[Poncho Dave]

The 78 looks nice, I’m surprised the seller did not let go of the 79. The 4 speed is attractive, but I think most people look for the black interior.

[bird72]

I think the 70-73 crowd thought the end was near, see pic Having owned (and miss) two W72, WS6, 4 speed TA's, I know these are amazing cars. Outhandle a 70-73TA. So when they were being portrayed as lesser diluted versions of the heritage, I had to say different in that thread. I got priced out of the good 70-73 Formula cars when I was shopping for a car a few years ago, hence where I am. Priced out of a 77-78 TA it appears now oh well. Kind of wish I would have pursued the 77-78 TA market when I bought. So good to see them doing well, really.

[dreamn69]

Simple question: is it easier to get a 74-79 tuned to perform like a 70-73 or easier to add all the options, 4 wheel disc and handle as good as the later cars?

[71HOT/A]

I've owned, driven and worked on more 2nd gens early to late than most. Making later models run like any 71-4 round port will cost more than suspension and disc brake swap. A ws6 car really handles no better than the early cars with the same tires and the rear disc are marginally if any better than drums. All of them are fun to drive, some more than others. Much like '64-5 mustangs, the high production numbers combined with everybody dragging them out to restore for profit will soon drive the prices of the later cars back to reality. Just because well heeled buyers who grew up with smokey and the bandit are throwing money at them does not make them as good an investment as early ones. That being said, I don't care about the monetary value as much as I enjoy the cars, if I did I would have sold my '71 a couple of years ago for what most would call "stupid money".

[bird72]

Round ports are kind of over-rated and I own one. My RAIV cammed, 96 headed D Port 455, with headers made same power about as roller HO I have now (no headers). So they are not some unattainable power thing. After 40 years, they all get rebuilt, and balancing, CR, camming happen on most all these rebuilds, so stock HP numbers are a goofy comparison in a way. Many (most?) do not do spot on stock rebuilds anyway.

And I disagree with above post on WS6 cars handling "no better". Yes they do! (IMO of course). They all handle good, as the F body is a great design. WS6 was a refined package though.

[71HOT/A]

Comparable builds or hop-ups the RP will always win ,sorry but more airflow does that. Compare sway bar sizes but then look at the rear bushings. The early cars don't have as much deflection in the bushing and they oversteer more. Oversteer is faster through curves. WS6 cars although great handling lean towards understeer which is more comfortable for average drivers.

[lumarkhood]

Easily my favorite look of the 1977-78 Y81/82/84 cars is with the Y-88 style 8” snowflakes. So cool! ��