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1978 Pontiac Grand Am CA – One Big Missed Opportunity

September 27, 2011December 30, 2020
Pete Dunton

1978grandamca-s.jpgIf you were a performance car fan back in the 1970s, finding something on the new car dealership lots that could burn the tires was a very hard task especially by the late-1970s. Every automaker during the 1970s ran away

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1988 Pontiac Fiero Formula – Finally a True Sports Car

August 31, 2011
Pete Dunton

1988fieroformula-s1.jpgThe history of the Fiero is a mixed bag. On one hand it was a breakthrough car that initially was a big sales success and on the other hand it later became a punching bag for the U.S. press and

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1967 Chevrolet Corvette – the Perfect Marriage of Beauty and Raw Performance

August 25, 2011
Pete Dunton

67corvette-s.jpgWhen a new generation release of the Corvette occurs it’s usually a large leap forward from the previous model year Corvette. Nowhere was this more true than when the first C2 (second generation) Corvette rolled off the assembly line back

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Buick Turbo 3.8 Liter V6 – the Perfect Substitute for Cubic Inches

July 31, 2011September 16, 2017
Pete Dunton

83buickturbov6-s.jpg The 1980s were interesting times, everything from the music to the politics and even the culture was in some respects different than many back in the 1970s would have expected. It was the same way in the automotive world, everything

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Three Pinnacles in Mustang Performance

June 30, 2011
Pete Dunton

69mach1mus-s1.jpgSometimes when analyzing the current crop of cars it requires a reflection upon the past to see where the new cars fall short, meet, or exceed the pinnacles of the past. Nowhere is this more helpful then in  case of

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1999 Pontiac GTO Concept – the GTO That May Have Saved Pontiac

May 6, 2011
Pete Dunton

99gtoconcept-s.jpgIn the study of history, there are plenty of “what ifs”. Such as – what if Archduke Franz Ferdinand had not been assassinated, would World War I been averted and 16 million lives have been saved? Even in our own

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The Monday Night Run – Trans Am Hibernation Has Ended

March 30, 2011March 4, 2021
Pete Dunton

mondaynight-s.jpgIt has been a long winter, one of the longest I can remember. Normally in the nation’s Capitol, weather gets cold in the fall but doesn’t get bitter until January rolls in. By March winter is forgotten and spring is

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1974-1981 Chevrolet Camaro – the Youth Car of the 1980s

February 28, 2011
Pete Dunton

1974camaro1-s.jpgBack in the 1980s the high school and college campus parking lots were filled with a wide array of different muscle and performance cars from the 1960s and 1970s. These cars by this time were at least on their second

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1970 Pontiac GTO – When the GTO Still Had Character

December 21, 2010
Pete Dunton

70-gto-1-s.jpgThe Pontiac GTO is not just a muscle car, it is an icon. Pontiac started the muscle car craze with the 1964 GTO and its GTO led the pack with dignity from then through 1972. For 1973 Pontiac for lack

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1984 Hurst/Olds – End of a Great Performance Run

October 31, 2010
Pete Dunton

84hurstolds-s.jpgGM after the release of the 1964 Pontiac GTO capped the cubic inches (of engine displacement) at 400 for its V8s on all its intermediate. If you wanted more cubic inches in a GM car you had to either buy

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