I"m w/you there. Though I"ve never been an Olds kinda" guy (my father drove one before he died) I do have a soft spot for the '70 4-4-2, 455ci w/a Muncie M-21 rock crusher and a Hurst.
Baaadddd Machine, especially if you super charge and dump twin Holley"s on the sucker.

 

Ya, I'm one of them old Texans and I enjoy conversing with the other old timers here. Talking about the old muscle cars, I could tell ya a thing or two. my father opened one of the first drag strips in Texas in 1957 called Temple Academy-Dragway. This year it was sold and is no longer in our family. There is a web sight if any one is interested. Temple-Academy Dragway.com.
Anyone remember the 426 wedge head dodges.406 Fords, 409 chevys. No one even knew what a civic, madza, toyota ment or even exhisted.
i see ya later, past my bed time-1205am.

 

Welcome Froggman - I'm new here too. I glad that Virgin 1 let me know there were a few of us older guys on board. As for muscle cars, I was a tech (mechanic back then) before I decided to leave honest work and go back to school, and I worked on most of thefactory hot rodsof the era until they lost compression and gained enough weight to qualify as SUVs. Strange as it may sound, I was a Buick guy although I had a Nova or two along the way. My personalfavorites were a 65 Gran Sport and a later vintage GS 455 StageOne, both modified according to the California Buick guru, Kenne Bell. With a little tweaking they could surprise a good many GTOs, 442s, Cyclones, etc. (particularly the Stage One). Although I didn't want to admit it at the time, the 426 (wedge & Hemi) Mopars and a few well set up 383s were the real runners at the time. Some of them would actually handle too. I learned to choose my battles carefully around them.
Anyway, it's good to talk to people who remember those old crocks - they did have their charms. It's interesting though that in hindsight many of them off the showroom floor had 0-60 times that were slower than many of today's sport sedans (or even some luxury boats for that matter).A 2.3L Mazda 3 with the 5-speed manual actually turns in a faster 0-60 time than the first GTO tested in Motor Trend in 1964 (7.4 sec vs 7.8 for the goat).I have the test if anyone wants verification.
Thanks for letting me reminisce; I'll get back to the present next post.