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1967-1969 Chevrolet Camaro – the Best Camaro?

September 12, 2019
Pete Dunton

Though the Chevrolet Camaro has had a long rich history with many different iterations over the years. Each of these iterations have their fans. Though there have been so many great versions of the Camaro over the last 50 plus

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1987-1992 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 – Performance For Pennies On The Dollar

August 26, 2019December 11, 2019
Pete Dunton

When the 1980s decade began, performance was at a low point in the U.S. car market. If a car could obtain below 10 seconds from 0-60 mph, the car was considered a genuine performance car. Very few cars during the

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Pontiac GTO History – Part 5: 2004-2006

July 26, 2019August 8, 2019
Pete Dunton

Pontiac fans had been clamoring for a new GTO ever since GTO production ceased at the end of the 1974 model year. In March 2002, Bob Lutz then Chairman of GM North America, made the announcement that the GTO would

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1974-1978 Ford Mustang II – Kept the Mustang Alive

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019
Pete Dunton

What do you do to celebrate the 11th production year of the successful Mustang? If you are Ford the answer was simple, downsize it and turn it into a sporty fuel efficient compact car. For most Mustang performance fans what

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Real Story Behind the 1965-1970 Chevy L78 396 V8

June 6, 2019
Pete Dunton

The 1960s Chevrolet performance big-block V8 engines, the W-series 409 and 427 cubic-inch V8s and the Mark IV 427 cubic-inch V8 were some of the most legendary performance engines produced during the 1960s. These engines were primary designed for professional

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Why GM Quashed Pontiac’s 1982 Turbo Trans Am

March 8, 2019March 9, 2019
Pete Dunton

In the 1970s when most muscle cars could not survive The Pontiac Trans Am thrived. It had the looks, true muscle car image, and Pontiac 455 cubic-inch V8 and 400 cubic-inch V8 power under the hood. Horsepower and torque numbers

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1964 Pontiac GTO Vs. 1962-1964 Ferrari 250 GTO

January 21, 2019
Pete Dunton

The granddaddy of all European sports cars is the 2-seat 1962-1964 Ferrari 250 GTO. This wasn’t a fast car produced for sale to the general public, but a genuine race car that was produced to drive on public streets. It

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1968-1969 Buick GS 400 – Mediocrity No More

December 18, 2018March 8, 2019
Pete Dunton

The cornerstone of the GM’s 1960s muscle car offerings was its A-body platform. This was the GM platform the Pontiac GTO, Chevrolet Chevelle SS, Oldsmobile 442, and Buick GS were all built on during the 1960s and early 1970s. It

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1962-1965 Chevrolet Fuel Injected 327 V8 – Why Chevrolet Abandoned This Magnificent V8

December 14, 2018
Pete Dunton

Chevrolet was an innovator when it pertained to fuel injection. It wasn’t the first automaker to offer it in a performance car, that honor goes to Mercedes Benz which first released the fuel injected 300 SL for the 1955 model

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AMC 401 V8 – Muscle Car Heavy Weight

November 21, 2018
Pete Dunton

AMC didn’t get serious about competing in the muscle car segment until the late-1960s. By then it offered the AMX, Javelin, and the SC/Rambler – all were formidable muscle cars. However none of this would have mattered if it had

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