1 - 1970 Buick GS455 Stage 1, had the pleasure of owning a like new mint 1968 Buick GS400 almost 40 years ago and it was the best muscle car I ever owned (all around rating power, reliability, affordability etc., made it to the NHRA Division 6 semi finals one year, it took me to University for 4 years, my wife and I to Bowling Green KY 3 times, Texas, LA twice, Florida... the car was the best car I ever owned) and this was not even the mighty 1970 Stage 1. I am currently in the market for a 1970 GS455 (either base 455 or Stage 1, don't care, I also am very fond of the GSX package).
2 - 1968 Hemi Roadrunner, this car with the Hemi was still raw in 1968, the fancy matured packages came later (Track Pak, Super Trak Pac etc.). The RR itself was entry level, stripped trim. These might be out of reach now, not necessarily financially but functionally because I drive my cars and won't feel good at a roadside motel with a rare Hemi RR out front, coming out the next morning and the air cleaner is gone. I had a chance to own a 1968 383 RR, it is on my list of regrets of not buying it.
3 - 1969 Boss 9 Mustang, this is a hard one for me to put on the list because while I love the sheer audacity of this car, it was a poor performer stop light to stop light (the space I lived in for 2 decades) and was expensive... but I still adore them. Too expensive now, I would not want to tie up the money in car you can't really drive anywhere... it could get hit, stolen, parts swiped off it, etc.
4 - 1965 Z16 Chevelle, impossible to afford now but a budget brawler in 1965, limited option availability, Chevrolet was trying to catch up to the GTO so a hastily installed 396 in the Chevrolet A body was the ticket, again a raw package, but certainly affordable back in 1965.
5 - 1969 GTO Judge, I owned a 1970 Ram Air IV Judge for almost 2 decades, but I prefer the 69. Jim Wangers, whom I have met on several occasions at, the now defunct, Tiger Runs (he has signed his books for me in person) was right, the Judge should have just been 1969 instead of 1969-1971. I loved my 1970, the front end was pretty but the endura shrank with time and didn't fit nice, small things like that. A friend had a 69 Judge it was really nice. The GTO started it all so I should have it in my Top 5 for sure. I like all the years but PMD blew it in 1970 by not offering the round port heads on the 455 as they did in 71 and 72. My RAIV was no match for the 455 (Buick, Olds)/ 454 (Chevrolet) GM A body offerings in 1970. I did beat, what would later be, my own LS6 (I bought it off the owner years later) in some stop light to stop light action but my RAIV was somewhat modified by then. To be fair so was the Chevelle.
