First of all, I wonder if this even happens. Have you ever personally witnessed the moment when a car that has only ever idled from show booth to trailer finally got unleashed and driven in earnest? Does it lead to immediate disaster? Is it a glorious symphony of roaring engine and melting tires?
At first, I didn’t understand the term trailer queen, and thought it had something to do with trailer parks.
Might not be what your after, but the cars I’ll point you to run well … Until they don’t.
We have an annual car show over here, have a search for “Summernats” for videos. They have a burn out pad where you can melt some tyres.
Some people restore cars and take them there for show. Some have excellent paint jobs , but a typical Summernats one has more horsepower than the original. This usually leads to a few redlining on the pad and exceeding a limit so that they catch fire or can’t be driven home.
Or at least, so I’ve heard…
Never heard of Summernats before, googled, I’ve definitely seen footage from there, that shit is nuts.
A modern car is likely better if you want power. a 1962 corvette came with 250-360 horsepower. A 2024 honda accord comes with 190, not far behind for a basic ecconomy car. The modern car will have much better handeling because we have better suspention.
which is to say it does happen (see other replies), but most don’t because they are not that great. Besides if you race it something might break and you have to fix it.
With the 1972 change in how horsepower is measured (gross versus net), the modern car is even closer to the muscle car’s horsepower.
