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Dodge Daytona Turbo Z CS (for Carroll Shelby).
His was black and had the hood scoop, but otherwise the same car. With the 2.5L turbo and a five speed transmission, it actually moved pretty good - for a car built in the 1980s, that is. These days, a four cylinder Altima would totally smoke it, but at the time - when the Chevy V8 was putting out 170 horsepower - it moved pretty well.
Man. Volkswagen GTIs and Dodge Daytonas. All I need now are some parachute pants, MC Hammer, and hair. Cruising Hampton Beach, trying to work up the courage to talk to the ladies, man, that was a different time. Like when I could stay up past midnight, or lift objects over my head...
Now you kids get off my lawn...
That is all.
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I remember seeing one of these is a car magazine back in the day. The owner had put a huge snorkel hood scoop on it, Krager racing star wheels, huge Mickey Thompson drag tires on the rear, wheelie bars, and even a parachute! Looked like it could go low 9's in the quarter mile, but it was still box-stock and front wheel drive. Talk about psychological horsepower.
My friend and college employer had one with several "off road only" upgrades from Ma Mopar. Bob had been blinded in an accident and had not had a fun ride in his baby for a decade. I still remember making the 3-4 shift at 115 before I ran out of road.
Three weeks later Blind Bob's wife caught the garage on fire and burned the car to the ground.
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