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7 racing-derived engines that were nearly too powerful for the street
Chrysler’s 426 Street Hemi began life as a stock-car weapon, and that racing origin links every engine on this list. Each one grew out of a race program. Most…
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9 small-block V8s that flatly refuse to wear out
The Chevrolet small-block arrived in 1955, and its descendants kept rolling out of factories for decades. In our view, that kind of run is the best evidence of a…
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Dean Jeffries built just two working Black Beauty Imperials for The Green Hornet, and the Petersen owns one
The Green Hornet Black Beauty was never a pile of fiberglass props. Dean Jeffries turned a big Chrysler-built luxury sedan into a rolling arsenal for the 1966 TV series,…
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10 American cars that defined the changing roads of the 1950s
Studebaker’s Starlight Coupe greeted the 1950s with a rear window that wrapped all the way around the roof. Critics joked that you could not tell which way the car…
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