FIRST OF ALL I KNOW THIS IS A MOPAR SITE!!! BUT BE HONEST!!
What's up need an Honest opinion , I Love Mopars (70-73 Challenger, 68-70 Charger) but also love the 67-69 Camaro ,69-71 Chevelle , Wondering since i'm looking to get one of these soon, all these cars i stated are my favorite Muscle cars, which one would BE better (Performance,Look,Quality,etc.)and WHY??
CHALLENGER-Looks good
CHARGER-Looks good, Love the Hiding Head lights grill, Looks Real Beasty
CAMARO-Faster, Best looking Muscle car, Front hiding headlights,Lighter, Beasty
Chevelle-Fast, Looks good, 1 of the best all time
WHAT"D you Guys say??
I guess this all a matter of opinion when you state the 1st gen Camaro is "the best looking muscle car" but I have to ask, where did you pull your data from when you state it's faster. Faster than what?
Back in '89 Hot Rod mag did a straight up shoot-out: the Dodge camp - consisting of a '69 Daytona and an '89 Daytona Shelby - against the Chevy camp - a '69 Z28 and an '89 IROC.
I specifically remember reading this article in amazement - to go along with the staff of Hot Rod - that in the challenges that little 4 banger turbo car was eating the Z28 for lunch on a consistent basis. The '69 Daytona was finishing where you'd expect it to in such things as the quarter, etc - at the top - but if it wasn't winning the challenges the '89 Daytona was! The placing usually went: '69 Daytona, '89 Daytona, '69 Z28, '89 IROC. The only time the '69 Daytona fell flat on it's face was in the slalom, where you'd expect it, but even then, the '69 Z28, the one you'd expect to be the winner of this challenge, didn't touch the '89 Daytona. As a matter of fact, the little 4 banger put in better quarter mile times than the Z28. So, please, where do get the "faster" part of the statement? Especially in light of the fact that the '69 Daytona was a Charger in disguise?
Quality? Mopar. Never been in love with the subframe concept on the GM F-bodies. Makes a good street rod front end, grafted to an old full frame, but the unibody of the Mopars make for a tighter ride, plants the power to the ground better. And don't forget the torsion bar suspension. Light years ahead of GM's coil set up, to the point that if you look under most GM trucks these days you'll see torsion bars. And don't even get into the engine designs. I have a '69 Firebird convertible that I'm sitting on and my '74 Barracuda sitting the shop. Both have been taken apart and the restorations began. I'll take the E-body all day long.
Looks? Subjective. You've already stated that you think the Camaro is the best looking muscle car (which isn't true - it's a pony car).
Collectability? Investment? Rarity? Uniqueness? Mopar. The impact colors, the power plants combinations, the styling. Take a walk through your local car shows. How many Camaros do you see as compared to E-bodies? Hell, even Mopars in general.
