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MisterBeast -> RE: Your first car? (7/10/2008 9:24:17 PM)
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t going and going and surprisingly for such a big engine and heavy car it did get pretty good mileage on a tank of gas...my next car was a 77 trans AM 400 4 barrel with 650 holley which spent almost as muc quote:
ORIGINAL: Maya2001
Mine was a 1970 plymouth fury III 440 V8 and yes I understand the feeling ...part of it is the nostalgia of reliving your youth
at the time as a teenager I was one of very teenage girls with my own car, so quite often at street intersection some young guy(s) would pull up beside in a muscle car (mustangs, camaroes, trans Ams, corvettes etc ) as would start revving their engines and in response I would rev mine as a signal I was ready to challenge to a race to the next redlight intersection...the fury III has a wonderful center of gravity due to the length whereas the sportscar where very heavy in the front end being rear drives with engines revving at the start they would not get the initial momentum their rear tire would spin on the pavement which gave me the lead every time and in the short street races I would beat them as they could make up the timing they lost at the start much to their shock and chagrin, the car also hard extremely good handlling on loose gravel winding roads due to it weight and I enjoy the challenge of seeing how fast I could push the car and maintain control without sliding around ,,, with this beast I could push 100 mph with todays cars I would have troubles holding the car steady at 50 mph on similiar roads...the other thing I was able to do was get it up on two wheels and it was one of theose cars that just kept going and going and surprisingly for such a big engine and heavy car it did get pretty good mileage on a tank of gas...my next car was a 77 trans AM 400 4 barrel with 650 holley which spent almost as much time in the garage as it did on the road ..it was a sharp looking car but a money pit but for drving thrills and adrenalin rush I could get a lot more out of the fury III...um and yeah there was also lots of back seat room if you wanted to go parking and you could sit of lay on the car without denting it
That is kind of suprising, I have a 79 TA now, and man I wouldnt give it up for nothing, its a hard top, 6.6 with the Radial tuned suspension, I have had it up over 160 MPH a couple of times and it rides like a rocket sled on rails. I have had 4 of em, all great cars. This one is by far the nicest, and it is fixing to get a 468 CID heart transplant pretty soon.
The Fury III's were cool cars, but the problem with a car like that is weight, if some one puts the right goodies on thier suspension to make that TA next to you hook up, they are going to leave you every time simply as a function of power to weight ratio. On the other hand, big boat cars do tend to do pretty damn good in accidents, where as TA's well not so good. That is why mine is getting a 12 point cage this winter, allthough I am really hoping I never have to test it.
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