What is your all time favorite 1960's & 1970's muscle car?

[mojave30cal]

Mine is this 1962 Chevy Bel Air Bubble top 409 with the 409 hp
engine in Corona Cream with red interior. It's what I would
call "sexy".

In the early 1960"s there were illegal drag races that took
place at the Kahuku drag strip on the north shore of the island
of Oahu. It was privately owned, and the caretaker's son had
access to the gate keys. Once or twice a month all these hot
cars from all over the island would congregate at night and
drag race all night. One guy had one of these 1962 Bel Air
409's as pictured. That car was really fast. He ended up
totaling the car. I went looking for it back in the 1980's, but
he said it was long gone. The good thing about this drag strip
was that it was near the ocean in a large sugar cane field. You
could hear the sounds of the engines from the main highway
not quite a mile away, and the cops couldn't anything about
the racing as it was on private property.

There were legally sanctioned NHRA drag races at the Kahuku
air strip once a month. I remember the Dodge and Plymouth
426 Hemi's beating everybody.

 

[usm1rifle]

In March of 1970, I purchased a 4200 mile 1969 Yenko Camaro for $4250. It was Daytona Yellow with black interior, stripes and side graphics. Like all Yenkos, it had the 450 hp 427 and like some, the optional Muncie rock crusher.

I wish I still had it.

 

[SC_Mike]

Mine would be the 1969 Camaro SS 396 I drove in HS similar to this one.

I'm also partial to the 1963 split window Corvette.

 

[loeman]

Back in the day I never had enough money to actually own a true muscle car. However, if I had I would have bought a mid 60s Chevy II. Closest I ever came was a '65 Impala w/327.

 

[ladder13]

67 GTX or 69 Z28

 

[RonJ]

No question. Even though I am a Ford guy I choose the '67 GTO.

http://classiccars.com/listings/view/628825/1967-pontiac-gto-for-sale-in-fenton-missouri-63026

 

[loknload]

Of course it was my 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 400cuin. 400hp. 4sp and dual exhaust.
Wish I still had it and this what started my infatuation with Oldsmobile !
Drove Olds until they screwed'em up

 

[427mach1]

1970 Mach 1, of course!

 

[moosedog]

That's a tough question that I have been facing for a while since I am contemplating what to buy when my kids finish college soon.
I really like the 1967 Hemi GTX, or a 1965-67 GTO.

A couple years ago my friend showed me a 1963 Chevy Impala SS convertible with a 409, black with a red interior that he had in his shop for a restoration. The car was all original and had less than 20,000 on it when the previous owner went to Vietnam and was killed.
His mom kept the car in the old wooden garage in Detroit until a Comcast installer asked about it. The interior was shot as was the drop top, but the metal was surprisingly mint.

 

[85V65Sabre]

68 Torino GT
390 4 speed

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

 

[Sconnie]

Never had one but a neighbor had a used one during my teens and I have always thought of it when someone says muscle car.

1969 GTO Judge in orange.

But I will admit that I wish the neighbor had owned that 1970 Mach 1....very nice indeed.

 

[RonJ]

Actually I'll go as far to say that 1967 was the greatest overall year for muscle cars.

 

[scooter123]

For me it's a tie. Either a 1969 Camaro SS 350 or a 1970 Chevelle SS454 with the LS-6 option.

 

[JH1951]

1965 Chevy Malibu SS
1966 comes in a close second for me.

 

[Smith357]

I liked the 67 Shelby GT500, but my true lust was in the European Roadsters.

 

[photobiker]

I guess my favorite would be my 1970 Formula 400 Firebird. That's my favorite because it's the only muscle car I owned. Did have a nice sporty 1967 Cougar.

 

[mc5aw]

Street legal --> Ford Boss 429 Mustang

Non street legal --> Ford Thunderbolt

They don't come cheap at auctions like Mecum or Barrett-Jackson:

https://www.mecum.com/lot-detail.cfm?LOT_ID=CA0813-161271

1964 FORD THUNDERBOLT 2 DOOR - Barrett-Jackson Auction Company - World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions

As an alternate, I could do fine with a Shelby Cobra.

 

[Mike McLellan]

Detroit at it's best!

 

[mr-mom]

I ordered a first generation 1965 PONTIAC GTO. Not so patiently waited almost six months before it delivered to the dealership. The mechanics didn't want to let me take delivery until they had all looked it over completely. Sure wish I still had it.
Dave
SWCA #2778

 

[vigil617]

I'll always be partial to the 1969 Dodge Charger R/T with the 440.....since one just like this was what the young, black-haired, hot-bodied, art teacher Miss Webb drove to school and parked outside the gym when I was an impressionable 8th grader.....

It was so cool when she turned the headlights off and they would flip over behind that black-and-silver grill.....