My first yank motor and daily runner for over a year, would love another but crazy money now for a good one.
Yes, there was something about them, not particularly powerful but "6.6 litre" in gold on the bonnet shaker had a certain street cred back in the day.
You could dry your hair as the fuel guage went down so fast, I had a Formula 400, same engine, not quick, just fucking noisy.
You did the timing using a calendar. RPM's? Forget about it, we are talking minutes per rev. The engine could not have been said to have been stressed. My Dad had a friend who owned an old Plymouth, maybe from the 50's or maybe early 60's? Nice family car, relaxed, comfortable, with an 8-litre engine.
There were some big lumps around then, I nearly ended up with a Dodge Charger, 440 six pack magnum, three speed manual, 10 to the gallon if you took it easy, single figures most of the time, alright in a straightish line.
In the flesh, one of the most beautiful cars I have even seen as I was lucky enough to see one in Conversano in the early 90's. Staggeringly beautiful !!
