how does your mopar size up to brandx...????

I believe some of the old heads I knew back then told me Mopars were cheap performance. For instance I was talking about my 70 Swinger 340 to an older Ford guy who was in his early twenties in 1970 and he told me something along the lines of " I remember those cars, they were fast right out of the box. You could buy them new and not do a thing to them and they were fast" Now, I know the stock 14 inch tires wouldn't grip, but you know what I mean, if the car hooked up in stock form, it was gone in a street race.