oldviolin wrote:
Oh yeah baby!

One of those 2nd gen Hemi's is being screwed together for my Daytona clone at the moment.
Except mine will have almost twice the horsepower as those '69-'70 race versions.

 Proclivities wrote: Kind of old news...

https://www.vanityfair.com/cul...

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Yeah, the windshield and cockpit looked pretty much like Mustangs of that era.  I wondered if that was Neko's car.

 Proclivities wrote: A Mustang with a Mercury body on it.

A Mercury with a Neko body on it.

 GeneP59 wrote: Mopar or no car!

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Yup I did, but only had that car for 6 months. Then I got my 74 Charger and that got a lot more.   
Man I loved that car and I still miss it. A lot of great memories. 

 GeneP59 wrote:
With a car like that... you could get the girl.

 Red_Dragon wrote:

I owned one of those damn things. Always made me feel like I was sitting in a sleazey dive bar when in it. 

 the_jake wrote:

Yup, my first car was a 1973 Cuda 340 ci Slapstick, Super blue with a white interior.

ps
Couldn’t get the girl into the back seat.  

 Proclivities wrote:

Back in the day I had the opportunity to drive one of those a few miles. The power steering was so over-boosted that it had zero road-feel and the car wallowed like a beached whale.

"...fine, Corinthian leather"

 Proclivities wrote: Those were trucks.
The most uncomfortable ride in a vehicle was on a trip to go deep sea fishing from my house to San Diego.
My dad's friend had a International Travel All.
An awful seat with a stiff ride... no bueno!

 Proclivities wrote:  - 

vaccum windshield wipers.  These and VWs scarred me so much that I still have trouble using the wipers for just a light mist - "What If I use up the last few cycles on something like this and we really need them later?".  It makes Mrs. Islander bonkers.

 Proclivities wrote:
I "learned" to drive a stick in that car.  My mother would let the 6 or 7 year old me shift.  It was a long way from first to second... probably 18 inches?

My brother inherited it and proceeded to destroy it...but not until after several summers when he'd take the top off and drive it around the Jersey shore. 

It was an awesome car.

 rgio wrote:
There was a guy in my neighborhood back in the '70s who had a yellow Scout similar to that one.  Very boxy, even more than a Jeep - it was cool though.

 Proclivities wrote:
That's the sexiest thing I've seen all week.

My mother drove an original IH Scout... 3 speed.  Was really bare-bones...noisy...bumpy...and fun.

Me next to it somewhere in Vermont in the early 70s.