Grey, 4sp.


Triple black 67 GTX 426 Hemi was/is my grail car. No way I’ll ever own one now.


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ZGrand said:
Not a '70, but a '71, and not a muscle car. But she sure was a lot of fun. Base L48 engine (350 4-bbl), 4-speed manual. Sold it in 2000 -- sure do miss it.
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Had a LeMans that was fast enough til my bil took me for a ride in his new 442. What muscle. A friend bought a Mach I Mustang and allowed me to drive it one time. Loved my Gran Torino.

Had to put tires on my budget til I learned to drive my new 1990 5-speed
5.0 HO hatchback Mustang. Found 200 MPH-rated Yokohamas. Second gear started only yellow-lining at 105. Drove it less than 800 miles in four years, so sold it. One simply cannot have a large enough garage.
 
My only 1970's muscle car, not really a "muscle car" at all, but a real sleeper. It was a 1975 L-48 Corvette. 165 factory rip snortin HP.

BUT... It looked good, and handled very good for the times.

SO.... In 1982, I found one in great shape. Pulled the original drive train, put in a solid cam 375hp Racing Head Service 327 inch motor, and a racing built Fairbanks turbo 400 tranny, 3400 rpm torque converter, and a rear end gear change (4:11's if I remember right).

It looked stock, and if you didn't catch the choppy idle, you'd think it was just a pretty face. But, that car was quick, a quarter mile monster that also handled good. It would get sideways when that auto hit second gear if you weren't careful. Fooled a lot of people...:)

Eventually sold it to a guy who lived in my town who parked it outside, put a tarp over it, and let it sit for years. I drove by once, and lifted the tarp to check it out. The windshield was busted, the side pipes rusted, and the interior covered in mold. What a waste...:( Only have a couple old pics.

Larry
 

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4barrel said:
Any of you guys seen a pair these? It is about the rarest and fastest 70 model made and one of my friends has one he is restoring. These are factory stock heads and intake. He has a hp AMC on the back burner also. I snapped these photos this year.
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Not a 70's muscle car but I loved my '89 5.0L HO LX Mustang.



A close friend's '69 Camaro. I helped build and dial in the 427 that he dropped in it.



This factory "K"-code Mustang belonged to my friend that owns the '69 Mach I.

We built and dropped in a another 289 to save the HiPo for when he restored it.

With 12:6.1 pistons, decked block and decked 302 heads we had to O-ring the heads because we couldn't keep it from blowing head gaskets.

Edelbrock Torker intake mated to a Holley 735 cfm donated from a 428 CJ along with a hydraulic cam gave us a 8200 rpm shift point.

Had a lot of fun with car.
 
S-W4EVER said:
I once drove one of the demo’s at the dealership I worked at, a ‘70 Mustang Mach One, 428 w/ C6, floorboarded it at 50 mph and it went broadside while burning rubber, car salesman screaming until I let off the go pedal...
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I wet 3 years without a valid drivers license and got caught 5 times. The 4th and 5th times both cost me a week in jail each time. LOL

My friend had launching his Mach I down pat. He would barely break the tires loose from a dead stop and launch it like a rocket.

He could be through the intersection before the other guys crossed the first crosswalk and then they had to try and play catch up which I don't remember anyone ever doing.
 
70 muscle cars are iconic and nothing compares to them as far as style and pure pavement pounding power, MOPAR's have always been my favorite.
The 70 era MOPARS were the inspiration to my 03Hemi truck build, still working on several of the mods, but she's come along way since the day I bought her. I think you'll see some 70's influence here?
I borrowed the iconic "six pack" hood scoop idea, but it has a little different twist on it. It'll not only be functional, but will have butterflies that are operated via a 12v linear actuated motor (on the work bench now) to open/close them in acclimate weather conditions. This will add massive amounts of air to feed the already installed "Air Grabber" I re-engineered to work on my truck along with the custom removable snorkel I fabricated too. The air Grabber seals to the bottom of the hood also.
Just finished the grill inserts and my ceramic coated headers arrived last night.
MDS coil packs and Taylor Shorties plug wires on order and waiting.
268 degree comp cam, 456 gears and a performance tune to bring everything together.
I think the Dodge brothers would approve.
She still aint no 69 Charger though. lol
 

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rubiranch said:


Not a 70's muscle car but I loved my '89 5.0L HO LX Mustang.



A close friend's '69 Camaro. I helped build and dial in the 427 that he dropped in it.



This factory "K"-code Mustang belonged to my friend that owns the '69 Mach I.

We built and dropped in a another 289 to save the HiPo for when he restored it.

With 12:6.1 pistons, decked block and decked 302 heads we had to O-ring the heads because we couldn't keep it from blowing head gaskets.

Edelbrock Torker intake mated to a Holley 735 cfm donated from a 428 CJ along with a hydraulic cam gave us a 8200 rpm shift point.

Had a lot of fun with car.
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Those 5.0 LX Mustangs are sleepers.
 
Planning

Wining a race needs careful planning. In the era circa 1970, A employee, in front of a sizeable audience, challenged me to a race. He was to be driving his stock, Dodge Six Pack, and I was to be driving my stock 1964 Pontiac GTO. I had watched him jump that car, completely off of the pavement, with full throttle application. I accepted his challenge, and offered to make it a title for title race, winner take all. He gladly maintained his challenge, and asked the length of the race. I required the race to be from Columbus, to Cincinnati, OH, a distance of 100 miles, My challenger quickly exclaimed, That wouldn't be fair, I'd have to stop on the way, three times for gas. I replied that's not my fault. My challenger quickly swallowed his pride, and withdrew his challenge.
 
After my father died my mother became a "little" how should I say it, "over the top flamboyant". She bought a candy apple red 5.0 Ford Mustang GT with a gull wing spoiler and went around dressed in a Red Cowboy Hat, Red Cowgirl Shirt with fringe, Red Leather Pants, and Red Leather Cowboy custom made boots with diamond rings on every finger. Boy did she ever get the "double takes" from people! She gave the word "eccentric" a whole new meaning. Thank God I believe most people thought the rings were fake. She advertised for boyfriends in the National Enquirer which sent my sister into orbit. She bragged to her friends that one guy she was dating was a CIA man living in the CIA barracks in Houston which of course he was not. It turned out he was the brother of a bail bondsman that made his living by bilking gullible older lonely women. My sister had him checked out. I felt sorry for my mother and did my best to educate her but it was NOT easy and hard for her to accept. She was like a reed bending in the wind as my father was the "stabilizing force" in her life for their long marriage and she was a ship adrift without him never fully recovering. SAD really. Things cannot replace people.
 
I had a 72 Buick GS Stage II. I restored it from the ground up. It had the coldest A/C ever. Everything was original, except the paint. I had to sell it due to a divorce. I would do anything just to see my old Bertha!
 
Chubbo said:
The first year Pontiac GTO, was One of the most underrated, played down, factory supplied muscle cars ever built. They were titled as Pontiac tempests, for lower insurance fees. The Columbus police dept., recorded the license numbers of all GTOs, to be consulted if a pursuit ensued, as few GTOs were ever caught in a pursuit. '64 GTOs were seldom mentioned, and that still holds true today. In '64 they whipped most of the hot rods, and muscle cars at National Trails raceway, located East of Columbus, OH., and the two locally owned GTO cars, of those contestants were always being torn down for inspection at those drag races, as the officials couldn't believe they could be legally equipped, but they always proved to be legal. I never entered mine into organized competition.

I can truthfully say that I never lost a drag race on the street. One of those races run pulling a 17' travel trailer.
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I had a '64 GTO in high school and agree with you. It beat everything on the road at the time and for a few years after. Like a dummy, I sold mine when I went into the service.

I have a picture of one just like mine but have never been able to post a photo on this site.
 
I never had a GTO. However, I recall reading, perhaps in Road & Track or Motor Trend, where the '64 GTO was the fastest American regular production car to date. It had a zero to sixty time of 4.6 seconds, certainly phenomenal at the time and probably not too bad even today.
 
So I gather that the '64 was quicker than those which followed. Am I correct then to think that the ' 64 was considerably lighter weight than the others?

Regards,
Andy
 
snowman said:
So I gather that the '64 was quicker than those which followed. Am I correct then to think that the ' 64 was considerably lighter weight than the others?

Regards,
Andy
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Perhaps I phrased that poorly. By "to date" , I meant up to that point: 1964. I would guess the 4.6 record was beaten a long time ago. Whether or not the '64 was lighter in weight, I don't know. The styling of the '65 GTO was markedly different, but looks like weights of the '64 and '65 would have been similar.
 
My first car was a 63 Impala Convertible. Had a 327 that was shot when I got it, it blew up, dropped a 283 in it. Sold it because there was word that they were going to outlaw convertibles because they were "dangerous." Had a 64 Galaxie, police interceptor that would smoke 60's like crazy.

I restored a 67 El Camino. It was not an SS but I put an SS hood on it and some buckets out of a Charger. It was a beautiful car. I was doing auto collision at the time and really took my time with that one. Wish I still had it and the 63.

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I have restored several cars over the years. Several Chargers, really wanted a 65, the early Charger. Tons of old Mustangs, loved the fastbacks, several Cudas, Road Runners, Camaros and most anything in between. The worst ones for me to restore were old Vettes. You could do anything with fiberglass but man was it itchy.
 
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