Help me make a decision on a 1:1 ** DECISION MADE** PICS

Sweet cars everyone.... You guys aren't making it easy... LOL For what I want in a vintage car I'm probably gonna pay around 70 to 90K for. Still debating a 2012 Challenger SRT... Damn...this is tough!

What in the world are you wanting?

Hell, I don't know... LOL... Maybe some 5 hour energy or something that will make me think clearer....Ginseng maybe :) Still wanting a Challenger new or Vintage...those Cudas Scotts been putting up have been looking real good. Still, I need to do my homework if I go the vintage route.

There are tons and tons of very nice Cuda's you can get for less than 70K.

I hate to be the one to say it, but the mantra for collectible cars holds true in every scale be it 1:87, 1:64, 1:18, or 1:1. Buy what you like and like what you buy. If you're after a Mopar, I would have to say go with your heart.

I walked away from a 1967 Oldsmobile 442 this past year (was getting it for $500, with a 350 rocket in it, not running) after finding out a) no one was there the day I was, even though I gave them 3 weeks notice and drove 5 hours and b) the brother posted it for sale and stated it was a CLONE (he helped put the badges on) online not long after that and I was rearranging another 5 hour trip to go get it.

I did get a '71 Monte Carlo project for my brother for $100.00 after finding it on a recon trip to the same place. I'm still looking for my car.

Thanks for the write up Lobo. Perry, lots of what I'm seeing on Hemmings, that I like, is in that range...or over of course.. LOL There are a couple on there that may be a little less, but not much. I like numbers matching everything, original excellent interior, low rust cars. Seems like they are all up there. I'm a picky bastard, just like with my little 1/64th cars :)

[QUOTE=lobo524;457973]I hate to be the one to say it, but the mantra for collectible cars holds true in every scale be it 1:87, 1:64, 1:18, or 1:1. Buy what you like and like what you buy. If you're after a Mopar, I would have to say go with your heart.

[B]I walked away[/B] from a [B]1967 Oldsmobile 442[/B] this past year [B](was getting it for $500, with a 350 rocket in it, not running)[/B] after finding out a) no one was there the day I was, even though I gave them 3 weeks notice and drove 5 hours and b) the brother posted it for sale and stated [B]it was a CLONE[/B] (he helped put the badges on) online not long after that and I was rearranging another 5 hour trip to go get it.

I did get a '71 Monte Carlo project for my brother for $100.00 after finding it on a recon trip to the same place. I'm still looking for my car.[/QUOTE]


[B]Good thing you did walk away, as ALL legit '66-'67 Olds 442's, came with a 400/4-bbl, i had a '66 442 back in the late '70's, and it was the real deal, and real fast........[/B]

67's are my favorite Olds. We had a 67 Cutlass Turnpike Cruiser. 400, dual exhaust, but a 2 bbl carb and highway gears in the ass end(something like a 2.42 gear ratio). You don't hear a lot about that model, but my dad has a road & track with a write up about the package. The car was fast, but did good mileage-wise too. I remember having starter issues whan the car was hot. It was to be saved for my first car but my mom left an open bag of rock salt in the trunk. So I go the Mopar and am happier for it.

There's a lot of things previous owners can change by the time a car gets to you. It's inevitable. The guy had had the '67 Olds for over 10 years, and had killed a 455 he had put in it and had replaced that with the 350 rocket. The car needed a good going over before it would have started up. Regardless, it was a pretty decent restoration candidate. But anywho...thanks for the comments.

Luckily I bought my Mopar from the original owner and she was almost 80 when I bought it. It was bone stock and original.