Ok Denny, I finally have some time to reply to this. How I stay so busy now that I'm retired is beyond me!!!! I'm glad you started this. Talking about my cars is my favorite pastime.
My favorite car of all times, of course, was my Z28. I didn't keep it 17 years for nothing. It was in the newspaper, Super Chevy magazine, a parade, poker runs, car show....I just totally enjoyed the car.
Now.....I too owned a monster GM 455. It was in a 73 Grand Prix. It was an olive green with a white vinyl top. You could literally smoke the little 78 series tires on it. The salesman I bought it from said that the car was originally purchased by Elvis for one of his body guards. I never kept the car long enough to see the title so I will never know for sure. It was a nice car.
The coolest car I ever owned was a 440 6bbl Charger. I know I have mentioned it here before. The guy that had it before us was fairly rich. He bought the car, it was a 68, and a crate motor. I'm sorry, I know it is an engine, I have just always heard them called crate motors !?!?! He had Racing Head Service build it. It had the hairiest cam I've ever seen in a street car. It would barely idle. We only kept it a year. It ate plugs, wires, points, alternators like they were candy and started eating trannys! Couldn't afford to keep it up.
Have I told my cool bait and switch story here on that car? I don't want to bore anybody again if I did.
I had a Datsun 280Z. It was one of the few fuel injected cars out there. Parts had to come from Japan and FedEx hadn't been invented yet. It was always leaving me stranded. My mechanic and I got to be such good friends that he sent me flowers for Christmas!!!!