How About a Gearhead Thread?

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

Have you ever had a car that you now wish you'd kept?  I got my driver's license during the heyday of muscle cars, when GM. Ford, and Chrysler were in a battle for the hearts and souls of young drivers, aided by songs like,

409..  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKKP_cZuk54

Li'l GTO   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_FSicQWimU

Little Ol' Lady From Pasadena  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MhiHZvq8zc

Shutdown  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nll2r0h8rRE

After a few "almost good enough" rides, I finally got my hands on my dream car.......a '65 Malibu SS with an L79 327. 

[rules_of_acquisition]

Very cool ride!

I've had some cool cars but as you say I wish I still had them.

I had a 1969 Mustang Mach 1 with a built 351, 4 speed and traction lock...and just about every option from the factory that was available. I restored it from the ground up, striped the body to bare metal and used either mint used parts and NOS chrome, weather stripping, etc. I sold it sometime ago...Now it's worth big bucks, that figures!

The sad thing is, besides a few blurry polaroid photos, I have no images of it.

[viewmont1071]

In 1965 my my mate Des had a shiny new EH S4 stationwagon... In 2013/14 I helped him rebuild a shiny red EH

stationwagon with X2 running gear, (double strombergs and headers) a HR disc front end, 5 speed celica gearbox, 186

bored to 189 with forged acl race pistons,blueprinted and balanced, 30/70 cam, solids with roller rockers, electronic

ignition, integrated air conditioning....not quite finished but definitely getting closer....

[viewmont1071]

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

Make sure you keep us up to snuff on the progress........

[viewmont1071]

there's a build thread in the ebay au motors thread with more pics

A likely lad and his EH in the early 70's desert boots, corduroy and all...

[viewmont1071]

...wish I had kept these two as well

[serendipityricho]

Hi Dave -been checking on the Motors thread for updates on that EH  project.

Was a big job--doing a second one would be a lot easier.lol.....................Richo.

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

Do they have drag strips in OZ?

My '75 Monza 2+2 launching at Redding Dragstrip in '77  Car had a 331 smallblock with a 4-speed...........ran 12:30's

[joz*garage]

"Do they have drag strips in OZ?"

better put your tin cap on before they arrive bandcamp 😄

always loved the monza

the A9X model & the one that i had - posted on your other thread

is really aussies equivalent to the monza

built, due to moffats successes driving a monza in america

(wish i still had any one of the two A9Xs i owned)