desire for American iron intensifies

"Scary__goongala!" (corymagee) 02/02/2017 at 20:47 • Filed to: None

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I really want my next car purchase to be a big American coupe from like 1970-1980. I pick these years because some of them are wayyyy cheaper. Just something that isn’t ugly and can be had with a LSD. This would happen after graduating college and completing the other training I have to do afterwards. I think a car such as this would be a good pairing to the Hairdresser mobile.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Scary__goongala! 02/02/2017 at 20:52

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Mike Musto DD a Monte like that.

Scary__goongala! > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 02/02/2017 at 20:54

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Just watched House of Muscle, which prompted this post. Liked them before that, but it’s nice to hear they work as nice cruisers.

crowmolly > Scary__goongala! 02/02/2017 at 20:55

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So, so much room under the hood.

Scary__goongala! > crowmolly 02/02/2017 at 20:58

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The 1st Gen Monte has reallyyyy grown on me.

crowmolly > Scary__goongala! 02/02/2017 at 20:59

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I think ‘73 and ‘74s can be had with a big block and no cats.

The heads on the 454s are good factory castings, it’s just the cam and compression that is poor.

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > Scary__goongala! 02/02/2017 at 21:02

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A 76 Monte Carlo was my first car. It was black with Cragars. I sold it to a family friend after I got my Luv and it burned to the ground with his house. He was a body man so he had finessed and painted it, so sad to see the carcass sitting there.  

Scary__goongala! > crowmolly 02/02/2017 at 21:03

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Not crazy about the looks of those model years.

crowmolly > Scary__goongala! 02/02/2017 at 21:04

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I don’t blame you. Style took a dive at 1973 GM.

lone_liberal > Scary__goongala! 02/02/2017 at 21:35

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Could always go Ferd. (my first car was the grocery-getting cousin to this GT)

Scary__goongala! > lone_liberal 02/02/2017 at 21:39

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How are the prices on those? Im really surprised by the amount of Monte Carlos on sale for fair prices.

lone_liberal > Scary__goongala! 02/02/2017 at 21:47

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I haven’t shopped them in a while but Hagerty shows $5500-$8000 for good-to-fair condition 351W 2bbl models, which would probably be the most common. Now those are probably in better condition than most Oppo rides so that might be a bit high. I don’t know how many are out there because I think they tended to go to the crusher faster than Monte Carlos because there were more Chevy fans than Ford boys.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Scary__goongala! 02/02/2017 at 21:54

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I’ve always been a fan of mid-1970's Pontiac Grand Prix’s with that rediculously long triangular creased hood and pedestrian stabber front bumper spike.

Scary__goongala! > lone_liberal 02/02/2017 at 21:56

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Gotcha, I haven’t seem any of those come up. But meanwhile as you said the Monte Carlos are common.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Scary__goongala! 02/02/2017 at 21:57

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PS just about any RWD American car from that era should be pretty easy to fit an aftermarket LSD to.

Scary__goongala! > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 02/02/2017 at 21:58

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Car looks like it was made for shanking j-walkers.

Scary__goongala! > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 02/02/2017 at 22:07

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Thought that might be the case., Ive just never done it myself. I assume the parts for these model year cars are cheap and plentiful.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Scary__goongala! 02/02/2017 at 22:12

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I believe so. The aftermarket is pretty decent too, because a lot of parts mix and match. The big three really only had a few platforms that they built tons of models off of and kept in production for long periods of time.

Nothing > Scary__goongala! 02/02/2017 at 22:35

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About all years of Mercury Cougars are cheap, especially the 71-73.

WilliamsSW > crowmolly 02/02/2017 at 22:53

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The first gen (70-72) was available with a 454 (and I think 402 bb) as well —-