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1973-1980 Chevrolet L-82 (L82) 350 CID V8 – Corvette Performance 1970s Style

March 7, 2012
Pete Dunton

l-82-v8-s.jpgThere’s no doubt the Corvette, even though a 2-seat sports car, was one of the meanest muscle cars on American streets during the 1960s. The high-revving small-block Chevrolet 327 CID V8 along with the monster big-block 427 CID V8 solidified

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2012 Chrysler 300C Luxury Series – It’s the Real Deal

February 26, 2012
Pete Dunton

2012-300c-ls-s2.jpgHow do you know when an auto marque is on its way to extinction? When that auto marque no longer offers a good modern flagship car. That’s what happened to Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Mercury, and Plymouth before the plug was pulled.

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1981 Pontiac Trans Am NASCAR Edition – the Last Trans Am with a Pontiac Soul

February 18, 2012
Pete Dunton

1981transamnascar-s.jpgThere are those who believe that Trans Am production ceased when the 2002 model year came to a close. Technically they would be correct, but from a purist point of view they would be wrong. The last Trans Am truly

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Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Performance Times

February 2, 2012
Pete Dunton

montecarloss-perf-s.jpgFor 1970, Chevrolet jumped into the growing personal luxury 2-door car market with the release of the Monte Carlo. This was at the pinnacle of the muscle car era, so it’s no surprise that Chevrolet offered a performance oriented version

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1983-1988 Chevrolet L69 5.0 Liter (305 CID) H.O. V8 – a Genuine 1980s Legend

January 30, 2012
Pete Dunton

305l69-s.jpgWhen Chevrolet released the 305 CID V8 for the 1976 model year, no one including Chevrolet would have imagined it would become one of the hottest performance V8s of the 1980s. The 305 V8 which was a member of Chevrolet’s

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1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 – It Would Never Be This Good Again

January 25, 2012August 2, 2017
Pete Dunton

1970olds442w30-s.jpgOldsmobile has been gone for almost a decade, and most have forgotten the legacy it left behind. From the late-1980s until 2004, Oldsmobile’s model offerings were bland and unappealing. Buyers ran away from Oldsmobile like it was the plague. And

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1982 Chevrolet Corvette Collector Edition – the Perfect Retirement Party

January 8, 2012
Pete Dunton

1982corvettece-s.jpgEver since a V8 was first dropped into a Corvette’s engine bay (at the start of the 1955 model year), the Corvette has provided exceptional performance for sports car buyers year after year. These buyers always knew, even in the

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1981 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Sedan d’Elegance – Unsurpassed Luxury and Beauty

January 1, 2012
Pete Dunton

1981fleetwoodbr-s.jpgEver since World War II, Cadillac was the undisputed luxury car king until the 1980s. The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards which went into affect in the late-1970s had killed what remained of large displacement V8 engines. This was

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1965 Ford Mustang GT – First Bona Fide Performance Mustang Model

December 20, 2011
Pete Dunton

1965mustanggt-s.jpgThe Ford Mustang will go down in the history books as being one of the most successful production cars. The Mustang is the type of car most automakers dream of launching. When Ford first introduced the Mustang in the middle

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1974 Pontiac Trans Am SD-455 – a Beautiful Melody of Styling and Horsepower

December 14, 2011
Pete Dunton

1974transamsd-s1.jpgIn 1974 Joni Mitchell had her first and only top 10 Billboard hit with the song "Help Me". The song was very innovative with a perfect mixture of folk, jazz, and soft rock. The song was from Joni Mitchell’s album

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