Oddball Muscle Cars

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by FED 387

Bought a new 69 chevelle 300 deluxe 2 door sedan--- (street racer)---396-375 HP turbo 400 & 4:88 rear gears no radio !!!! only extra was tinted windshield for about $7-Black int/black ext---That car would fly sold it in 1980 never been in the rain or snow had under 10,000 miles never was in a car wash alwys washed it by hand---LOOKED brand new inside /out----Last I heard it was in Alabama(1982)--by the way paid under $3000 for it sold it for $17500---wish I still had it bet they did not make very many of them either---Comp 387

That car was an afterthought,meant to compete with the Plymouth Roadrunner, which was a cheap-o Satellite.Just finding a 6 cylinder 300 2 dr post car was a rare occasion.My stocker is a 68 300 deluxe sport coupe(no post). I made real sure that body style was in the classification guide before I built it.There's still some rare stuff out there,just be lucky when you find it.

[Bridgewater7185]

In 1998 A buddy of mine called me that had a used car lot. He knew we were looking for some kind of muscle car for my son Chris. Went to his lot to find a 1974 Malibu Classic 454/275 4/barrel 4 speed. Bench seat, factory tach and 2 SW gauges below dash. 1 owner
54,000 mi. Got it home pulled back seat out and found build sheet. All matching numbers
10 bolt posi and Muncie was a rock crusher (fine spline). What a boat we called it
"THE PICKLE" , Dark Met. Green. Took to super Chevy Pomona for his first trip down the track ran 15.70 spinning thru second and went 103 mph. My other son David was running his 67 Chevelle small block and the fun part was grudge racing both my boy's with My 96 Impala. Good times!

[John Leichtamer Jr]

In the early 1990s I bought a 61 Chevy Impala 4 dr sedan 348 3X2s,factory A/C, P/S, P/B,six way power seat. Bought the car from the original owner. Still had the original aircleaner.

Another car belongs to a friend of mine. 60 Belair 4dr sedan 348/250hp factory 4/speed.

Hammer

[treessavoy]

Saw a documented and restored 1964 Plymouth Belvedere 4 door with a factory 426 Max Wedge and 4 speed, oddly it was ordered without posi. The story is that it was ordered to serve as a tow car for a Dr. who had a large boat. 415hp.

JimR

[Bob Don]

A friend presently has a '70 Torino WAGON, green with woodgrain sides with a 429 auto. I'm not sure if it is CJ or SCJ (I'm not really a Ford guy) but he's got all kinds of original documentation substantiating the car and motor.

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Bob Don

A friend presently has a '70 Torino WAGON, green with woodgrain sides with a 429 auto. I'm not sure if it is CJ or SCJ (I'm not really a Ford guy) but he's got all kinds of original documentation substantiating the car and motor.

Bob, there were actually 3 different 429 4 barrel engines for the 70 Torinos and Cyclones. The 5th diget in the VIN tag will tell what is was when new. A "N" engine code is the basic 360HP 429 "Thunderjet" which was also used in T Birds, as well as full size Ford & Mercury cars. The 429 Cobra Jet has engine code "C", and had the D0OE-R "CJ" cylinder heads with big valves and ports, and a Rochester Quadrajet (seriously!). The Super Cobra Jet had engine code "J", and had the same CJ heads, but with a solid lifter cam, and a 780 Holley carb. Supposedly, in 70, the SCJ had 4 bolt mains, with 2 bolt on the CJ, in 71, both the CJ7SCJ were 4 bolt main. The Torino woody wagon my buddy owned, had the 4 bolt block.

[Mike Schwartz]

The 1968 Plymouth Fury III Fast Top with a 440/375hp/727 would run in the 14's stock. I had one of them back in the '80s.

[Bret Kepner]

Some of the Furys were good; others were substantially less than that.

I've raced plenty of oddball stockers in my life but one of the worst was a refrigerator-white 383 2bbl 727 '70 Fury I in (AHRA) O/SA.

I was thrilled to get the left front wheel an inch off the ground on the launch but, even on a soft record, the car couldn't get out of its own way.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Hey Lee Valentine,,
Your pops car "The Pied Piper" wasn't really an odd ball,,,,nobody could see it,, because it was always going so fast,,Just how many
Biscayne wagons 427/425HP L-72 did Chevrolet make in 66'??
And did that car come out of Curry Chevrolet in Scarsdale.........................
....OddBall, 1965 Plymouth Valiant 273/235HP 4-door, 4-speed, with a factory Hurst 4-speed shifter. Black with black interior..New York City Taxi Commision bought a few of them for their junior commisioners, with 3.91 gears in the Hotchkiss drive non-posi piece of junk 7 1/4" rear end unit.
Paul,, wasn't 'OddBall' played by Donald Sutherland in Kelly's Heroes??

[Ron Middleton]

I worked at at parts store in 1982 and got a call one day from a service station we sold and delivered parts to. They had customer who was driving 1966 4 Dorr Bel Air from south Louisiana back to somewhere up north. Owner of Texaco called to get rocker arm for Bel Air with a 427 engine and when looking up in TRW book it listed Hi-Perf or std 427 engine. When I asked which one it was the owner of the Texaco told me "hell, I don't know. How do you tell?." I just told him I would have to pick up either at the warehouse and would come by and look to see myself.
When I got to the Texaco there sat a 1966 Bel Air 4 door sedan. Black with black interior, bench seat 427/425HP, 4 speed car that was previously a Louisiana Sheriffs patrol car. All original and new owner was taking car back home to Missouri. Car was amazingly original with factory wheel covers, plain jane interior, original carb and shifter. Owner wouldn't tell me what he gave for car but sure was an unusual vehicle and stiil had spot light on drivers side windshield post.