If you were a performance gearhead who came of age during the 1980s, you’ll certainly remember Chevrolet’s Cross-Fire Fuel Injection V8s. These were motors that have received their share of barbs and ridicule – unfairly I might add. A common

Editor’s Note: the following Pete Dunton article was originally published in November 2012 on firebirdnest.com.

The introduction of the low-volume 1969 Trans Am had an original purpose of getting the still-born Pontiac 303 CID V8 certified for the Trans-Am

By the 1972 model year it became apparent the muscle car era was over. This was a time when many automakers were dropping muscle car models left and right – and the ones that remained were encountering massively declining engine

Ford was on top of its game when it came to performance back in the 1960s. It sniffed out the 2+2 pony car market that most automakers overlooked and dominated it with the Mustang during the mid 1960s. When it

By the late-1970s smaller foreign 2+2 sport coupes were hitting the U.S. shores. Some of these were from Europe, and some were from Japan. Japanese cars before this surge were merely small economy cars. The new surge of 2+2 coupes

At the beginning of the 1981 model year, the Trans Am was entering into its thirteen year of production and its twelfth year on GM’s second generation F-body platform. The Trans Am had been successfully updated every few years during

If you were to mention the period of time around June 1972 to a random group of people the normal response would be that this was the month of the Watergate break in. An event that would in two long

When the new Fox platform 1979 Mustang was first released, Ford had no idea that it would eventually become one of the most revered American muscle cars of the 1980s. After the performance lows of the Ford Mustang II from

The Chevrolet Camaro has a long rich history of providing performance for the the masses. And like any performance car that has seen many years of duty, there are some good years and some not so good years. 1993 for

Most muscle cars during the original golden era fit a certain mold. They were generally around the size of  what was considered an intermediate back in the 1960s and 1970s. There were some muscle cars that were smaller and considered