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I road in a Judge when I was about 16 years old. A buddy of mine who owned his own repair shop had a 1973 SD 455 firebird, I road in that and it was pretty dang fast IMO. Road in a 421 six pack Catalina 2+2 (too bad only the first 2BBl worked, but it was still quite fast !).

Other makes: Saw a Shelby mustang with a 428 in a rich kids garage. Road in a LS5 454 Chevelle frequently (my buddies car), Another friend had a 1970 Buick GS with the dual hood scoop (functioning) air cleaner, (only a 350 version, not the 455, and for that alone probably pretty rare, and it was 100% legit). Road in a few 'Road runners' with 383's also not slow cars, a 70 charger or two. Saw a 396 Nova (looked like an ordinary grocery getter, except for the 396 badge! Most of these I rode in, or saw when I was a teen, or at the latest just around 20 years old.

I guess in retrospect, the rarest car I ever saw was the twin 4bbl 428 Shelby, and probably the rarest I ever road in was the 421 Catalina 2+2, or perhaps the 73 SD bird. I saw plenty of other when I was in my mid to late 20s, but by that time a lot of them were restored. Some original un-molested cars though, just less and less as the years rolled on. OH, just remembered a 426 Max Wedge in a small dodge with an entirely aluminum front end !!! I raced it won (my Camaro was pretty worked with Bordix heads), but that dodge was one super fast show room race car, and it was also super rare. The guy that owned it asked if I thought it was worth $25,000 at the time (the early 80's) and I thought it was, to the correct buyer. It was just about perfect, with Twin four barrells on cross ram manifold. Today at auction I could see it fetching well over a hundred grand, perhaps much more! Super cool.