My M-Code Cuda is finally getting worked on
Every one of these cars could have been put back to stock and slow, but...
Original 66 Belvedere I, factory hemi/4-speed.
Original WO23, 67 Dodge Coronet-440. 426/4-speed
Original N-code 70 `cuda vert. 6.4/NAG1[my mom's car from 72]
...and I've had tons of other ones. The 2 OEM cars were the most boring.
I'm glad you've got your dream-car...and you should do with it, as you see fit. However, as long as someone has wanted to make their car fast...they have. The initial reason for buying a hemi, BB,340-car, instead of a POS 6-cylinder car....is that you already had better components, and a base to work from. Not everybody sees them the same. They were built mostly by a bunch of drunks and stoners, who had little to no education. The people on the line didn't care about quality or different, just their paycheck..and doing as little as possible to get it. I worked on the lines, and witnessed it. After 4 years, I quit. It was like working with mild-altered, robot-children. I believe, as long as there's a couple of examples to see in collections and museums of such "rare" cars, the rest should be done with...as seen fit. Hell, I'd race most "stock" muscle-cars with my new mini-van. It's a hoot to beat-up on an old muscle-car. It's unfortunate that this hobby has become about rarity, which equates to money. The reason these cars were built, was to race. And had they been fast....there never would have been an "after-market", created. Have fun, because I do.
Every one of these cars could have been put back to stock and slow, but...
Original 66 Belvedere I, factory hemi/4-speed.
Original WO23, 67 Dodge Coronet-440. 426/4-speed
Original N-code 70 `cuda vert. 6.4/NAG1[my mom's car from 72]
...and I've had tons of other ones. The 2 OEM cars were the most boring.
I'm glad you've got your dream-car...and you should do with it, as you see fit. However, as long as someone has wanted to make their car fast...they have. The initial reason for buying a hemi, BB,340-car, instead of a POS 6-cylinder car....is that you already had better components, and a base to work from. Not everybody sees them the same. They were built mostly by a bunch of drunks and stoners, who had little to no education. The people on the line didn't care about quality or different, just their paycheck..and doing as little as possible to get it. I worked on the lines, and witnessed it. After 4 years, I quit. It was like working with mild-altered, robot-children. I believe, as long as there's a couple of examples to see in collections and museums of such "rare" cars, the rest should be done with...as seen fit. Hell, I'd race most "stock" muscle-cars with my new mini-van. It's a hoot to beat-up on an old muscle-car. It's unfortunate that this hobby has become about rarity, which equates to money. The reason these cars were built, was to race. And had they been fast....there never would have been an "after-market", created. Have fun, because I do.