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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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1977 Pontiac Firebird Esprit – Jim Rockford’s Fantastic Ride

August 10, 2010
Pete Dunton

1977fb-esprit-s.jpgThere’s no telling when a new TV show is first aired what the audience reception will be. Some shows immediately flop, others start off strong and soon fizzle, and then there are those that strike a chord with the audience

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Thunder Road – the First Muscle Car Movie

July 20, 2010
Pete Dunton

tr1-s.jpgLong before the drug war, there was another war in American, which raged in the South. It was the backwoods liquor war. Backwoods liquor sometimes called moonshine or white lightening was distilled in rural areas of the South usually at

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1963 Buick Special Skylark – Small Displacement V8 Powerhouse

June 19, 2010
Pete Dunton

63skylark-s.jpgBuick over the years has not gotten the credit it deserves. Though most of its reputation was built on offering quality luxury for a reasonable price, it has had its share of performance and fuel efficient offerings. When it comes

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1965 Pontiac GTO – Truly a Legend

May 12, 2010
Pete Dunton

65gto-s1.jpgThe muscle car craze started with the release of the 1964 Pontiac GTO. At the time, the GTO struck a chord with young buyers. Within a few short years thereafter just about every U.S. Automaker had its own version of

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1965 Shelby AC Cobra 289 – Too Good to Die

February 27, 2010December 29, 2017
Pete Dunton

65cobra289-s.jpgIt is funny how history plays out; sometimes the outcome is never as expected. This certainly applies to the Shelby Cobra which has to be the most unexpected high-performance car of the golden era. In some respects, it is a

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1979 Pontiac Firebird Formula (301/4-speed) – the Best of Both Worlds

December 31, 2009
Pete Dunton

79formula1-s.jpgWhen discussions arise concerning muscle cars usually the most ballsy performance oriented examples dominate the conversation. For instance when the golden era Dodge Charger is mentioned, the 426 Hemi and 440 Chargers dominate the conversation. Forgotten are the 383 and

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1982 Pontiac Trans Am – the Suave Aerodynamic Warrior

December 18, 2009
Pete Dunton

82ta1-s.jpgIt is safe to say that Pontiac weathered the storm of performance malaise in the 1970s better than any other automaker. When all the others had given up, Pontiac continued to put its largest displacement and most powerful V8 motors

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Top Five Low Power Muscle Cars

November 29, 2009March 2, 2017
Pete Dunton

lopo1-s.jpgWhen the words “muscle car” come to mind, one usually thinks of powerful V8 powered rear-wheel drive cars. In most cases this assumption would be correct. However when the plug got pulled on high-performance muscle car engines in the form

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1985 – the Year American High-Performance Returned

October 12, 2009
Pete Dunton

1985-perf-s.jpgEveryone has heard the saying – “it is always darkest before the dawn”, for American performance car fans the period of the mid-1970s to early-1980s was a very dark period. During this time engine displacement shrank faster than the current

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