Musclecars in Winter snow, salt and slush

[tom406]

It’s both amazing and unsettling to see them as regular cars, lol. Would love to see more.

[Bill Pritchard]

BTDT....I remember it all too well, and would really prefer to forget it!

Here's my wife Marilee, our dog Cisco, and our 73 Z28 Camaro at the old farm property we were renting in the winter of 1974.

[60sStuff]

1966 GTO convertible with Rally I wheels.

[69 Post Sedan]

This was taken in front of my friends house.

Kurt

[Lee Stewart]

https://i.postimg.cc/kXfzCB8Q/0a.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://i.postimg.cc/y8x58sXw/0.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[SS427]

I drove this 427 Chevelle year around, rain, snow or shine.

[Lee Stewart]

https://i.postimg.cc/0Qk7927S/0a.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Lee Stewart]

cwu2Hs5PuZ4

[67since67]

March 1978, I'd only owned it a few months. It came from a dry climate in far western rural ND so the minimal I drove it in the winter didn't harm it much thankfully!
I always had a DD beater scavenged from the dealership back lot trades. - Bill W

[L72copocamaro]

Yeah, they were just daily transportation then. Who knew how things would change?

[Ralph Spears]

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[earntaz]

Back up in Wisconsin ...

[ls6owner]

Here are a couple pics of our L78 convertible courtesy of the original owner. He owned it for one year, put almost 40K miles on it and used it daily to travel to work locations all across Manitoba, Canada. He says he didn't like it much in the winter! Note the snow tires, and trailer hitch. Also, fog lights and front tires. Apparently he traded it off in 1971 on a large Chrysler product-A Newport or something. He can't remember the Chrysler much and says he has no pics. I've tried to attach a pic of when Vonnie and I took the car to his home a few years ago and took him for a spin but the site won't do it-file must be too large. I'll see if I can sort that out later. That was a great day when he got to see and go for a ride in his old car after almost 50 years!

BTW Bill, nice sled!

[Keith Seymore]

Pre-muscle car(s)

(there's one in the background, too)

K

[Keith Seymore]

Merry Christmas

K

[Keith Seymore]

Snow = yes.

Muscle = no.

K

[ls6owner]

Figured out how to resize the photos of the original owner of our convertible. He has a bad back and couldn't drive but very much enjoyed seeing his old car and going for a drive.
Oliver

[1967Z28]

My friend Bill Lange's butternut yellow '67 Z. Faded pic makes it look white.

[TimG]

I remember driving my '69 Corvette from University of Wisconsin to Chicago in the snow and sliding off Hwy 90 in a blizzard. A wrecker hauled me out and I was back on my way.
I had a pretty passenger in the car with me and the heater was not working in the car. She found another ride back after the Holidays.

[Keith Seymore]

My Chevelle was a daily driver from new until 1980, as well, but no pics from in the wintertime.

K

[169indy]

I may have posted this clip before but Snow! is involved

[HuggerSS]

Original BM in the snow…

[tom406]

New car bought in winter. Survived to be restored:).

[Dave Rifkin]

cwu2Hs5PuZ4

Demo day at the Simeone Auto Museum in Philadelphia. Dr. Simeone driving the '65 convertible.

[njsteve]

My parent's house, circa December 1977. The day we brought my brother's newly purchased LA-built SS396 4-speed, home from purchasing it from Vinny Racalbuto in Orange, Connecticut. (I'll always remember that distinctive name).

My 16 year old brother got this "consolation prize" after I got accidentally got my 1969 Z11 Pace Car at age 14. We were a large family of 5 kids and my Dad could never remember who was who and what our ages were. So when I said I'd like to someday buy a Camaro with my saved up money from 14 years of birthdays (I was a frugal kid), he let me buy my Z11 for $2,700. We got it home and the first thing my Mom does is walk out in the driveway and confronts him. "YOU KNOW IT'S HIS OLDER BROTHER WHO JUST TURNED 16 THAT NEEDS A CAR. THIS ONE IS 14"

So my Dad immediately went out and found this S396 for my brother in the want ads in the New Haven Register and bought it for $3,500. I don't even think my brother chipped in any money either. Damn!

[tom406]

Winged Winter Wonder

[carnut4life]

Here are a couple pics of our L78 convertible courtesy of the original owner. He owned it for one year, put almost 40K miles on it and used it daily to travel to work locations all across Manitoba, Canada. He says he didn't like it much in the winter! Note the snow tires, and trailer hitch. Also, fog lights and front tires. Apparently he traded it off in 1971 on a large Chrysler product-A Newport or something. He can't remember the Chrysler much and says he has no pics. I've tried to attach a pic of when Vonnie and I took the car to his home a few years ago and took him for a spin but the site won't do it-file must be too large. I'll see if I can sort that out later. That was a great day when he got to see and go for a ride in his old car after almost 50 years!

BTW Bill, nice sled!

Was your L78 convertible originally shadow gray with blue interior Oliver? I've never seen that combination before but have long wondered if there was one out there.

[Teddy]

4.10's in a 12 bolt and a close ratio Muncie. Always got me home.

[BJCHEV396]

Drove a '64 Corvette with a block heater and snow tires and a '69 Swinger 340 with just snows.

[ls6owner]

Was your L78 convertible originally shadow gray with blue interior Oliver? I've never seen that combination before but have long wondered if there was one out there.

Yes, it was. It is kind of unique-Shadow grey, blue vinyl bench, M21, power windows, power top and no ZL2. At some point we will do a "light" restoration but we drive it and want to keep doing so won't be doing a full resto anytime soon.

[Mr70]

Wax,lotsa wax.....

[useless tony]

Rarest muscle car in the snow that I've seen pictures of has to be the Hemi rag Challenger. Pics taken in Toronto many years ago (not by me).

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2978165369180890&set=pcb.2978166169180810

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2978165522514208&set=pcb.2978166169180810

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2978165242514236&set=pcb.2978166169180810

[67since67]

Wax,lotsa wax.....

This Day 2 survivor L78 is in a friends collection since he pulled it out of that container a few years back. The "wax" was applied to preserve the paint before being put into storage way back when. - Bill W

[L16pilot]

Me digging out my 70 SS-350 Camaro in Colorado Springs in September 1984. It was a stock car when I bought it in 1980 and by '84 had repainted it and added a bunch of Z28 parts, (rear spoiler, rear bumper and added the stripes)....original parts were plentiful and cheap back then!

[GotGrunt]

Rarest muscle car in the snow that I've seen pictures of has to be the Hemi rag Challenger. Pics taken in Toronto many years ago (not by me).

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2978165369180890&set=pcb.2978166169180810

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2978165522514208&set=pcb.2978166169180810

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2978165242514236&set=pcb.2978166169180810

Here’s another hemi rag… shocked Steve didn’t post this yet!

[dykstra]

This Day 2 survivor L78 is in a friends collection since he pulled it out of that container a few years back. The "wax" was applied to preserve the paint before being put into storage way back when. - Bill W
Did this exercise help??:hmmm:

[njsteve]

Here’s another hemi rag… shocked Steve didn’t post this yet!

Some more from the trip home through the ice blizzard coming back from Wisconsin!

[Lee Stewart]

https://images2.imgbox.com/ee/b7/JykIShnO_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/JykIShnO)

[Roger M]

My old 67 Malibu 327/275hp. This photo is from about 1988, Stevens Pass, Washington.

[Xplantdad]

This is a great post from our own "Prototype", Fred!



Click on the link and enjoy the pics! REAL Cobras in the snow....:eek2:



https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=144607&highlight=cobras+snow

[GotGrunt]

This is a great post from our own "Prototype", Fred!



Click on the link and enjoy the pics! REAL Cobras in the snow....:eek2:



https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=144607&highlight=cobras+snow

Wow… that’s not something you see everyday :D

[dykstra]

This is a great post from our own "Prototype", Fred!



Click on the link and enjoy the pics! REAL Cobras in the snow....:eek2:



https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=144607&highlight=cobras+snow

That is sooooo cool!! Anyone who has driven a Cobra(not me) will tell you how hot they are inside while driving.
I’m sure they weren’t as cold as you would think?:dunno:

[SMS]

Winter of 78 in Indy on fat tires.

My moms 67 in early 70s on snow tires. After a rear ender.

[tom406]

‘67 GT500 (w/wrong KR stripes added) that made its way to Sweden

[tom406]

Winter Challenged. I can hear that Squarebody shortbed rusting. We don’t need to talk about how ravaged a neglected MGB making its own snowbank is.

[Tracker1]

Brand new off the lot with Steelgards

[Tracker1]

Snow snake

[Pro Stock John]

Drove my '68 Chevelle SS from Chicago to Cincinnati for a work in 1991 with ladder bars and N50s. Didn't do that great in the snow. :)

[tom406]

December ‘67 in a new ‘68 Charger.

[SS427]

A couple of Facebook postings.

[Lee Stewart]

https://images2.imgbox.com/fc/01/aEjlK1Sx_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/aEjlK1Sx)

[WILMASBOYL78]

Been to that joint a number of times...it's a local landmark.

https://www.bluebenn.com/

By the way...I have no photos, but I used to run Dunlop CW-44 snow tires on my 70 L78 Nova back in the day. :shocked:

[muscle_collector]

saw this today on a facebook page

[flyingn]

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simeone museum in Philly.

[PeteLeathersac]

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Here’s a few more, note Deer on the trunk lids/roofs in the Clark Gas Station shot.
Sure looks like the good old world to me and let’s get the snow machines out!
Is that your ‘Doo RV340 in Post 9 w/ ‘67 ‘Vette Roadster Bill, ‘77 w/ twin pipes?
I had a ‘75 RV245 Racer also a ‘78 340 new, no good in snow but tough to beat on the flat or track!
:beers:
~ Pete

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[PeteLeathersac]

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~ Pete

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[PeteLeathersac]

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:beers:
~ Pete

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[Bill Pritchard]

Surprising how many Dodge Daytonas & Plymouth Superbirds are showing up here! Back in the day, I don't ever recall seing one driving on the street, summer or winter....they were all sitting unsold on dealership lots.

[Mr70]

Not a Musclecar,but a day I'll never forget...

[Big Block Bill]

Not a Musclecar,but a day I'll never forget...

Looks like the Chicago Snow Storm of 1967! Bill

[Xplantdad]

Thanks for finding all of these cool pics, Andy!

[67since67]

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Is that your ‘Doo RV340 in Post 9 w/ ‘67 ‘Vette Roadster Bill, ‘77 w/ twin pipes?
I had a ‘75 RV245 Racer also a ‘78 340 new, no good in snow but tough to beat on the flat or track!
:beers:
~ Pete

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Yes Pete, '77 340 RV, I beat that thing to death on the woodland trails of Northern Wisconsin
All my car buddys had snowmobiles and the Arctic Cats and Polaris could blow by at 100 mph on the lakes, but on the trails Joel (original owner of a '67 Z28) and I with our RV's would run away and hide from them.

I also had a '76 RV 340 that came with an instruction manual to modify for racing. Should have kept that one!

Previous to the RV I had a '75 Sno Jet SST 440 with a Yamaha SRX engine. That one was fast and fun, steer it with the throttle sprint car style.

I could write a book on snowmobile shenanigans! :beers: - Bill W

[Keith Seymore]

Pre-muscle car(s)

(there's one in the background, too)

K

I think this is a companion shot to my earlier post.

That might be our car sitting behind Royal before we got it.

K

[Formula455SD]

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[Formula455SD]

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[Formula455SD]

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[Daves70SS]

This is my 1972 340 Cuda taken after the 1978 Chicago blizzard. In the 2nd picture you will see a garage that the roof had caved in on top of an older plymouth fury from the weight of the snow.

[cheveslakr]

That's a great "guess which car".....I thought '69 torino but can't be certain in any way.

[olredalert]

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----This 442 is so clean that this snow covered picture almost looks photoshopped!....Bill S

[Formula455SD]

----This 442 is so clean that this snow covered picture almost looks photoshopped!....Bill S

Pic was taken about 6-7 years ago around Arnold CA. They do not salt the roads there. The main roads were clear and dry.

[TimG]

This ended up being an NCRS Five Star Bow Tie car.

[69 Post Sedan]

My buddy (Boomer) sent me these pics….Winter of 1978 in Janesville WI

[Keith Seymore]

Pic was taken about 6-7 years ago around Arnold CA. They do not salt the roads there. The main roads were clear and dry.

You reminded me; I had forgotten I took this picture:

First drive of 2021 -

K

[69 Post Sedan]

A couple more from Boomer……this is his 1971 Nova

[Gary Anderson]

'78 was indeed a banner year in southeast WI.

[Mr70]

Now this is a Merry Christmas. :)

[tom406]

From the FB Lost Muscle Cars page-poster is trying to find Mom’s ‘68 Camaro (ahead of Vette).

[tom406]

Just Married in a ‘69 Mach 1

[chevelleheart]

Here’s my old LS6 , M22 El Camino , sold out of Red Deer Motors in Alberta ,….heading for work in Northern Saskatchewan

[Big Block Bill]

Looks like a Ski-Doo under the cover? Must have took (3) men and a boy to load that Snowmobile with out beating up the tailgate and the bed. Bill

[PeteLeathersac]

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Awesome pic, was the sled on board for traction also please share what it was specifically?
If a ‘70 also, perhaps one of the big TNT’s but w/ Camino an LS6, maybe it’s a ‘70 Blizzard 776!
:beers:
~ Pete

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[useless tony]

Looks like a Ski-Doo under the cover? Must have took (3) men and a boy to load that Snowmobile with out beating up the tailgate and the bed. Bill

Easy peasy, just back up to a snowbank of roughly the correct height and drive her on. The old sleds were a heck of a lot lighter than new ones so lifting the sled to close the tailgate could have been handled by pretty much anyone. Speaking from experience as I had a couple of '74 TNT 340's back in the day.

[Big Block Bill]

I bought a brand new Ski-Doo 775 TNT in the crate back in 1973. I remember it had a garage door cable for the recoil rope and was it a B**ch to start, what a tank. Bill

[Charley Lillard]

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[SPEEDYB]

One of the best documented LS6 El Caminos!

[muscle_collector]

grabbed this off of a facebook site

[Rfish]

Not mine. Posted on Facebook page.

[Formula455SD]

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Snow in Woodland?

[wheelhop]

A couple pics of my 74 Z28 in 1980 (approx).

[muscle_collector]

another 70 judge in the snow. just daily drivers.

[67since67]

November 1918, my Grandfather's 1917 Willys Knight. I know that it had the unique sleeve valve engine, but was it the optional 65 hp V8?? Which might qualify it as a musclecar??

I'm sure my Dad's technology minded older brothers had a hand in choosing this car. The building in front of the car was the original farm house, converted to a garage/shop with a drive over service pit like the quick oil change places today.

Story is that one of my Uncles was drafted to serve in WWI. His brother drove him to Fort Des Moines to enlist, 240 miles round trip. Note tire chains. When they got there he was told the war is over, go home. - Bill W