Category: Muscle Car Articles
What is a muscle car? There are many different definitions of what qualifies as a muscle car. The broadest definition is any car with a large and powerful engine...
Category: Muscle Car Articles
Muscle cars have always been special machines. The magic ingredients have always included a large engine and a light weight body. When the American auto builders mixed these two ingredients...
Category: How To
In the final part of our four part series on carburetor upgrades we install the vacuum lines, attach the throttle linkage, hook up the electric choke and make the final adjustments....
Category: How To
In part three of our four part series on carburetor upgrades we mount the new carburetor and install the fuel line and the fuel filter. Be sure to determine if you...
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Category: Buick Grand National
Buick announced that the Regal’s rear wheel drive platform was history and that 1987 was the last year the Grand National would be offered. Instead of going out with a whimper, Buick went all in, the 1987 Grand National returned with ten more horsepower but the real news was...
Category: Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet finally responded to the Mustang with the legendary Camaro in September 1966. The new Camaro was introduced as a 1967 model and by the end of the model year, 220,906 Camaros were produced. The 1967 Camaro was hugely successful and this one model represented almost three percent of...
Category: Chevrolet Camaro
The Camaro received new sheet metal in 1969. The look was more angular than the two previous Camaros. Wheel wells were squared off, new front and rear ends were added and this all contributed to a longer and lower look. The interior was updated with square gauges and an...
Category: Dodge Super Bee
The 1970 Coronet Super Bee featured a radical new nose design, an enticing new LOWER base price of $3074, and automatic membership in Dodge's Scat Pack of performance streetcars that included the Dodge Challenger and Charger. Also new for 1970, was the high impact paint colors such as Plum...
Category: Dodge Charger
Even though 1970 was essentially a carryover year for the Charger, Dodge felt compelled, as usual, to revise the front and rear end of the car. In addition to taking away the split grille, the new front end incorporated a chrome bumper that looped all the way around the...
Category: Plymouth Barracuda
With two major restyles since its introduction in 1964, it seemed that Plymouth was willing to retool the Barracuda until it got it right. Low sales numbers probably contributed to this thought process. But on the second overhaul, it seemed Plymouth did in fact get it right. The question...
Category: Pontiac GTO
Five years in the row and GTO was unbeatable as the most desirable muscle of the 60’s. Marking the start of another successful generation of the famous ‘goat’, the 1968 Pontiac GTO received a heavy makeover. It was a new car both in terms of exterior and interior. With...
Category: Chevrolet Chevelle
Though exterior appearance did not change much from the 1968 Chevelle, the most drastic change in the Chevelle line for 1969 was in its series designations. The bottom-of-the-line 300 series disappeared altogether, and all wagons became sub-series. Therefore, only the 300 DeLuxe and Malibu remained as designated series for...
Category: Pontiac GTO
Many consider 1969 as the last golden year for the muscle era. While Pontiac’s sales were a little overshadowed by the competitors, the image of the goat remained indestructible. By that year, Pontiac had developed a two-year restyle cycle. The design was a carry over from the previous year....
Category: Dodge Challenger
The 1970 Challenger obviously shares many features with the restyled 1970 Barracuda, though a closer look reveals some differences between the Chrysler’s two entries into the pony car market. First is the Challenger’s larger stature. Through they are based on the same platform, the wheelbase for the Challenger was...
Category: Chevrolet Chevelle
The 1968 Chevelle models boasted a distinctly changed body style that ushered the car into what has become known as its second generation. All 2-door models featured semi-fastback rooflines, with sedans featuring more of a curve at the rear window than previous models. After losing its most...
Category: Buick Grand National
People were beginning to take notice of the Grand National. The 1986 Buick Grand National was the third production year for the car and Buick made some significant upgrades to the 3.8 liter V6 Turbo engine. The Buick Turbo Engine Group developed an intercooler and a sequential port fuel...
Category: Plymouth Barracuda
The introduction of the ‘Cuda option package, which was built around the former Formula S package, was the first sign that Plymouth was getting serious about building a high performance car that looked good, to boot. On the outside, the ‘Cuda 340 package distinguished itself with a blacked-out grille,...
Category: AMC AMX
The 1969 AMX was little changed from the 1968 AMX. There was a new 140 mph speedometer and a tachometer with a larger face. Later in the year, AMC modified the dash panel. Other than that, the only differences were cosmetic. Leather upholstery became an option and a passenger...
Category: Plymouth Barracuda
Barracuda was technically the first pony car to actually go on sale, and had many ups and downs throughout its decade-long history. Starting in 1970, the third-generation models of the car finally fully embraced its pony car status in both looks and performance. Of the models after 1970, Edmunds...