One reason they act like that is they get tired of people telling them "I used to have one of these....bla bla bla" Usually this statment is followed by "but mine was 396 Hemi and it ran 9's stock". When I had my Super Bee I had so many people come up to me and just blabing about stuff that they were totally clueless about, so I usually just said thanks and got in it and left. I know that's not what this guy did, but just giving another perspective.

 

I guess I agree...to a point. Restored muscle is actually more popular right now on (we've all seen the B/J auctions).The original hemis and big blocksseem to be fetching the biggest bucks on average. I wouldn't give you .02 for a classic Jag etc., but that's me.
I guess you meant older original muscle cars when you said "classics"? Some of the "Rod" guys are pretty snobby.

There is a local rod club here that puts on a fairly large inside show in February. The rod and older muscle car guys have complained a bunch about newer cars being in the showto the point that they turned away a bunch of cars last year including some really awesome rides simply because they were newer than 72. A bunch of guys like me have talked about just not even showing our old cars in their show next year because of these grumpy old farts.I understand they want nice cars, but wouldn't you like to see a TT vette or huge modded 4x4 or the like even if they are newer models?

 

My best friend owns 2 '69 Z28's and anybody who gives him a thumbs up or a compliment he makes time for, not all guys in older Camaro's are dicks, just like when people tell me most Mustang owners are dicks I tell them the same thing, don't generalize everybody.

 

Good point of view, JD.
I hear ignorant comments similar to that regarding most any car. I had a guy at a cruise-in tell me his stock, 2 barrel 390 galaxie "just walked away and left a car like that one" as he pointed toa really nice camaro SS that idled through the parking lot bumpin' a huge cam tuneat a recent cruise-in.I just smiled and walked away...

I actually had a guywithhis wife/girlfriend passenger drive in to one of the meets in a weathered but nice-sounding 70 camaro with his 12.20 dial still in the window from the track. They walk by my 85 GT with the windsor/fabbed valve covers and the wife says "that guy put a big-block chevy in that mustang...that explains the window net and roll cage...". I bit my tongue. The guy never corrected his wife/girlfriend. She wasn't trying to insult me. It was obvious she was serious.[&:]

But good point. I guessI just never got that reaction you speak of when showing my 65 vert GT...nobody ever accused it of running 9s and it's mostly (older) women thatget excited aboutthat car.

 

First some guy slams my car now someone rips my post? "IT'S OFFICIAL" All LSX posters are dicks.LOL

 

thats kinda funny. I recently found out a guyi work with used to be into cars. said he had a 98 GT, and poured money into it. i asked about the mods and it amounted to full boltons and"a cam" as he put it... even tho they are SOHC. I told him about my old stang which made 345/435 on spray, and of course, his car made just about the same amount of power NA through the still stock and untouched nPI heads. I dont talk to that guy about cars anymore [&o]

i guess the point is, people seem to like the conversation, but im just surprised they think they can BS u so bad.

 

There's a guy w/ a late 60's camaro running 6's in the 1/8th that drives around town with huge slicks on the back and he'll always talk to people who compliment his car. It's probably the loudest streetcar I've ever heard, so plenty of people take notice.