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Originally Posted by speeder

Mid-century American V-8 performance cars had some amazing torque figures but the track figures were not impressive by modern standards for a variety of reasons already stated. Technology only moves in one direction, over any period of time. Some of the cars were very fast, just not by the standard of fast modern cars, which have insane performance.

That said, has anyone spent significant seat time in an extremely powerful car that only does one thing well? It gets old in about an hour, unless you’re an imbecile.

I like power. I like being able to accelerate like stink. I have even enjoyed a burnout or two in my day. But since I got a driver's license, I've wanted a good all around car. I bought R&T for the sports cars and Hot Rod for the muscle, but even then, what appealed to me the most were the articles about what we'd now call restomods or where they took old cars and swapped out the suspension, brakes, and wheels and tires for something to allow them to turn and stop in a more modern fashion. My first car was a '65 Chevy impala, 2dr, 350, 4spd, and I used to drive it like it was a sports car. I enjoyed taking corners.

I wanted to build a restomod style Chevelle 26 years ago, and then I read the Bruce Anderson 911 buyers guide in an issue of Excellence and it was all over. Why build a restomod chevelle when you can have a 911?