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The Little Old Lady from Pasadena song's car in my opinion was a Red 64 Super Stock Dodge 426 4 speed . 

Song came out in 64 and lyrics were "Brand New Shiny Red Super Stock Dodge. 

My version I used the Ramcharger Dodge kit but since it came as an automatic I swapped the parts I needed to convert it to a four speed from the Petty Plymouth'

My next "song" build will be the Hot Rod Lincoln 

Another interesting build would be the Super Stock Dodge withe 413 in "Shut Down"

 

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2 minutes ago, Jon Haigwood said:

The Little Old Lady from Pasadena song's car in my opinion was a Red 64 Super Stock Dodge 426 4 speed . 

Song came out in 64 and lyrics were "Brand New Shiny Red Super Stock Dodge. 

My version I used the Ramcharger Dodge kit but since it came as an automatic I swapped the parts I needed to convert it to a four speed from the Petty Plymouth'

My next "song" build will be the Hot Rod Lincoln 

 

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Jon, interesting.  So was that a factory option?

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15 hours ago, Bucky said:

Are you asking for songs about cars, or songs that have a casual mention of a car?

Keith, what I'm asking is what is the "brand new shiny red Super-Stock Dodge" parked in the little old lady's garage?

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11 minutes ago, TarheelRick said:

In '64 the only Super Stock Dodges would have been the 330 and a few Polara's.

Ah, so that's possibly the type of car in the garage.  Weren't Polaras used by some police departments?  Never really thought of the Dodge 330 or Polara as a muscle car.

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Tom Waits wrote "Ol' 55" about his '55 Cadillac.  He also did a pretty funny monologue about it, and buying old cars in general.  Since Don Henley had a '55 Chevy, many people thought The Eagles song was about his car.

Here's an obscure one: the Darby Sisters, "Go Back to Your Pontiac:"
 

 

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3 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

Do trucks count?  This is completely different than Rush, but it's about Wolf Creek Pass which I've been on many times.  Bet almost nobody heard this before.

 

"One looked like a can full of worms, the next one looked like malaria germs..."

Sammy Hagar has "Trans Am" and, of course, "I can't drive 55". While it's not a car, UFO's "Can You Roll Her" mentions a Vincent Black Shadow. Neil Peart's inspiration for "The Red Barchetta" came from a short story entitled "A Nice Sunday Drive" in Road & Track, I believe. I have read the story, I just can't recall which magazine it ran in. I would mess my drawers, if I ever saw anyone doing Rush, for karaoke! Good job, by you!

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4 hours ago, Straightliner59 said:

While it's not a car, UFO's "Can You Roll Her" mentions a Vincent Black Shadow. 

I was thinking Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" had a Vincent bike in it, but in googling, apparently not. (Maybe he sang it live that way on the version I have--I'll have to check.) But along the way I ran across this list of 11 Best Motorcycle Songs: 

https://www.loudersound.com/features/motorbikes-rock-metal-playlist

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