Muscle Cars
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Why Dodge gave the 1969 Charger 500 a flush grille and flush rear window to race in NASCAR
The 1969 Dodge Charger 500 looked almost like a regular Charger, but two changes set it apart. Its grille sat flush with the nose, and…
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The 1970 Cougar Eliminator got a Boss 302 in 469 of its 2,267 cars
Mercury built 2,267 Cougar Eliminators for 1970, and only 469 left the factory as the Boss 302 Eliminator. Instead, the rest carried larger engines. That…
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Why the 1977 Pontiac Can Am ended when the mold for its fiberglass rear spoiler broke
The 1977 Pontiac Can Am lasted about half a model year, and a broken tool started its end. The mold that made the Pontiac Can…
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The 1968 Plymouth Road Runner’s beep-beep horn cost $10,000 to develop, after $50,000 to Warner Bros.
Plymouth’s 1968 Road Runner came with a horn that went “beep, beep,” just like the cartoon bird. That Road Runner horn did not come cheap.…
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10 V8s that powered the Camaro Z28, from the 602-car 1967 302 to the 7.0-liter LS7
Chevrolet’s Camaro Z28 engines span nearly half a century, from an exclusive 302 to a 7.0-liter V8 from the Corvette. Along the way, the Z28…
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8 Trans Am V8s from 1969 to 1981, from the Ram Air III to the turbocharged 301
Pontiac’s Trans Am engines changed every few years between 1969 and 1981. The lineup started with Ram Air 400s. Then came the 455 HO, the…
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8 Mercury muscle cars from the 1966 Comet Cyclone GT to the 1970 Cyclone Spoiler
Mercury muscle cars usually get filed as Fords in nicer suits. Yet between 1966 and 1970, Lincoln-Mercury sold big-block Cyclones, a Car of the Year…
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AMC’s 1970 Rebel Machine had a tachometer built into its hood scoop and a 340-hp 390 V8
The 1970 Rebel Machine was AMC’s midsize muscle car, and its most famous gauge sat outside the cabin. The Rebel Machine hood tachometer rode on…
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Chevrolet put aluminum cylinder heads on just 311 Camaros in 1969
Only 311 Camaros left the factory with aluminum cylinder heads for 1969. That option was the Camaro L89, a 396-cubic-inch big-block V8 with its iron…
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10 engines Chevrolet offered in the Chevelle SS from 1964 to 1973
Chevrolet sold the Chevelle Super Sport for ten model years, from the 1964 Malibu SS to the 1973 Colonnade car. In that span, Chevelle SS…
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