430 V8, dual exhaust

[Jolly]

Had one looked just like that.

Nothing like a Riv with a big block ...

[Mik]

Sweet ride. I had a 71 Duece and a Quarter coupe, emerald green with an off white vinyl top. 454. 11 to the gallon on a good day, but it was a road grader - could not tell the difference in ride between 55 and 110. All same.

[Mik]

[Jolly]

Had a green 1966 Wildcat with a 401 nailhead.

Looked nothing like that. Oh, it was green, except for the brown splotches from the pecan leaves that had rotted on it. Belonged to a widow that had just died and I bought it for $100, because I had just blown the motor in the Riv. I needed something that would get me the few miles to work and I was newly married. And pretty much broke.

Drove that thing long enough to buy the wife a used 1980 LeSabre with a V6. Car wouldn't pull a pregnant whore off of a piss pot, but it got over 20mpg. Wasn't a bad family car, just slow. Only car I ever got rid of that had absolutely nothing wrong with it.

[Mik]

Yeah, mine didn't look nearly as good as that pic either. I paid I think $350 for it. Worth every penny.

I cannot abide a car that can't get out of its own way.

[Jolly]

My dad only bought one new car in his life, my mom's 1973 Electra 225. Everything you could put on one.

Sticker was $6200.