I remember reading many car magazines about hot rods of yesterday. How many of you remember any of these cars, or had any of these.....


Dodge Omni GLH Turbo ("Goes Like Hell" = GLH, Pocket Rocket)

Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R / Dodge Conquest TSI (Had a yellow one)

Buick Grand National / GNX (13's in the 1/4 mile out of the box)

GMC Syclone / Typhoon

Corvette ZR1

Merkur XR4Ti

Mercury Capri (Mustang GT Clone w/ugly hatch)

300ZX Twin Turbo (Still a design ahead of its time)

1987 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe (SVO 2.3L Turbo/Intercooled)

Camaro IROC - Z

1985-86 Mustang SVO (2.3L Turbo Intercooled)

Porsche 911 DP Slantnose

Gemballa 911 Turbo Slantnose with Zoom Lenses (instead of rear view mirrors)

Ferrari 512 BB

Mazda RX7 Turbo II

1985 Mustang GT 5.0 Carborated ("The boss is back")

Mercedes 6.9

DeTomasso Pantera

BMW M1

 

Great list.

Had a Camaro
Had a ZX

Pantera - now that was a screamer.

 

I had a modded 300ZX TT and it was a great car, very fast 10 years ago.

 

Owned the RX7 turbo II. Great car!

 

That jogs back alot of memories.
That gemballa is called an Avalanche I think..

 

I had a 1990 300 ZX Twin Turbo with some HKS stuff. I agree, it was a great car...a major upgrade from my '87 Mustang GT. Although, I have to give the GT credit. I drove the heck out of that thing and it never missed a beat. It was mildly modified: 4.10 rear, exhaust, etc. I always wanted a GN...I wouldn't mind having one, today. My father had a Pantera, but I was a little too young to really appreciate it (the speed seed was planted young, though ).

 

I had a dp930 for 6 years. A lot of engine mods, installed a Ruf 5 speed out of a wrecked Gemballa. Mine was a kevlar car, so there were no stress cracks. I visited dp a couple of times. Mine was in one of the magazines, VW/Porsche.

 

I saw a NASCAR driver's Avalanches for sale on eBay a couple of years ago. One with a detuned engine that he used for daily use, and another with a strong motor and the rearview cameras.

I'll never forget the first Countach I saw when I was a wee lad in the early 70's.

Remember the C&D article on the BBoxer vs. Countach? The return on american horsepower with the early 80's Mustangs? The RUF Yellowbird hitting 211? The first roadtests of the fiberglass bodied 308s? Danny Ongais test driving an early 930?

 

I had a 1985 Mustang GT with the factory flat black stripe on the hood. Back then, I was one of the first with that car, and it was hot for its time. After rear ending someone in Port Jeff, I put an SVO nose on it with ford's first "european" lights. I also remember racing a modified Dodge Omni GLH on Nichols Rd, and getting my *** spanked until about 100mph, when the aerodynamics took over. Really wanted a GN too, but couldn't swing the extra $.

 

My 1993 300 ZX TT was one of my favorite cars - Full HKS kit at the time was pushing close to 375hp, 2wd, and only 17" wheels! Car was always sideways but awesome!

 

I was never into American cars my first car was a gray market 323i with plenty of Alpine stuff.

 

Rave - did you mean Alpina as in the BMW performance tunning co. ?

 

my bad yes.

 

Years ago a friend had a DeTomasso Mangusta--boy, that thing was fast, and looked very cool!

 

Most of these are before my time! But, I've always loved the 90's japanese twin-turbos (skyline, supra, RX7, 300ZX) and the 930's as well, saw a slantnose 930 w/ Ruf parts not too long ago-beautiful car.
Friend of mine has a 512 BBi in his collection, still in immaculate condition. I'm not a fan of the 80's Ferraris (except for 288 and F40) but this thing was way ahead of it's time.