350 cid V-8 engine rated at 325 HP, four-barrel carburetor, Turbo Hydra-Matic transmission, independent front suspension, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, power four-wheel disc brakes; wheelbase: 101”
The production of the Firebird lagged the Camaro by some three months in 1967 because, initially, Pontiac General Manager John DeLor..
427 cid V-8, 425 HP, four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension, solid rear-axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, four-wheel hydraulic brakes; wheelbase: 108"
In 1969, Chevrolet offered the Camaro with a slew of optional performance equipment but the diamond in the rough was the Central Office Production Order, or COPO, stripped..
427 cid RPO L88 V-8 engine, single Holley 850 CFM four-barrel carburetor, est. 560 HP (factory-rated 430) at 6,400 rpm, Muncie M22 close-ratio four-speed manual transmission, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes, independent front suspension with A-arms and coil springs, independent rear suspension with lateral struts, radius rods, and transverse leaf ..
383 cid V-8 rated at 330 HP, four-speed manual transmission, four-wheel hydraulic brakes, front suspension upper and lower control arms with longitudinal torsion bar, live axle, leaf spring rear; wheelbase: 108"
Nothing says performance louder than a late 1960s Mopar. Chevy may have had the Corvette and Ford had its Mustang, but the engines that ..
RPO 579D 283 cid V-8 engine, Rochester mechanical fuel injection, 290 HP, Borg-Warner T-10 four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with unequal-length upper and lower A-arms, coil springs and anti-roll bar, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, trailing radius rods, and anti-roll bar, RPO 687 HD ventilated four-wheel ..
454 cid V-8 engine, triple two-barrel Holley carburetors, Powerglide two-speed automatic transmission, independent front suspension with A-arms and coil springs, independent rear suspension with lateral struts, radius rods, and transverse leaf spring, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 98”
While all classic Corvettes never fail to attrac..
283 cid V-8 engine, 195 HP, Powerglide automatic transmission, independent front coil spring suspension, rear semi-elliptic leaf springs, four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 119”
Chevrolet was on a roll in 1964, selling over 2,100,000 vehicles for the year. The Impala accounted for 689,600 sales all by itself, and the pinnacle of the Impala line u..
27 cid Ford V-8 engine, single Holley four-barrel carburetor, 525+ HP (est.), four-speed manual transmission, four-wheel coil spring independent suspension, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 90"
The thundering Shelby Cobra remains quite likely the single most important American performance icon of the 20th Century. Rooted in the brilli..