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12 forgotten cars from the 1950s we swear we’d never sell
In 1955, Packard put a 352-cubic-inch V8 into its new Packard Four Hundred hardtop, a bigger engine than Cadillac, Chrysler or Lincoln offered that year. Yet within two years,…
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8 Thunderbirds that quietly became icons
The first Ford Thunderbird was a two-seat car with a V8. In 1955, it also outsold the Corvette by a wide margin. From there, the name spent 50 years…
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12 muscle cars most car fans have never seen
The 1966 Chevy II Nova SS came standard with a six-cylinder engine, which tells you how loosely the muscle era handed out its badges. In fact, many of the…
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Chrysler sold its first Hemi V8 as the FirePower in 1951, and the 331 cu in engine made 180 hp
Chrysler’s FirePower Hemi arrived for the 1951 model year as a 331-cubic-inch V8 rated at 180 horsepower. Chrysler did not sell it as a “Hemi” at first. Instead, it…
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