In your opinion, which of the above cars had that "nasty" look? I've based this on appearance (EG - stripes, graphics, hood scoops, stance, engine size badges, etc.). I have not included cars like COPO Chevelles (sleeper look), COPO Camaros (small cowl hood was all) or Corvettes (sports car). There are obviously lots of other cars that were nasty, but perhaps they just didn't "look" nasty. Also, there is only room for 10 options in the poll. Hopefully you can have some fun with this.

For me, there was just something about the 69 1/2 Six Pak cars that looked NASTY.

I would have to say that the "Nasty" look belongs to the '70 Dodge Challenger R/T

I'll have to discount the factory experiment drag cars. Wouldn't likely see one on the street back in the day. I did see a local with a Buick GSX in Saturn Yellow and that does it most for me, knowing that it runs with 510 ft/lbs Torque. I never saw one back then, but since then I have and have to say that the Six Pack Mopars are truly Bad A$$ street machines...

For me, there was just something about the 69 1/2 Six Pak cars that looked NASTY.

I agree...

Not only the "lift off" hood with 4 hood pins and the big scoop, but the black wheels without hubcaps!

For a "Factory" car, IMO the Six-Pak cars look the most intimidating...

I love the 70 Chevelle, with the fender bulges and the domed hood... It does look aggressive, but a little more civilized, partly to do with the wheel choice. the SS wheels look fancy but not really "intimidating"...

The Judge with the graphics and no trim rings on the wheels looked pretty good, but it still had the same hood as other GTOs...

Heres a little visual.
Just by looks alone. I hate myself for saying this but I think the Shelby, With the stripes and scoops looks the "nastiest". I can't get myself to vote for it though, So I will go with choice #2, The Judge.

64 Ford Thunderbolt
http://www.world-of-fords.org/member%20cars/1960_1969/larry64fairlanesm.jpg
68 Hemi Dart
http://www.musclecardrive.com/photos/data/504/1968_Hemi_Dart_SS.jpg
69 Hurst Olds
http://www.wildbillsigns.com/images/hurst%20olds.psd.jpg
70 Chevelle
http://www.cmcponline.com/pages/chevrolet/chevelle/Images/70-Chevelle.jpg
71 Hemi Cuda
http://www.classicsandcustoms.com/list/images/X_1971_Plymouth_HEMI_CUDA_04082008105230_19491.jpg
67 Fairlane 427
http://www.hotautoweb.com/images25/IMG_3566.jpg
69 GTO Judge
http://images.highperformancepontiac.com/features/0612hppp_01z+1969_pontiac_gto_judge_front_view.jpg
70 Z/28
http://www.futureclassicsnj.com/Cars/70RSdrfrnt.jpg
69 Super Bee
http://www.holtonsecretlab.com/Images/portfolioimages/cars/69_super_bee/69_super_bee5.jpg
69 Shelby Mustang
http://bradbarnett.net/mustangs/timeline/69-70/69/1969ShelbyGT500Red.jpg

A '70 all black LS6/M22 with ZL2 stripe delete Chevelle with Corvette Rally wheels.

sinister looks AND sound

I picked the Hemi Dart, but one of the most intimidating or lethal looking rides, is a 1962 Plymouth Fury Max Wedge.

These cars were called ugly of which I guess they are in a way, but you take an all white one, with black buckets, hood scoop, the body raised just a tad, with just a slight forward rake, 10'' tires out back, and 8'' on the front.

Solid black walls with dog dish caps, two pipes just visible under the back bumper.

It just doesn't get any better then that.:)

69 Boss 429 mustang for me, always loved the way they sat with those F60's. Phil.

On that list.... Thunderbolt :thumbsup: followed closely by the Superbee. :cool:

It's too bad Chevy never did anything really wild with hoodscoops and graphics... :(

1970 Superbee was meaner looking than the 69 IMO.

On that list.... Thunderbolt :thumbsup: followed closely by the Superbee. :cool:

It's too bad Chevy never did anything really wild with hoodscoops and graphics... :(

I guess when you've got the baddest girl on the block, It doesn't matter what her dress looks like!!!!!

1969 Camaro 427

Most intimidating looking muscle car in my opinion;

69 1/2 Beep Beep (6 Pack of course ;))

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/roadr5_1_.gif

Most intimidating looking pony car (I know it's a Ford :D);

'68 KR 500
http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/medium/1968-Shelby-Mustang-KR500-BW-Ad-1280x960_1_.jpg

Even though I'm a Chevy guy, the Mopar B bodies have always demanded my respect. Nothing looked meaner in the 60s than a dark colored Roadrunner or GTX cruising down Telegraph at night, especially if accompanied by the sound of a 440 or 426.

Tom

I vote 70 Chevelle with a big block......who would not give that respect back in the day. :yes:

I have always been a Chevy guy, but ever since I was a little kid, I thought Mopar looked more intimidating. Looking back, I knew the interiors were chincy, and I figured the money they didn't spend on the interior, they put into the motor. Remember, this is how a 15 year old thought in the 60's.
This statement doesn't include the "Fine Carithian Leather" they used in the Cordoba interiors:wacko:

Hemi Dart looks pretty intimidating in my book..or the 6 pack Roadrunner..all black with that lift off hood

Thunderbolts and Max Wedges.

Hemi Dart.........tenacity.

Bought a 69 Plymouth GTX.. nothing more than a roadrunner with chrome...anyhow 440-385 h.p. 4 speed. If you remember it had a hood a half mile wide with side fake scoops. At idle that hood would shake, but hammer it and it would quiver. Old polyglas tires made for ill handling, but if you could aim it straight, watch out! Spooked a lot of Camaro owners back then. Had what we called the Chrysler "ching ching " starter. Remember that sound?

A '70 all black LS6/M22 with ZL2 stripe delete Chevelle with Corvette Rally wheels.

sinister looks AND sound

I AGREE!


if 69 chevelle ss was on there i would have picked that.

i like the 69 grille and i like the tail lights of the 68. they look devilish.

i hate ford and i hate mopar. im a die hard chevy guy for a reason...

Interesting poll! I, too, chose the 6-pack cars. They just looked more bad a$$ sitting still! I don't think it shows any lack of allegiance to our Chevys by saying so either.

I was driving a '69 Camaro to high school (had it before I was old enough to drive!), and I have the Chevelle in the driveway now...along with a Dodge Intrepid, a Chrysler Town and Country, and a Plymouth Acclaim. I'm still a Chevy guy at heart, but in the last 10 years Chevy's designs have been less than stimulating.

I assumed the '70 Chevelle was an SS with stripes. I voted for that due to the body style (bulges, shape, grille, etc) just looks muscular and intimidating. Of course the '68 Hemi-Dart and '64 T-Bolt are more intimidating but aren't true musclecars in the sense the others are. They were factory race cars, not street legal, not available to the general public, and produced in very low numbers.

...Had what we called the Chrysler "ching ching " starter. Remember that sound?

It was a gear reduction starter, something you hear quite often these days.

Up to 1961 Chrysler used direct drive starters, usually purchased from Autolite, which became Prestolite when Ford bought a chunk of Autolite and the rights to the name. The new Chrysler starter was a reduction gear design, giving that unique whine when the starter is engaged. As a result of this, the number of teeth on the ring gear changed. Thus the two starter designs are not interchangeable.

http://www.imperialclub.com/Repair/Electrical/starter.htm

'71 440 6 pack 'Cudas were faster than the Hemis, but didn't get as much respect. I like the 'Cuda for this one. My cousin had a '71 when we were young and that grill gave me chills every time he pulled up behind me.

I voted for the 70 Chevelle with stripes thinking the Cowl Induction hood, stripes and SS454 emblems were for the king of the hill.

Nothing more pronounced than the Mopar factory race cars of the day.

i like the 69 grille and i like the tail lights of the 68. they look devilish.
This is for you Mike. Couple of old mag. pics. :cool:

'6916311 '6816312

I assumed the '70 Chevelle was an SS with stripes. I voted for that due to the body style (bulges, shape, grille, etc) just looks muscular and intimidating. Of course the '68 Hemi-Dart and '64 T-Bolt are more intimidating but aren't true musclecars in the sense the others are. They were factory race cars, not street legal, not available to the general public, and produced in very low numbers..


But, with the Chevelle, it could be just a 396/350 HP car (which wouldn't be as intimidating as an L78/LS6)...

I too will agree that T-bolts and Hemi Darts are very intimidating, but how often were they seen on the street? The price and marketing and limited numbers meant these mainly (always?) went to racers... Were they even DOT-legal? Could you actually register it for the street?


I think this picture of the a12 RoadRunner 6-Pak car is a little better than that previously posted This shows the black wheels with NO hubcaps... All business, but a true streetcar...

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/A12_RR.jpg

This is for you Mike. Couple of old mag. pics. :cool:

'6916311 '6816312

now that is wicked.

if you fire up the car at night and turn on the lights go to the back of a 68. the two red tail lights are curved devilishly and the loud rumpity rump of the exhaust as the fumes pulsate out the exhaust is just pure intoxication at its finest.

Gotta go with the Hemi 'Cuda...Love that Shaker Hood, Go Wing, and Pistol Grip!! :yes:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c295/imnokla/Forums/71cuda.jpg

69 Chevelle

A lot of the Mopars and the GTOs have that angry, dont mess with me look which I always thought was cool. As for the 70 Chevelle, I wont say its a real aggressive angry look. But the 69 does have a bit more of that expression.

now that is wicked.

if you fire up the car at night and turn on the lights go to the back of a 68. the two red tail lights are curved devilishly and the loud rumpity rump of the exhaust as the fumes pulsate out the exhaust is just pure intoxication at its finest.

Nice! '68's do have cool tail lights. I like the '69 Daytona, mean looking mother right there! They all have a 'look' that says lets get it on.

The Mopar as shown in Fast and Furious 1.

The Mopar as shown in Fast and Furious 1.


Vitamin C Orange Challenger

Vitamin C Orange Challenger

Black blown wheelstander. :hurray:

I think any of the cars listed in the poll would look more intimidating all in Gray primer with a shiny set of Krager mags on them. :yes:

Personally I think a 70 Super Bee is the most, those two round front bumpers surrounding the headlights look mean to me

67 Chevelle, because thats my baby, but not on the list
69 Camaro but its not on the list
68 Mustang (even though its a Ford) but not on the list

But I appreciate everything on the list. Thanks for posting the reminder pics.

Damn they all look good !!

Enjoy your ride

Dunc

Gotta go with the Hemi 'Cuda...Love that Shaker Hood, Go Wing, and Pistol Grip!! :yes:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c295/imnokla/Forums/71cuda.jpg


I love the 70-71 hemi cuda's, but I didn't buy a 70 Chevelle because it looked like a pussy car. I'll take the Camino or Velle over a dadge or furd any day

i'm gonna have to say..... MINE:D The key to getting the chevelles to look mean is all in the stance:thumbsup:
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/chevykevyss/P5240063-1.jpg

I like yours, stands like mine-see sig.

70 chevelle is my all time favorite car NO QUESTION!!! but you gotta respect the 68 69 charger as being baaaaaaad

The key to getting the chevelles to look mean is all in the stance:thumbsup:I agree... lower yours about 3 or 4 inches, and the stance will be perfect. :p :D

Yeah - I see above someone mentioned the 69 Camaro. Hard to not see the meanness in that!

a perfect grocery getter:p:D;)
I agree... lower yours about 3 or 4 inches, and the stance will be perfect. :p :D

I agree... lower yours about 3 or 4 inches, and the stance will be perfect. :p :D

I don't squat when I pee, why would I squat when I get in and drive? :p

l:) now thats a good one:thumbsup:

I don't squat when I pee, why would I squat when I get in and drive? :p

I think I would indeed go for the 70 R/T......which actually makes intimidation look subtile.

A good second makes the '69 Ford Torino GT Fastback.

Hemi Cuda, hands down for me.

I preferred the sleeper look of the COPO cars. No one knew what you had and the psychological effect was neat. A friend had an orange '69 six pack Super Bee and that was about as factory street racer as you could get back then at a reasonable price. The young lads at the gas stations sure were wide eyed when he pulled off the hood to check the oil. He checked the oil a lot. ;) To me, the best looking musclecar was the Buick GSX. Buick knew what a musclecar needed for rubber.

How about this?http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z95/axeman39/7ab531d5.jpg

A blacked-out '69 Charger with a 426 Hemi is positively frightening.

Gotta go with the Hemi 'Cuda...Love that Shaker Hood, Go Wing, and Pistol Grip!! :yes:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c295/imnokla/Forums/71cuda.jpg


I voted the same way Jacquie, but if this GSX was in the running, I think I would've had to give it the nod:thumbsup:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c295/imnokla/cars/ext02.jpg



I don't squat when I pee, why would I squat when I get in and drive? :p

l:) :D

I voted the same way Jacquie, but if this GSX was in the running, I think I would've had to give it the nod:thumbsup:


I noticed the GSX was missing from the list as well, Seb. Had it been there it would have inched
out the Cuda for my vote too! Certified Hemi-Slayer you know :D

How about something a little different and newer, an '87 Buick GNX, or a '91 notchback 5.0 LX Mustang. Although I am not changing my original statement of the max wedge car's and fairlane thunderbolts being the most intimidating.

http://www.askbill.info/images/grandnational/87GNX.jpg
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/photopost/data/3931/medium/922.jpg

None of the above.
You don't have the muscle car with the "most intimidating look" listed in your poll.

-Greg

The Hemi Dart looks like a handfull. 340's made that light car go fast...can only imagine a Hemi in one. Looks like a race car to me....bigtime nasty.

you really have to give all the big 3 styling guys a lot of credit for the profiles they put on the street back in the '60's and early '70's; making it a tough vote. however, if i have to choose, in my opinion (not the first time i said it on here), there is just something about the rear elevation view of a '68 chevelle (i know it wasn't on the list but humor me here) with those wicked little lenses (like a grimace) when it is sitting up on L60's that just makes the hair stand up on my arms. the other one i always loved was a 69 GTX. something about the full size car and that raked look, like it qualified for a speeding ticket when it was parked, that is still one of my all time favorites.

http://cll.hemmings.com/uimage/521276-900-598.jpg

you really have to give all the big 3 styling guys a lot of credit for the profiles they put on the street back in the '60's and early '70's; making it a tough vote. however, if i have to choose, in my opinion (not the first time i said it on here), there is just something about the rear elevation view of a '68 chevelle (i know it wasn't on the list but humor me here) with those wicked little lenses (like a grimace) when it is sitting up on L60's that just makes the hair stand up on my arms. the other one i always loved was a 69 GTX. something about the full size car and that raked look, like it qualified for a speeding ticket when it was parked, that is still one of my all time favorites.


Like mine?, flat black, rotted bumper and a huge HD sticker?

Yeah, gotta admit.....serious intimidation looks are on to me :)

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg262/speedyyouri/Picture007Small.jpg?t=1222627441

On www.mattgrayson.com look under portratiure, then pic 7. That's " The Angel of Death" in my back yard........named so cuz she just wouldn't die LMAO.

. Had what we called the Chrysler "ching ching " starter. Remember that sound?

Easy to imitate, too...just keep saying the word "steer"

Steer steer steer steer bluuummmm :hurray: (if you're lucky and the plugs haven't fouled out, that is...:D)

A G body Malibu can look pretty intimidating if you get the stance right.

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/medium/Black_78_Malibu.jpg

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/78_Malibu.jpg

You can make anything look intimidating with stance, wheels, and tires. For example my Rambler was any thing but imtimidating in stock form.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k41/springerpete/Rambler.jpg

My vote for Factory Delivered cars Nasty Looks ... 69 Six pak for sure
Nasty Sound ..... 69 RAM AIR iv GTO
Real Nasty car ..... 70 LS6 stripe delete Triple black

I have always based the intimidation factor on whatever it is that you see in your rearview mirror at a light. I've always used that as a marker because we've all been there.....sitting at the light in the ride of your choice, look into your rearview mirror as it rolls in behind you and to a stop. Thought to yourself, crap! Hoping that the reason the image is a little distorted is because of the lope of your cam. A little irritated because he limo tinted his rear window and with his black interior you can't see ***** inside his car even though it's noon in July. All you can see is the gleamimg grill, wide open hood scoop or scoops and you can tell that by the amount of roofline you can see, even though you cant see them, theres gotta be a little bit rubber out back to warrant that rake. So for me anything that fits that image works Hurst Olds, Cuda, Roadrunner it all makes me miss the light turning green.

I'll have to discount the factory experiment drag cars. Wouldn't likely see one on the street back in the day. I did see a local with a Buick GSX in Saturn Yellow and that does it most for me, knowing that it runs with 510 ft/lbs Torque. I never saw one back then, but since then I have and have to say that the Six Pack Mopars are truly Bad A$$ street machines...


I agree, my Buick looks gets more attention when I drive it than any other muscle car I have owned. It is a 72 yellow GSX and looks great sitting next to my astro blue 70 malibu.

Steve

Hey Guys, How about a BADASS Small or Big block Camino????:D:D I voted the 68 Hemi Dodge Dart...remembering in high school this fellow had one ,all of us used to just wait to here him fire it up!! I still can remember that sound..Im just a car guy...Like a lot of us.

WELL, I thnk my 68 is the nastiest look out therre. One would look up my sixty eight and 4" hood scope with goast flames Bad and the licence plates read NASTY 68

Out of the list, I think the 68 hemi Darts were the most intimidating looking. Me an my buddy raced lots of those Darts with 340s and 440s in the late 70s with his Chevelle. They all ran very strong!
A car not mentioned so far that I thought was tuff lookin was the 67 Corvette Stingrays with the 427 badges on the hood scoop, side pipes and some fat tires on the back.
For the Fords, I thought the 69-70 Boss 429 and 302 Mustangs were baddass too.

The Hemi Dart looks like a handfull. 340's made that light car go fast...can only imagine a Hemi in one. Looks like a race car to me....bigtime nasty.

Ditto...That thing just looked plain old nashty...Small body, Big everything else...Tires, hoodscoop ,motor, performancs etc. Awesome car. Racecar in a box.......just add gas!

By the way what happened to the 69 Chevelles? :)

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/data/500/68_SS.jpg
back in the day, when someone pulled into a drive in or other hangout spot with something that looked like THIS. the guys driving the non-chevy product wouldn't even make eye contact with him. and i stole this image from an ebay listing so i'm sorry if that wasn't cool but when i saw it there i knew it would make my point. (now pardon me while i go back and consider bidding on this beast)

1986-7 buick gnx

cmon guys wheres the 70 GS Stage 1?

70 GS Stage 1 +1

Well,......the GSX will do I guess....Triple Black Stage 1 in pretty darn scary lookin though. 510tq

Aside from beauty and just for that shear grunt muscle look I think "THE MACHINE", a 390ci Read/White/Blue AMC which looked a lot like a 64 Nova had the most intimidating look; however, the 68 GTS 383 or HURST 440 Dart GSS was impressive. Then there was the Mystical 67 Acadian 427 HT that DOC Dixon ran - LOL

I'm not saying a Hemi-Mopar or BBC Chev wasn't but the cars I mention, beauty was disregarded for that Grunt Performance appeal.

Other then that 67 2 Dr Sedan Acadian packing a 427 I remember as a teen, I think my friends Plain Jane 69 2 Dr Sedan Hemi-Corinet just stopped everyone in there tracks; however, that Hemi had Solid Lifters and not being much of a Mechanic he could never get the real potential that thing could muster.

A black 66 SS396 is the most intimidating looking muscle car ever. It's what got me to buy a Chevelle and got me here!

A black 93 5.0 Notch is next. Non running, but parked next to my Chevelle.

A 70 Chevelle SS in black would also make the list.

The Cuda's are just sweet looking cars, but the graphics are a bit loud for my taste.

A black 68 Charger also makes this list.

Tbolts still look like 64 Fairlanes. Nice looking cars, fast in the day, but not intimidating.

Darts, well, look mostly like, well, Dodge Darts.

Older Shelbys were cool, but are just nice looking older Mustangs. Never noted for brute power. The new ones have way too many graphics and stuff but they do have the market on brute power pretty well covered.

If time and money ever permit, my Chevelle will be black.

I guess you had to watch a thunderbolt make a 1/4 mile run to see what was nasty. All the cars looked nasty, but you had to see them run to decide

What? what about the all black look?

http://www.desertcruisers.com/rides/345_2.jpg

haha nice monte. my buddy has a 70. But I'm going to say the Cuda. The GSX is a pretty nasty car. My old boss used to restore those things. They were all pretty sick!!

The 70 ls6 chevelle is the fastest and best looking musclecar of all time.