60's sports cars and classic cars in general

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My favorite is definitely the 64 Ford Falcon, fastest rally car in the world at the time, held a stage record at Monte Carlo that wasn't broken until 1983.

>>13826816
> fastest rally car in the world at the time
Proof of this or are you just going to cling to an unfinished monte carlo?

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Another awesome and similarly dominant Ford, this time in road racing, the Galaxie. Despite it's size it was 5 seconds/lap faster than the Jaguars and 10 seconds/lap faster than the Minis even on the tight UK tracks.

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mini was the best

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>>13826816
why is a falcon better than the lotus cortina?
i do not agree

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>>13826774
I'm a pretty big fan of the Boss 302 Ford Mustang and other homologation versions of pony cars. Had a good racing record both at home and abroad. Damn fine car.

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>>13826898
FULVIA

>>13826852
Its engine was meaty enough that it could make up for its relative lack of precision handling with great acceleration out of turns and high straight-line speed. Same reason the Galaxie did so well in BSCC.

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>>13826852
They are pretty cool, I actually found a great deal on a vintage race prepped one when I was looking for a car a few years ago, but it was taxicab yellow, yellow interior, yellow engine, powdercoated yellow suspension parts, just way too much and it was done pretty well so I didn't want to rip it all apart to paint the jambs, underbody, etc. just to make it not yellow. Probably wouldn't have been as good for a street car as my Comet anyway, though it was further along so would have been easier to race.

>>13826922
the falcon? its engine wasnt really that great
what the 260v8? ummmmm

>>13826978
I believe that was still beefier than what it was up against for the most part. Did anything else at the time have a bigger engine?

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>>13826978
Had a 289 making 305hp and weighed 2,156lbs dry. Considering the Windsor won Lemans multiple times I'd say it is a pretty good engine

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>You will never have a rally/GT car
>You will never open throttle your way through Afrika

>>13827034
did they use automatics or manuals?

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>>13827061
why even live?

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>>13827061
4 speed Toploader, monster of a trans

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>>13827154
there was also the vette?

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>>13827425
1968 Bizzarini 5300 SI Spyder
yes i want it more than a gt40

>>13827473
That thing had a Corvette engine, no?

>>13829294
Early 60s American cars are very interestingly designed. You can sort of see the transition away from '50s styles in progress.