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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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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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