My first truck was a 1978 GMC with a 350 that I bored out to a 383 and had some othe rmods. Man talk about simple and easy to work on. Plus the power it had was not shabby with 35's! I would take it back in a minute even with 5 mpg. Still have my grandpa's truck with a 396 not stock and lights up the 35's no problem. Only thing I do not miss about them is gas mileage. Everything else I would kill for to bring back some metal to vehicles.

My, there's so many cars for yesterday that are much more memorable than 3/4's of todays; makes it hard to know where to start. Many of you have already mentioned some excellent cars.

Some of my favorites are:

1970 Buick GSX w/ stage1
1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator
1967-69 Chevy pick-up
1967-69 Pontiac Firebird
1967 Dodge Coronet 440

of the fin era, the 63 fairlane sportcoupe !!!!! the very first 289 hipo, 4speed from ford !!!! this is my car, 306(.30 over), 69 CJ disc brakes, cr toploader with hurst comp. plus shifter and 3.25 gear...-mel-

this is my other junk eerrr car !!!!

I suspect on the Fairlane you have some problems keeping the bugs out of your teeth. :D

Don't knock the Maverick. That's the first car I ever drove (not owned). 250 6 cyl with 3 on the tree. What a fun little car that was. :sigh:

My dream ride is an all-steel '34 Ford 3-Window coupe.
3 inch chop
Full fendered, black laquer paint, a strong but streetable 347 stroker with a 5 speed behind it and a quick-change under the rear end, simple 60's style black roll & pleat interior.
I find 'em every once in a while, but they are always waaay out of my price range.
Even a clean body or a barn find is huge $ these days.

::giggle:oh yea !!!! :D I will keep a toothpick handy or use a full face helmet !!!!

Driving my 1969 GMC C2500 again! SO happy to hear that 396 roar again.

My dream ride would be a 69 Camero SS with the 396 red with black racing strips.:cool:

Mo other favorite is my 69 Chevy C10 shortbed fleedside. It is a sweet little 2wd with a 300HP crate motor, demon carb, 3 inch single exaust, hooker headers with jet hot coatings, electric fans, disk brake conversion kit, 700R4 tranny, and 4 corner coils lowered 3 inches in the back and 1 in the front to level it. It was my dads truck and I have wanted it since I could talk. He finaly sold it to me for $1 after college.:happy-dancing:

I know this is a ford forum but cut me some slack I was raised in a chevy houshold and they are both vintage rides.

1964 pontiac catalina with 421,4 speed
1965-67 GTO, tempest, lemans, bonniville,etc.
68-72 olds cutlass,442,f-85
There are alot of other, but these are some of my favorite. If american companies built cars like these, they'd be having no problems at all.