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1986 Pontiac 2+2 – the Production NASCAR Grand Prix

December 3, 2015August 31, 2016
Pete Dunton

1986-2+2-sMany years ago NASCAR racing caused some of the hottest performing V8s to be dropped into muscle cars while also fueling the release of the most aerodynamic automotive shapes of the original muscle car era. The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona,

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1982-1984 Pontiac Phoenix SJ/SE – Pontiac’s First Front-Wheel Drive Muscle Car

May 17, 2015
Pete Dunton

198284phoenixsjse-s.jpgWhen you think of Pontiac performance in the 1980s. Immediately the Trans Am comes to mind, then after that the Firebird. And perhaps next is the 2-seat Fiero. And then the 6000 STE and maybe the Grand Prix or the

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1982 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 LG4 – Abundance of Character

May 5, 2015
Pete Dunton

1984camaroz28lg4-s.jpgAsk any Chevrolet Camaro expert when the lowest point in horsepower output for Camaro was,  and the answer will usually come back as "1982". However this doesn’t in any way mean the 1982 Camaro Z28 (the top Camaro performance model

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1976 Pontiac Firebird – Won’t Go Breaking Your Heart

September 29, 2014
Pete Dunton

1976firebird-s.jpgEditor’s Note: the following Pete Dunton article was originally published on September 4, 2013 on Firebird Nest.

When the 1976 model year rolled in, Fall of 1975, the second generation Firebird began its 7th model year. For some at

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Class of 1973 – the End of the GM A-body Performance Party

September 28, 2014
Pete Dunton

1973abodyparty-s.jpgGM’s mid-size A-body platform was extremely successful in the 1960s and early-1970s. Ford and Chrysler with their mid-size offerings just couldn’t seem to match the sales of GM’s extremely popular A-bodies. During this era the A-body platform seemed to be

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Milquetoast Muscle Part 1: 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT 350

August 31, 2014
Pete Dunton

1968gt350-s.jpgWe all know the sad story of how most of the muscle cars from the golden era sometime in the 1970s or certainly by the 1980s either were long gone or faced the humiliation of crappy or lukewarm performance. The

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1964 1/2 Ford Mustang – History Is Written By the Victors

December 30, 2013
Pete Dunton

1964mustang-s.jpgEditor’s Note: the following Pete Dunton article was originally published on September 14, 2013 on Mustang Pasture.

What if you had a time machine and managed to go back in time just a little before 1964 and prevented the

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1970 Dodge Super Bee – Took No Prisoners

November 23, 2013
Pete Dunton

1970superbee-s.jpgWhen Pontiac started the muscle car segment with the 1964 GTO which was a mid-sized car with a large displacement high performance V8, most of the other American automakers were caught off-guard including Dodge. In fact Dodge and Plymouth were

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1979 Hurst/Olds – Exceeded Expectations

September 22, 2013
Pete Dunton

1979hurstolds-s2.jpgBy 1979, the traditional muscle car was all but gone. The W72 400 CID V8 equipped 1979 Pontiac Trans Am was as good as it got, though rated by Pontiac at 220 SAE net horsepower (320 lb-ft of torque), NHRA

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3 American Performance Cars Cancelled Before Stardom

August 30, 2013
Pete Dunton

potentialnotreached-s.jpgWhen performance cars are mentioned in a conversation, we always hear about those fast cars that made it into production. These cars reached stardom even if it was a very brief moment and even if their total production volume was

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