Originally posted by Matt167
I admit, that part of my post made no sense, I should have also said drag racing, that played a big part in the popularity of the muscle car because many people bought them to drag race or street race. I guess, there could be 2 classes of muscle cars, the old and the new but, they should not be compared togther because it's like apples and oranges. I'm not drinkin old geezers kool aid, ither, I bought my '67 Falcon because I don't care for the new technology.
You don't care for it or you don't understand it? If you take the time to understand it, it's actually easier. Heck, the computer is self diagnosing.

Why is this apples to oranges? GM and Chrysler both has fuel injection systems going back to 1957. The only difference between now and then is that the newer systems are more precise and tunable.

As for drag racing, go to any large city and you'll find the newer cars being street raced and track raced. The difference now is that you stand just as much a chance seeing the newer cars road raced as much as drag racing (see SCCA World Challenge on Speed).

I bought my Studebaker because I wanted something different. Something no one else will have at a car show or a cruise night. It'll have modern technology in the drive train and suspension.

Hmmm, let's see a '67 Falcon with a fuel injected, supercharged 392 small block crate motor from Ford Racing. Put a T-56 6-Speed with a set of Wheel Vintique Magnum 500's (17" or 18") could be a lot of fun. 500 HP and 20 MPG's