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Nice.

The video wasn't so great. I provided it as an example of a clip that featured the sound of the engines, rather than the talking and music of the featured video. It was one of the related videos when I viewed the featured one on YouTube.

You missed this one.

Needs more motor and less talking/music, kinda like this.

The oil companies cared because they still had to provide fuel for all of the existing cars with high compression engines. I'm sure owners of these cars would be upset if they could no longer drive their cars because they couldn't buy fuel with a high enough octane rating.

The oil companies still needed to provide fuel for the current fleet of high compression engines, thus needed time to figure out how to produce high octane gas without lead.

The headline says that German oil companies prevented the US from getting awesome European cars but in reality, it was the fault of US politicians. Totally misleading. Also, the author attributes the delay to extortion by the oil companies, rather than the reality that governments can't legislate advances in…

Here's a nice pic.

The Mark V had a Plymouth (Chrysler) 426 Hemi. It was built for Richard Petty when NASCAR banned the Hemi for 'the '65 season and Petty went looking for other places to race.

1st Gear: I prefer the Spice-Olds WSC version though Jobs wasn't at Apple when this car was sponsored. You can own it for $300k.

Guess I'm not most people. I will eventually get the Scamp into good enough shape to be my daily driver.

WRX

That would be admitting that the original frames were too weak which Ford has adamantly denied.

Petty switched to Ford in '69 because they wanted him to continue to race Plymouths and he wanted to race a Daytona on the Superspeedways. One of the reasons, maybe the main one, that Chrysler brought out the Superbird was to get Petty back.

Not stock. It could probably be sold to a Superbird/Daytona (depending on its origin) restorer for more money than the rest of the car is worth.

The Magnum was produced on the R-body platform in '78-'79. The Mirada was built on the downsized J-body platform which replaced it and was produced in '80-'83. The Mirada did compete in NASCAR but Petty had already left Chrysler. Neither the Magnum nor the Mirada were that slippery.

I think over time, the "X-factor" diminishes and reality sets in. I bought a '72 Scamp to use as a daily driver instead of my Silverado. It's in great shape with only 73k miles but it's still an old car that's has rattles, wind noise, etc. It's got a small block V8 so is reasonably quick but handling leaves a lot to…

I suspect they might come down some but I think they'll always remain too high for me. I just wouldn't pay more for a '70s car that performed worse than today's equivalent. So I'd have to be able to buy that Cuda for less than a new Challenger. I don't see that happening.

Been waiting for an AAR Cuda to depreciate to a price I could afford since 1970. I'm still waiting.