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Ford Mustang 1970 BOSS 302

Ford built the Boss 302 purely to satisfy SCCA Trans Am homologation rules, which required at least 6,500 street versions before the race car could compete — Ford blew past that bar, building 8,641 over two years with 7,013 of them in 1970 alone. The 302-cubic-inch V-8’s 290 factory horsepower undersold what the car could really do, and Parnelli Jones proved it by winning the 1970 Trans Am championship outright. Ford retired the Boss 302 after just two model years, its job against the Camaro already done.

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Chevrolet C10 Rat Truck 550HP Sleeper Rat Rod

by Kiril

Underneath this C10’s deliberately rough patina sits a 550-horsepower drivetrain that has nothing in common with its beat-up exterior, a classic rat rod sleeper built on one of the most collectible classic truck platforms around. Here is what it actually takes to build one that can back up the look.

Plymouth GTX 1970

by Kiril

Plymouth built just 7,748 GTXs for 1970, and only 72 of them left the factory with a 426 Street Hemi. Three big-block engines, a collapsing sales chart, and a nameplate Chrysler was already preparing to absorb into the Road Runner line make this one of the most quietly significant Mopars of the era. Read on to find out why a genuine numbers-matching 1970 GTX is so difficult to find today.

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How many 1966 Mustang GT’s were built?

by Kiril

Ford built 25,517 Mustang GTs for the 1966 model year, a nearly 70 percent jump from the GT package’s debut in 1965. But because the GT Equipment Group could be paired with different body styles and engines, individual cars vary widely even within that number. Here’s the real production figure, and why it still confuses collectors decades later.

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1967 Chevrolet Chevelle Street Cruiser

by Kiril

What began as Billy Bob’s plan for a simple street cruiser turned into a 700-horsepower, 427 LSX-powered 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle with an interior from Steve Holcomb’s Pro Auto Custom Interiors that commenters are comparing to legendary customizer George Barris. Between the engine note described as sounding like a lion and interior details down to carbon fiber inner fender wells, this build escalated far past its original goal. Here’s how a casual cruiser project turned into one of the best-built Chevelles online.

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Dodge Demon 1971 in B5 Blue Paint & 340 Engine

by Kiril

Dodge only sold the Demon for two model years before quietly retiring the name, and only a fraction of those cars left the factory with the 340 small-block. This B5 Blue example is one of them — a budget compact that was hiding a genuinely serious mechanical package under a cartoon devil decal. Here is what made the Demon 340 the sleeper Mopar nobody took seriously in 1971, and why collectors take it very seriously now.

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1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda by Speedkore at the Grand National Roadster Show 2017

by Kiril

Kevin Hart’s Speedkore-built 1970 Hemi ‘Cuda, nicknamed ‘Menace,’ stunned crowds at the 2017 Grand National Roadster Show — then was seriously crashed, leaving fans mourning a car they’d followed for years. According to commenters tracking its fate, the ‘Cuda came back rebuilt with a modern Hellcat crate engine, giving a fifty-year-old muscle car icon more power than it ever had from the factory. This is the story of a show-stopping build that refused to stay wrecked.

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1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible in Surf Green

by Kiril

Dave Mock of DMC Custom Vehicles pulled this 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible out of a field and rebuilt it down to its original factory order sheet — right down to a rare Autronic Eye automatic headlight dimmer most ’57 owners never even ordered. Finished in a Surf Green paint combination longtime Chevy fans say they’ve never seen on a car this well restored, it debuted at Wisconsin’s World of Wheels show to a crowd that couldn’t believe how deep the option list actually went. See what a no-compromise Tri-Five restoration actually looks like.

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Plymouth Satellite 1974 Road Runner Clone

by Kiril

By 1974 the muscle car era was circling the drain, and Plymouth’s Road Runner was fighting to stay relevant at all. This orange Satellite recreates the look on B-body bones, complete with the correct purple Beep Beep horn. A 1974 Satellite even turned up on screen in the third Dirty Harry film. Read on to find out whether a clone like this is a tribute to a dying breed or the smartest way to enjoy one.

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Mercury Montego 1970 Vintage Winston Cup Car

by Kiril

A Mercury running under NASCAR lights sounds like a trivia-night trick question today, but at the turn of the 1970s a Montego-based stocker was a legitimate threat on the high banks. Mercury’s competition effort leaned on the Cyclone Spoiler II, a Boss 429-powered homologation special clocked at 199.6 mph in period testing. This particular car carries the scars of something built to run rather than to sit under a cover. Read on for how it got there, and why the story ended so fast.

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Chevrolet Impala that defines “Muscle car”

by Kiril

Chevrolet built roughly 491,000 Impalas in 1961. Only 453 wore the new Super Sport badge, and just 142 of those got the 409. That combination — a full-size family sedan hiding an engine built for the drag strip — is why some historians point to this car, not a mid-size intermediate, as Detroit’s first real muscle car. Here is what the SS package included and how the 409 earned its reputation.

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Chevrolet Corvette 1970 454 Roadster

by Kiril

Chevrolet had two versions of a new 454 big-block ready for the 1970 Corvette, and the wilder one was advertised at 460 horsepower. It never reached a single retail buyer — a labor strike had already shortened the model year and the LS7 was deleted from the order sheet, leaving the 390-horsepower LS5 as the only 454 anyone could actually order. Read on to find out why a Bridgehampton Blue four-speed roadster from that year sits at such an important point in Corvette history.

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Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1973

by Kiril

Chevrolet did not simply restyle the Monte Carlo for 1973 — it rebuilt the entire concept of what a GM personal luxury coupe should be, and buyers responded with 290,693 sales and a Motor Trend Car of the Year trophy. Opera windows, a 116-inch A-body chassis and an optional 454 big-block all arrived at once. Read on to find out why an honest survivor from that record year is rarer than the production numbers suggest.

White Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with black phoenix decal parked outdoors.

Pontiac Trans Am 1980 Turbo Pace Car

by Kiril

In 1980 Pontiac answered the death of the big-block by bolting a turbocharger to a 4.9-liter V8, badging it as the Indianapolis 500 Pace Car, and daring buyers to take it seriously. Only 5,700 Special Edition Turbo Trans Ams were built, every one with T-tops, Cameo White paint and a boost gauge sitting on the hood. Read on to find out why a car once dismissed as a malaise-era compromise is quietly climbing in value.

This Stunning Coachbuilt Corvette Is The American Dream

by Kiril

In 1961 an American designer decided a Corvette was not European enough, so he shipped one to Turin and had Vignale build a new body over it by hand. The result headlined the Paris Salon and landed on magazine covers, and underneath the Italian coachwork it is still fundamentally a C1 Corvette. Here is how the Kelly Corvette came to exist, and why the American-chassis, Italian-body formula was more common than you would think.

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