Mustang, Challenger or Camaro?

[Motown_Johnny]

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I am a Mustang guy myself, but I love all of these

[Blue_Tires]

1. Chevy power for life...

Chevy power forever!

[ogneopasno]

2. I'll take any one, in that order.

Mustang, Challenger, Camaro.

[lumberjack_jeff]

3. I'm a Chevy guy...

... but that Challenger is awesome. It pays perfect homage to its namesake. I wouldn't turn down the Camaro, but it looks a little cartoony to me.

[tridim]

4. I like them all too, but unfortunately it isn't the 70's any more.

Wrong time, wrong world.

[Motown_Johnny]

9. need electric versions is all, can have same style with different power source

[Kansas Wyatt]

54. My first thought on seeing them was:

And they wonder why they keep losing business.

[librechik]

5. My Anniversary Edition 04 Mustang GT is the best American car ever made.

seriously. And not the memorial Toy one in my sig. And not my husband's collector 70, though he would disagree.

[Motown_Johnny]

20. nice car, great photo

[librechik]

48. thanks, but not my photo--

Mine is just like that, but it's a convertible.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Here's what I'd like.

[AlCzervik]

7. last 2 but i'm not digging the the grill on the Camaro.

[Motown_Johnny]

13. Hmm... I kinda like it, not unlike the 1969 version. Not exactly the same mind you

[TheWraith]

8. The Camero looks nicest to me. nt

[TexasProgresive]

10. I vote for Challenger

I once owned a 1970 T/A Challenger with a 340 Sixpack (not to be confused with the 440 Sixpack). It was an all round great car.

[tangent90]

17. I had a '70 too, with the 383 'magnum' in "plum purple' color. It was the only brand new

car I even bought. Not a screamer but fun to drive anyway! :D

[TexasProgresive]

33. Mine was Plum Crazy too

Here's a pic of one in whatever they called this green- everything else is the same as my car.

[Motown_Johnny]

36. with the six pack? wasn't the linkage a problem with those?

[TexasProgresive]

40. The stock linkage was mechanical to the center carb

and vacuum to the front and back. I changed it to a strictly mechanical progressive linkage since I had a thing for drag racing. Oh those were the days- cheap high octane gas, high horse power engines in small, light cars and the fools to drive them. ahh and the smell of nitro and rubber at the drag strip in the morning.

[Motown_Johnny]

43. interesting

I thought that the linkage from the carbs tended to "stretch" slightly and that it was difficult to keep all three carbs balanced. That is why chevy stayed with the dual quad set ups when they went with multiple carbs.


anyways I am a mustang guy so I have no experience with it, just overheard curses

[Gold Metal Flake]

47. The Mope and Chevy systems were simple.

The Ford progressive mechanical Tri-Power systems used on the 1962 390 and1963 406 did have linkages to all three carbs, but I would not call it complicated. I have such a set-up on my 352 and it's a snap to align. It's all steel, so no stretching. Also, all three carbs have their own idle circuit, so setting idle is pretty much the same as any Holley carb except x3. You do not have to synchronize them, as they are progressive (the outer carbs act like the secondary barrels on a 4 barrel carb). Synchronizing is what you have to do with 1:1 multiple carb set-ups, like motorcycles or my MG Midget.

I recall that the Ford Tri-Power used on the old Lincoln-Tbird 430 in 1958 used vacuum secondary carbs like the Mope and Chevy set-ups.

I have no specific knowledge of the Pontiac 3x2 set-ups.

[tangent90]

37. Oh crap that's right, plum crazy not plum purple!! Wish I still had it sometimes

but I think that about several of my old cars. :D

[azmouse]

11. Camaro!

I own a 2000 Camaro SS and I love it!

[county worker]

12. The Shelby 500K Mustang goes for around $70,000.

I have a 2008 Mustang convertible but I would never pay $70,000 for a car. Can't afford mainly but still it isn't worth that much to me.

[Motown_Johnny]

15. agreed, just a fluff post since the new camaro is in the news today

[MindPilot]

14. I'm a Ford guy...

but that Challenger is about the nicest retro I've seen since the T-Bird. The Camaro has kind of a wild grin--looks like it just rolled off the set of a Chevron commercial.

[FriendlyReminder]

16. I'll go with the Mustang for sentimental reasons....my first car was a '68 Mustang.

But WOW, some great designs with a huge slice of "Americana"....

[gratuitous]

18. Javelin!

"Elliott, that's a nice name . . ."

[RT Atlanta]

19. bitchin' camaro!

[taterguy]

25. Did your parents drive that car up from the Bahamas?

[rrneck]

21. The performance is fun, but

those days are over.

Even so, when I think about performance vehicles I think like this:



Anybody out there got about fifteen grand they're not using? :P

[sailor65]

22. Ninja

none of them can touch it :-)

[guitar man]

23. Challenger

I had a '70 Plymouth Barracuda with a 440, so the Challenger makes me wax nostalgic for it. :thumbsup:

[Jokerman]

24. Mustang all the way!

Currently have a 2005.

It's the seventh Mustang I've owned.

[carlyhippy]

26. the Challenger and Camaro look like the same car

my choice would be the Camaro. I owned a Z28 in the early 80's.

[MessiahRp]

27. Challenger?

:-P

[Motown_Johnny]

29. the car predates that... ( buzz kill )

[MessiahRp]

31. Yeah yeah...

Watched the shuttle launch with my son last night on HD-Net. There were two teachers on the crew... last time I think I watched a live launch was the Challenger when I was in 3rd Grade, so it was sorta scary considering the whole teacher thing.

Rp

[OhioChick]

28. Tough call between the Camaro and Mustang....

But I'd have to go with the Mustang. Looks sweet. :D

[yella_dawg]

30. They call it a Challenger

But that's Barracuda to the bone. It's even more obvious when you see it in real life.

Of course, if I can only pick one, Mustang without hesitation.

[Motown_Johnny]

32. I have seen many in real life, kinda looks like the challenger to me

these are both model year 1969







and the new one

[bob4460]

51. no your challerger is a 70 n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

58. Hmmm.... did they change body styles in the 1/2 year? I see both listed when I search images

But you are right, it does look like a 70

anyways, it still doesn't look like the 'cuda to me

[anonymous171]

34. Mustang. Although the Challenger is pretty badass too.

[Broken_Hero]

35. I like the look of the Camaro

my wife loves the new Challengers...and eventually we will get one, probably next year or so....

I'm not much of a car looks type person, but if I had to choose, the Camaro would get my vote.

[davsand]

38. I've owned both a Pony Car and a Camaro.

Liked my Mustang a lot, but I have to confess my heart still belongs to that Camaro. It was a '77 (the last year they had much chrome on them) and I bought it new off the showroom floor. It had a wicked bad V8 and I miss that car to this day.

Have never driven a Challenger--nor any of the Dodge muscle cars, come to think of it. I'd like to. My brother drove a Charger for a few years in the early 70's and he absolutely refused to let me anywhere near his car. That was probably a smart move on his part, but it was an opportunity lost as far as I am concerned.

Truth be told, however, I'm not sure I'd buy a "sports car" today, period. It just looks silly as hell to me to be hauling a few kids and a bunch of softball gear around in a two door.


:shrug:


Laura

[MrScorpio]

39. MOPAR all the way, thank you very much

[doc03]

41. Mustang, Challenger, Camaro

[Fire1]

42. In any one of em, you're gonna get speeding tickets = points and

your insurance is going up, regardless. Good luck.

[ddeclue]

44. I have a 95 Z28 convertible Camaro with 5.7L V8 and a 2008 Dodge Charger R/T with 5.7 and 5 speed

automatic (can be shifted but has no clutch.)

The Charger with the Hemi is bigger and heavier but has a lot more zip than the Camaro thanks to 70 extra HP. The Camaro gets great gas mileage with the six speed in spite of having a 5.7L V8/275HP it gets 30+ mpg highway and 17 mpg city.

The Camaro is mostly parked lately because it needs some work and I can't afford to do it.

I hope the Charger doesn't get re-po'd since I've been vastly underemployed for the last three months and the payments are a pain. I got the Charger to replace my gas guzzler Dodge Ram 3/4 ton 4x4 pickup in January of last year - in retrospect a mistake since gas has gotten much cheaper and the truck was paid off and the car payments are $600/month. I DO love the new car and all its high tech features though -satellite radio, GPS mapping, bluetooth hands free cell phone, traffic/construction info, MP3/CD/DVD/harddisk entertainment system, etc,etc.

The Charger is also a lot more comfortable on long trips but I do enjoy the convertible for trips to the beach, cruising around in the evening etc.

Doug D.

[flvegan]

45. I can get a Nissan GT-R for the price of that GT500KR.

But, for the $40k pricepoint of the other two, for pure muscle, I'll take a 1 year old Corvette.

[MilesColtrane]

46. I'll take the Dodge, because all the foxy chicks dig it.

[pansypoo53219]

49. fooey

i want my 1972 delta 88. got my driving couch up to 100mph AND IT LIKED IT! IN THE 80's! killed my tires tho. and the speeding ticket. but i TRIED to get the SS victoria down to 80 again(in in Indiana at night)but dammit, she kept going back to 95!

[hunter]

50. Mustang

They take care of themselves and don't require fossil fuels.

They reproduce.

When they die the vultures eat them.

[RB TexLa]

52. Other: the vehicles I already own. I know, I know, that's not putting country first

well, too bad.

[Stargazer09]

53. I like all of them

Of course, none of them are within my budget right now, nor will they be appropriate for this time of my life (with young children).

But they sure look nice. :)

[backwoodsbob]

55. my first car

72 demon 340 six pack



not my pic btw...one I found

[catnhatnh]

56. As a totally unbiased poster I'll take...

...the Mustang...






















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[Thothmes]

57. Model A Ford

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

59. That Camaro looks like someone took an Alfa Romeo Brera...

...and beat it with an ugly stick. The Mustang looks OK, though.