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Ron Hoeft bought this 1967 Chevrolet Impala SS Super Sport new, let it go at some point over the following decades, and then — against long odds — tracked it down and bought the exact same car back. Host Lou Costabile sits down with Ron at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals to hear the full story behind the big-block 427, the rare factory vinyl top, and a reunion most owners never get.
Ford quietly swapped engines mid-year on the 1968 Shelby GT500, and the change turned an already potent muscle car into a legend. Early cars carried the 428 Police Interceptor, rated at 360 horsepower, before Ford dropped in the underrated 428 Cobra Jet and renamed the car GT500KR, King of the Road. This red-and-white example wears the classic Shelby colors, and which 428 sits under its hood tells you exactly when it was built. Read on to find out how to tell them apart.
Owner Craig Golz brought his red 1967 Chevrolet Impala SS convertible, complete with a 427 big block and a white top, to the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Rosemont, Illinois. Lou Costabile lets the engine do most of the talking, and viewers respond with their own memories of owning full-size Impalas decades ago. It’s proof that a full-size convertible can hold its own at a show packed with Corvettes. Watch to hear the 427 come to life on camera.
This 1968 Ford Torino GT wears a 428 Cobra Jet engine that Ford didn’t even offer when the model year began — a mid-year option that turned an ordinary mid-size Ford into one of the era’s sleeper legends. Volo Auto Museum director Brian Grams walks through this Candy Apple Red survivor with My Car Story host Lou Costabile, tracing why so few Torinos ended up with the real thing under the hood. Watch to find out what made the wait worth it.
Dodge built just 628 convertible versions of its 1967 Coronet R/T, and owner Glen Kellmann says that in more than twenty years of attending car shows, he has never once come across another one. See his factory 440-powered survivor and hear the story of a car that, as far as its own owner can tell, has no twin.
Peggy Szarzynski’s husband Dennis gave her this 1970 Chrysler 300 convertible as a birthday present, not realizing it would become one of the last full-size Chrysler convertibles ever built. Finished in red with the brand’s distinctive hidden headlights and fuselage styling, it’s a rare survivor from an era before gas prices sent most of its kind to the scrapyard. Watch to hear Peggy’s full story.
Ray Brownfield’s red 1966 Mustang convertible looks like a straightforward restoration until you ask which 289 is under the hood. Ford sold three completely different versions of that engine in 1966 behind identical fender badges, and the spread ran from 200 horsepower to 271. Brownfield has owned the car since 2005 and turned the restoration around in five months. Read on to find out why that single engine question changes what the car is worth and how it drives.