If you could only have one....

[webestang]

Here is a photo of my "the car" and runner up. 1968 Mustang and 1971 Super Beetle, my first and second car I've owned. There are many cars I would want but having these 2 guys back and of course fully over restored to stock for maximum driving pleasure would be a blast.

[brianj]

Oddly enough, i have it. I lusted after a 5.0 mustang all through high school, and i always wanted a blower car. Now i have both in one. I'm content.

[bluesfannoz]

If I could only have one... I already own it.

[JTurbo]

^^^ Me too....


I've owned this one since 89 and it will be the last one to go.

[5.0 bird]

Either an ASC Mclaren Capri coupe or a 1985 Saleen Mustang hatch hardtop (no sunroof or T tops)

[E2ZZGLX]

This is a hard question!

I would have to say that the top one on my wishlist would be the 69 Charger R/T with the 426 HEMI and 4 speed. Would love to have it pretty much like the below picture and not a General Lee Replica.

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The other one would be a Delorean DMC-12. Not very glorious by any means but still a car that I have always wanted.

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Brock I like your style....XP29J9...Mike Tyson in a tux and the DMC is just another reason the 80's were SO COOL!!!

[xctasy]

The Mustang is the worlds best quality economy performance specialty car. Why would you need anything else but one?

New User JoeT, you get 49.5% from me for freedom of choice overall.


199.5% for True unadulterated Greatness of choice

200% off for desecration with a Brand C engine.


With Swedish Rounding to 50% from 49.5, a C pass, just scraped in.


Me? I'm partial to deTomaso's because I love Cleveland engined hybrids with "Conquestadore goes Home to Modena" storylines...its a back to Camelot fairytail.

I guess if cost were an issue, I would use this, and thrash it. Its like a valuable Yugo with Argentine attitute.

http://barnfinds.com/1989-innocenti-de-tomaso-turbo/



But its not, and after some consideration, the last 302 Cleveland powered Bowell Nagari is THE CAR. A pure Aussie made 2-bbl grunter that had that American made special de-stroked 351c 2V with a super restrictive 240 cfm Bendix Stromberg WW 2-bbl, and probably no more than 156 real horsepower at the flywheel. They weigh in at about 2200 pounds, and are insanely fast.











But it’s such a cool car to club race, and they were actually designed for lighter Windsor 302's, but as a cost cutting exercise, in 1971, Ford Oz decided to put Cleveland’s everywhere Windsor’s used to go, and an Aussie cast 240 hp gross Y code 302C was 569 pounds and 1 inch taller and had bigger heads and was 100 pounds heavier than the previous years imported F code 210 hp 302W.

So here's a Nagari 430 hp 347 stroker with the original lighter Windsor amped up.


Simon Peryer's car in New Zealand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h2J7S04NSE

[PaceFever79]

^^^ Me too....


I've owned this one since 89 and it will be the last one to go.

You know this got me thinking, I don't believe I could trade my Pace Car! The few times I thought about it, it felt like a bad idea, like trying to hack off my arm with a dull knife. It will always be my number one. So it must be the Pace, and the 68 Cougar Xr7 390. I guess that means I will just have to daily drive one of them and keep the other as my "one" weekend cruiser! hah?

[86V8NOTCH]

I wanted a 1979 Mustang Pace Car since they came out, but student loans and other Mustang ownership (14 fox chassis Mustangs from 1980-2015) delayed my Pace Car ownership until last November. Now that I have it, and though it's the slowest Mustang that I've ever owned, I would not let it go to get any other collector car. I'd even sell my 1 of 8 NHP SSP before I would sell my Pace Car.

[PaceFever79]

Worth saying again LOVE the new TRX wheels!

They really make your car pop!

[86V8NOTCH]

Thanks, I have to agree!

[escogt]

If I could only have one... I already own it.

Me too.
Always wanted a Teal with black cloth interior '93 Cobra!!

[JTurbo]

Pace Cars rule

And the 93 Cobra, very nice choice Esco....

[bluesfannoz]

Nice! Those are sweet!

Me too.
Always wanted a Teal with black cloth interior '93 Cobra!!

[bluesfannoz]

Very Cool! Always liked the Pace cars.

^^^ Me too....


I've owned this one since 89 and it will be the last one to go.

[escogt]

And the 93 Cobra, very nice choice Esco....

Thanks, Joe!!!
Love those Pace Cars too!!!

Nice! Those are sweet!

Thank you, Steve!!

[PaceFever79]

Esco,

I'm curious how your Butt Dyno compares the 85 5.0 4V and 93 Cobra? I'm kinda jealous and wanna know how you compare the two drivetrains using just your real world driving descriptive terms.

How they feel, how they differ, things you prefer, etc.

Not necessarily which one is "better"

[86V8NOTCH]

I would have a hard time giving up this one in order to keep the Pace Car, but luckily I can keep both & hopefully will never have to choose between the two.

[escogt]

Esco,

I'm curious how your Butt Dyno compares the 85 5.0 4V and 93 Cobra? I'm kinda jealous and wanna know how you compare the two drivetrains using just your real world driving descriptive terms.

How they feel, how they differ, things you prefer, etc.

Not necessarily which one is "better"

Hmmm... good question.
I love the sound the 4V 5.0L makes from the intake to the exhaust.The '85 idles & feels more like a muscle car than the Cobra.
The Cobra is more refined, smoother but pulls harder than the GT. I'm sure the GT40 heads & intake have something to do with that.
Love them both & it amazes me how different each one drives & feels.

[Hissing Cobra]

I have three cars that I want to own someday and they if I'm ever lucky enough to pull ownership of them off, they will all be heavily modified. I don't care if it hurts re-sale value or pisses off the collector car purist Nazi's. My goal is to bang gears, run mid 11's with all of them, drive them as much as I can, and win trophies at the car shows. They include (in no particular order).....

1. 1969 Dodge Charger - I had one of these as my first car. It was just like this one in terms of color and vinyl roof. Unfortunately, it had a 318/auto combo that was a DOG. I'd love to tell you that it was in mint condition but the truth of the matter is that it was a 16 year old car that was well beyond the point of being nice. It had a brand new paint job when I bought it (but a LOT of Bondo to go along with it), new covers on the seats (that didn't match the rear seat), and a big rot hole on the driver's side floor. On my $3.75 hourly salary back in 1985, I wasn't going to afford a restoration anytime soon. LOL!

If I were to re-create this car today, it would have a stroked 440 big block/6-speed combo and in Naturally aspirated form, the biggest, widest Magnum wheels that I could fit in there, and it would be running 11.50's @ 120+. I don't want to put a roll bar in any of my cars so 11.50 is my cutoff as far as speed is concerned.



My 2nd car would be a 1970 AAR 'Cuda small block in ANY crazy color that they came in! Of course, this one would be modified as well, with a stroked 340/6-speed and it too, would run 11.50's @ 120+. I would keep the factory side exhaust and stock wheels but the rear would be widened as much as possible to keep that stock look.



Finally, my 3rd choice would be a 1970 Boss 302 in ANY crazy color that they came in. Like the others, this one would be modified with a stroked 302/6-speed combo and it would run 11.50's @ 11.20+ like the others. I would keep the stock wheels but modify them like the 'Cuda's stock wheels.



Purists would want to kill me but I wouldn't care. As long as I could drive either one of these modified rides around, I'd have a smile on my face. They would be better built than stock and look better too.

[PaceFever79]

Heh, Pete!

Stunned to see 2 Mopars on top of your list!

About apologizing for wanting to stroke, I remember reading a big brew haha about that in one of the vintage racing mags. It seems many vintage raced TransAM era cars are stroked (wink wink).

[Hissing Cobra]

LOL! I hear ya there. While I would own many other cars, including a '65 Mustang Fastback, those 3 are at the top of the list. As for performance, the stock motors don't do it for me - even the big blocks. I LOVE seeing old '60's cars with new, modern, fuel injected motors and 6 speeds or stroked motors and 6-speeds. It's the wave of the future and it makes the cars much more enjoyable to drive because now you can take them on long trips down the highway without any issues and make more power than the stock power plants
.

[70b302cat]

Agreed.

I seem to have missed the point of this thread. Allow me to clarify to myself. The point is not if you could only have one, it's if you could only EVER have one.

Well, in that case, despite my love for the Mach, I've come to the conclusion that it's not worth what it would take to get one (Thanks a lot, Barrett-Jackson!). Therefore, I present my far cheaper second and third choice entries.

'70-71 Cyclone Spoiler. (probably purchased as a same-year Montego and converted)

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'69-70 Cougar Eliminator (probably purchased as a lesser model and converted)

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If only one then the Eliminator that I have owned since January of 2001.

[grabbergreen84]

Nice Cougar! Is that lowered?

1. 1969 Dodge Charger - I had one of these as my first car. It was just like this one in terms of color and vinyl roof. Unfortunately, it had a 318/auto combo that was a DOG. I'd love to tell you that it was in mint condition but the truth of the matter is that it was a 16 year old car that was well beyond the point of being nice. It had a brand new paint job when I bought it (but a LOT of Bondo to go along with it), new covers on the seats (that didn't match the rear seat), and a big rot hole on the driver's side floor. On my $3.75 hourly salary back in 1985, I wasn't going to afford a restoration anytime soon. LOL!

Just get some Cragers and nice loud duals all the way out the back, and drive!

[Hissing Cobra]

Nice Cougar! Is that lowered?

Just get some Cragers and nice loud duals all the way out the back, and drive!

If I'm lucky enough to ever get another one, I may go that route instead of widening the stock wheels. All of the '60's Musclecars look sweet with those wheels.