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Down side to them or a big block FE Mustang of the same era was working on them,they were butt ugly to change plugs on,especially if they were a factory A/C car,lol.
 

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I know everyone will disagree with me on this and that's ok but give me that exact car without the fender flares, a nice set of old school 5 star Cragars, aluminum 5 slots or center lines, white letter tires, a 340 4/6 speed and I'd be smiling like a jacka$$ eating briers! Probably a lot less money. The Hellcat swap is getting like the 350/LS swap, "done to death". Of course just my own worthless opinion! LOL
 

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I know everyone will disagree with me on this and that's ok but give me that exact car without the fender flares, a nice set of old school 5 star Cragars, aluminum 5 slots or center lines, white letter tires, a 340 4/6 speed and I'd be smiling like a jacka$$ eating briers! Probably a lot less money. The Hellcat swap is getting like the 350/LS swap, "done to death". Of course just my own worthless opinion! LOL
I'm not a fan of the fender flares,but i got nothing against the hellcat swap,if it's done right,lol. A set of Auto/Drag Centerlines would dress it up,or even a set of the old 5 spoke Cragars as you stated.Must be a NC thing calling the old Cragars 5 star,as i've only ever heard them referred to as 5 spoke,your the first i've heard call them 5 star,lol
 

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I'm not a fan of the fender flares,but i got nothing against the hellcat swap,if it's done right,lol. A set of Auto/Drag Centerlines would dress it up,or even a set of the old 5 spoke Cragars as you stated.Must be a NC thing calling the old Cragars 5 star,as i've only ever heard them referred to as 5 spoke,your the first i've heard call them 5 star,lol
No it's probably just me, figured it would make it obvious which wheel I was referring to because it kind of looks like a star but either one would describe them to me. It use to be that we would just say Cragars, centerlines and aluminum slots and everyone knew the difference and which one's you was talking about, wasn't sure about now. If I talked old school I don't think many would get it. LOL
 

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No it's probably just me, figured it would make it obvious which wheel I was referring to because it kind of looks like a star but either one would describe them to me. It use to be that we would just say Cragars, centerlines and aluminum slots and everyone knew the difference and which one's you was talking about, wasn't sure about now. If I talked old school I don't think many would get it. LOL
There's still lots of us old guys kicking around,who'd know exactly what you're talking about ;) The yonger generation would figure it out eventually:Big Laugh:
 

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All of this is 100% true (but sitting on the hood of my car wasn't happening, lol) I remember a lot was sitting in the car and blasting the song "Then came the last days of May (live version 1974) by Blue Oyster Cult while passing a "left handed cigarette" . Still today when I'm by myself I'll play that song wide open but no "left handed cigarette" tho my brain makes me think I can still smell that smell! LOL Wouldn't trade those times for nothing.
 
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Believe it or not I seen that somewhere years ago tho I have to say I wonder why. It was shown in slow motion whoever was proving it.
If you've never seen the 1997 remake it wasn't too bad. You have to like Mopars to enjoy it though, they referenced that a bit. May even be a little tear jerker for your wives! LOL
 
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Believe it or not I seen that somewhere years ago tho I have to say I wonder why. It was shown in slow motion whoever was proving it.
I remember reading somewhere that the Camaro came out of a scrapyard,and they towed it into the dozers,so i'm guessing they got the Camaro for next to nothing.It was a low budget film even by the movie standards of the time.
 

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I remember reading somewhere that the Camaro came out of a scrapyard,and they towed it into the dozers,so i'm guessing they got the Camaro for next to nothing.It was a low budget film even by the movie standards of the time.
Low budget for sure. That story sounds about right. We use to joke about it, us Mopar guys would say they didn't want to waste a Challenger and the Chevy guys would say it was because a Challenger wouldn't go that fast. Yep back when we could joke around and not want to shoot each other! LOL
 

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Low budget for sure. That story sounds about right. We use to joke about it, us Mopar guys would say they didn't want to waste a Challenger and the Chevy guys would say it was because a Challenger wouldn't go that fast. Yep back when we could joke around and not want to shoot each other! LOL
The beauty of living in Canada,none of us gearheads own guns,well except maybe a few of us ;)
 
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