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In the early ’60s, the mantra “win on Sunday, sell on Monday” was the gospel truth for American automakers. Enter the 1964 Ford Fairlane 427 Thunderbolt—a car that looked like your neighbor’s Fairlane but had the muscle to leave competitors eating dust on the drag strip. It might have looked like a sheep, but under the hood, it was the wolf of Super Stock racing. This Thunderbolt had the power to not only win races but also to race its way into car enthusiasts’ hearts and garages.
In the early days of muscle madness, the 1970 Plymouth Superbird was the king of the asphalt jungle, flaunting a wing so big it could double as a dining table. Born in the era when carmakers decided that subtlety was overrated, the Superbird zoomed into the spotlight with a 426 Hemi under its hood. It was a time when horsepower was measured in smiles per gallon, and the Superbird delivered with a side of high-speed hilarity, leaving its competition eating dust and questioning their life choices.