Muscle Cars
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9 V8s Plymouth offered in the Barracuda from 1964 to 1974
Plymouth sold the first Barracuda as a 1964 model, and the last one left showrooms as a 1974 model. Over those 11 years, the Barracuda…
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5 pony cars built around the 1970 Trans-Am series, from the AAR ‘Cuda to the Boss 302
The 1970 Trans-Am season turned five American pony cars into homologation specials. A team could not simply build a race car. Instead, the rules asked…
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Pontiac built only eight 1969 Firebird Trans Am convertibles and paid the SCCA $5 a car for the name
Pontiac built just eight examples of the 1969 Trans Am convertible, the open version of a brand-new performance package for the Firebird. The coupe was…
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Oldsmobile built just 54 of the 1966 442 W-30s, moving the battery to the trunk to feed it cold air
Oldsmobile’s Lansing plant built only 54 cars with the 1966 442 W-30 package. Each one pulled cold air through two ducts under the front bumper,…
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7 cars Hurst built with Detroit, from the Hemi Dart to the Grand Prix SSJ
Hurst made its name with floor shifters, but its badge also went on whole cars. In the late 1960s and beyond, Detroit automakers sent finished…
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Ford needed 500 Torino Talladegas to race in NASCAR and built about 750 in two months
NASCAR’s rules for 1969 said a factory race car had to be a car the public could buy, and Ford had to build at least…
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7 factory cold-air systems by name, from Oldsmobile’s under-bumper Force-Air to Pontiac’s Ram Air IV
Detroit sold cold-air induction by name in the late 1960s, and every maker gave its system a different badge. Oldsmobile hid its scoops under the…
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8 dealer-built supercars of the 1960s, from Royal Pontiac’s Bobcat GTO to Mr. Norm’s 440 Dart
In the 1960s, some of the quickest American cars did not come straight from a factory. A dealer-built supercar started as a showroom car, and…
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Dodge tells owners of 345 Challenger SRT Demon 170s to have them towed in for a new crankshaft damper
Some 345 examples of the 2023 Challenger SRT Demon 170 are covered by a new Dodge customer service notice. The trouble sits at the front…
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7 Chrysler B and RB V8 displacements from the 1958 350 to the 440, and the cars that carried them
Chrysler launched its B engine family in 1958, and the raised-deck RB version followed in 1959. Over the next two decades, the Chrysler RB V8…
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