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Have a 67 Coronet R/T Convertible which did not come with duel hood scoops. that was found on the GTX

no sure a thing as a Charger R/T in 1967

99 white n blue and 02 yellow and black. Also 74 super duty blue, 3.8 turbo T/A which was just as fast as the grand national. 68 400 ram air black, had to weld a chain on one side kept breaking motor mounts= some serious torque.

I had a Coronet R/T 440 727 3.23 some years ago, should not have sold it.

My 73' 454 vette did 13.06 at 105mph at englishtown at Corvette challenge.Heads milled to 105 cc with 2.19 intake valves ,1.8 roller tip rockers 36 degrees of timing ,cold air door valve ty wrapped open air pump belt removed n spare tire n jack removed 3750 lbs at scale.

Too many fugging commercials to wade through...WTF?

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Sorry, but my dad had a 389 gto, and it was no where near a low 13 second car, especially on those old polyglass tires.

The Jan 1965 issue of Motor Trend tested a fastback with the 271hp Hi-Po, 3.89 gears and close-ratio four-speed. Performance data listed a 0-60 time of 7.6 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 15.9 seconds at 89 mph. These times sound about right. Motor Trend tested a G.T. 350 in a May 1965 issue and got a 15.7 @ 91 out of it.

I almost talked my Dad into buying a 73 Pontiac GTO with a 400 C.I. V8 engine in 1980. He didn't seem to care for muscle cars like me.

I forgot how ugly these cars were - especially the front ends. What a change from 72 to 73. What were they thinking?

Where is the Shelby A/C Cobra and the Mk II GT40 and many others are missing from all episodes...

These numbers are off on almost every car. Nice cars, bad data. 5 thumbs down.

where are the women?

Honestly, the 426 Wedge engines are all more fascinating to me than the 426 Hemi engines. I have always been a fan of the 440 because of its ease of tuning and it can make great power with little effort. The Hemi engines can be temperamental and finicky, and I have personally always wanted to build a 426 Wedge engine over a Hemi. That said, I think the most surprising car on this list has to go to the little Ford Mustang Hi-Po 289. I am a huge GM person, I can be biased and I won't deny that, but in this era? Well, all of the Big Three had amazing engineering going on, and it is awesome to see how quickly Ford stepped the Mustang's game up. I can honestly say I would be happy with ANY of the cars on this list, but to pick just two I would have to say Mustang and GTO 389 Tri-Power.

I always liked the cross-ram Max Wedge engines 9:40 over the HEMI. The HEMI offered more power and potential of course. But you just can't beat that "bare knuckle" street brawler visual of the Max Wedge's wild cast iron headers and short-ram intake manifold. Well done Chrysler Engineers!

Muscle cars dead by 1973 😅 the SD 455 Pontiac and 1974 too , was actually a real detuned race engine, if you knew which box to check 🧐 Put a set of headers on those Big Valve Ram air 4 style heads so they could breathe and you have a legit 12 second car up there with any stock LS6 or Hemi whatever "

Features 8.5:1 compression and high compression pistons? You are full of sh.t

I recall drooling over ALL of those back in the day:)

1973 Mustang Mach 1 with a 351 Cleveland 4v and 4 speed should have made the list

Chrysler Turbine for a very simple reason. I rode in one while hitchhiking to SU one day when my T-Bird wouldn’t start. Beautiful car for sure!

Just for the record small block cars are pony cars not muscle cars

I have a Corvette built by Zora Arkus Duntov and it's faster then that one because it's was the last car he made and it doesn't have any EPA on this car it has three inch exhaust pipes and they are dule exhaust and it has a big block engine and it goes from 0 to 6 in just 6 seconds and it was made for the 1977 year model it's the only one made it was to be destroyed by GM but thanks to my uncle and my grandpa who is related to Louis Chevrolet and my uncle who was vice president at GM at the time I got the car and I had it since I was 16 years old and it still looks brand new

My 65 blue Vet was beautiful.

Back in the early 1980's when Hot Rod magazine was going strong, and when you could actually call and speak to a magazine editor, HR editor John Diana told me that in the 1960's and 1970's, both Car Craft and Hot Rod tested the exact same factory supplied musclecars (one word). Since all pictures of such tests were b&w, no-one ever bothered to question that fact. However, Hot Rod got to test the two cars first since it was Peterson's premier automotive magazine. Car Craft tested the same car afterwards, but ALWAYS was allowed to post a quicker e.t. than found in HR Otherwise, readers wouldn't bother to read the CC test of the same model (while also not realizing that it was indeed the same car HR tested!)! The example he used for this charade was the test of the 1970 LS6 Chevelle found in both HR and CC. . It legitimately ran 13.80 for HR yet months later Car Craft had it running *supposed* 13-teens in their magazine. And check it out ... that time was noted in this video! It was a bogus "test", claimed Dianna. I asked him "how could that be?". He replied "the CCF!" I asked him "what did that mean?". He replied "California Correction Factor!" He added "We had to give the readers something that made them want to buy our magazines. It was for the same reason that you never saw a Buick on the cover of either magazine.". He continued: "For example, that GS Stage 1 was a great musclecar, but really, how many readers owned one or even knew about them." Now you know the rest of the story! Larry Rose

71 barracuda sold for millions? More than any of these? You don’t mention it?

I had the absolute worst version of the Belvedere in 1967. Mine was a 4 door with a pathetic 318. But it was old and looked good. New England winters rotted it into the ground.

Muscle cars were dead by 73.😢

It really doesnt take alot to get SD cars to break 14 seconds. Especially lighter 4spd ones without A/C. Set 34 to 36 degrees total ignition timing, lighter advance springs to bring all in by around 2800rpms, tweaked secondary air door spring for quicker opening without bog, tune with appropriate primary and secondary metering rods, and smaller '75 and later floats to make room for more fuel in float bowl, set float at 1/4 ". Adjust accelerator pump rod to inner hole. All basic driveway tuning. These changes along with a very, very, mild hydraulic roller cam swap and a 2800 stall converter now has my car running 12.91 at 104.9 mph with a 3:08 gear with performance tranverse muffler, and 2.5" cast iron exhaust manifolds. 750rpm idle at 15" vacuum. These cars have great potential with a simple, streetable, approach

I had a brand new 396/375 68 camaro. It went 13.90 off the showroom floor. I beat hemi chargers at the track and would beat most of these cars. I also do not believe for a minute any of those big body cars going 13s stock. I never saw any of them run that quick and I was obsessed with drag racing and those cars all of time. For most, it wasn't even close.

The 1973 Corvette and 1973 Camaro (Z28) had waivers from GM for their L82 350 engines to have a compression ratio higher than the 8.5:1 GM limit. Pontiac requested a compression ratio waiver for the 1973 455 Super Duty engine, but GM wouldn't allow it.

not by a long shot. The ws6 got bastardized and over quoted. WS6 has been around for decades. I have had pontiacs for over 40 years. It was not until SLP was contracted to swap out the hoods and air intake box, that the hooded ws6 package became popular. There were many cars built on order with thw ws6 suspension only.

Not all Cuda’s where 4 speed and there was zero change in body style other than grille, tail lights and side markers. No they did not have solid lifters. They were hydraulic.

I've had 2 of these and my current one being Sonic Blue with a 2.3 Whipple. BTW at 0:30 1:03 6:52 7:26 is the 2000 Cobra R.

Just a sleeper.😊

We are just talking about majority on the road at 145 Miles per Hour.😊

Hi Chamren Phon. 😊

Some of the undocumented B.S. I see here is hilarious. "My dad used to have a blah, blah, blah ... What a hoot! Geez .. looks like some of these comments are from 13 year olds. Very entertaining! Love it! : < )

My 1965 Corvette Stingray should have been listed.

I find it odd that the Firebird 455 HO with 300 HP and 415 lb-ft is slower than the heavier GTO with the same motor. Even more odd is that the Z/28 with 255 HP and 280 lb-ft is described as one full second quicker than the Firebird; sure rear gears could be different, but a 3.08 to 4.11 is not a one second difference (just an example). It goes on and on. The 442, GS, Chevelle, all heavier than the Firebird and with engines putting out less HP/torque than the 455 HO are listed as quicker than the Firebird.

Had a stock 72 Demon 340 4sd spirited little car fun to drive has the original build sheet in the glove box San Diego car..

Why would anyone put those ugly rims on that Chevelle? Sad, keep it stock, much better.

Great feature, but be careful about the 440 Six-Pack/ 6-Barrel reference for '72 Roadrunners. Sadly Chrysler didn't offer that engine option after 1971. It's been speculated that a '72 "GTX" 440 6-Barrel "slipped through" and "things happen". But a great feature and fun look back!

I owned a 71 cutlass 442 that I bought from a good friend in highschool and me and my cousin did a lot of work to it and I took it to atco speedway in Atco new jersey and it ran low 12's in the 1/4 mile without nitrous and ever since then I was hooked on cuttlass's ❤️💪😎

Amazing that a small block 351 Boss can run even with the Roadrunner Hemi. Don't know why I forgot the TorinoSCJ was the fastest of all, since I have a 429 4-speed Torino CVT.

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Great video; my 02 T/A WS6 convertible gets heads turned every where I go. I agree they are pretty rare and people don't know what they are. I always have people asking me when I hit the coffe-and-cars shows!

what about the AC cobra?

Funny how the 67 cars were 3 seconds slower that the pre 65 models

I 🤔 Truly loved My Pontiac 🏁👍 GTO 5.7L And G8 6.0L Cam. Also before those My first General Motors Pontiac was a Grand Prix I was On the 🤔 Hunt for 5.0 Ford Mustangs 🏁👑 Yes Please.