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A 1966 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport doesn’t look like it’s hiding anything dangerous — until you hear it idle. This full-size Chevy carries the rare L72 427 option and a four-speed manual most buyers never checked the box for, a combination V8TV tracked down for its Muscle Car Of The Week series. The exhaust note alone has viewers stopping mid-scroll. Watch to hear why a 425-horsepower family cruiser still commands this kind of reaction decades later.
A Nassau Blue 1966 Corvette roadster carrying the L72 427, factory-rated at 425 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque, headlines Episode 213 of V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week. The car comes from The Brothers Collection, and viewers split over whether visible exhaust smoke points to needed engine work or whether the car is still a near-perfect judged example. See which side of that debate holds up.
Anyone who has spent time near a car show or a garage door propped open on a Saturday knows the sound: gearheads debating horsepower, cubic inches, and quarter-mile bragging rights like it’s a matter of public record. It’s a shorthand language built from decades of shop talk, and newcomers pick it up simply by listening. This look at muscle car culture explores why those conversations never seem to end.