At the time, those in the know specified copper. I'm guessing that the successful construction of any fine musical instrument is as much dependent on material used as on method employed and, to my ears, the dodge's V8 was such an instrument. Right up there with a Harley Davidson's potato, potato but more mellow and distinctly old school V8 with separated banks.
You gotta have been there.
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OCD had to google to check it was the one I thought, the fins are really something. The sort of car you regret selling now.
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Had a 57 Dodge Custom Royal in the early 70s. 2 doors, fins, chrome, more chrome and an old school overhead valve V8. No pretensions at performance, this thing was a powerful cruiser, pure and simple. Swapped out the stock exhaust for twin 2 inch straight through copper tubes.
The memory of balmy night cruises through Melbourne's inner city lanes with the accompanying burble reverberating off the walls. The occasional spurt raising the volume and pitch, causing the tail to lower, the bonnet to lift - still thrills, even all these years later.
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Ezflair, my concern would be the limited market. The likely buyer is probably over 50, has a few million spare for toys and lives in Australia - a small number of people. I wouldn't be that brave. Plenty of 8 figure Ferraris around, some bought by investment groups but that is a car with worldwide appeal. Or ex movie cars, etc Bottom line a $20K car you can thrash the hell out of and not be financially destitute is always going to be more fun
Quite a few have been caught with cars they bought 5 or 10 years ago and are now too expensive to take out for more than a Sunday drive now for the owner.
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Regarding the 3 million Phase IV that someone paid 2 million for, I wonder how the buyer plans to get a return on their money?
No one who has a spare 2 million to spend is a fool (maybe). They would expect a profit of some kind or else the money would be better spent elsewhere e.g. a block of units with tenants and a fairly certain capital gain.
No doubt the buyer would be hoping the Phase IV increases in value but how much higher than 2 million can it go?
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Originally posted by 338 View PostBarry , only if it is the Peter Brock version - yes he did do one!
Probably had an energy polariser in it.
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Barry , only if it is the Peter Brock version - yes he did do one!
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https://m.imgur.com/gallery/a1uKpo6Originally posted by beensean View PostIt depends who is behind you.
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Bangalow, you can be glad you experienced that. When the cheapest v8s are in BMW and Mercs and most are driving electric cars you will be able to tell the kids about your V8
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My only muscle car experience was an XE ESP Fairmont ghia with the super rare 351 engine and 4 speed manual trans. I inherited the car from my brother. Like Tampit said they sure build up the clutch leg. It was fun to drive until we had an engine fire in the traffic on the way to Calder raceway in Victoria. Sold it for $6k from memory, wish I still had it as it would be worth considerably more tot he right person now.
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