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..
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 ..
1,991 cc air-cooled SOHC flat six-cylinder engine, Bosch mechanical fuel injection, 170 HP at 6,800 rpm, five-speed manual gearbox in rear transaxle, four-wheel independent suspension, four-wheel ventilated hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 89.4”
Soon after Porsche began producing the 911 in 1964, the new car’s sporting credentials were confirmed ..
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..
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 OHV V-8 engine with dual four-barrel Holley carburetors rated at 425 HP, four-speed “Top Loader” manual transmission, independent front suspension with coil spring over shock absorbers, semi-elliptic rear springs on live axle, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 119”
Before the birth of muscle cars, America’s need for speed was ad..
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 ..
283 cid V-8 engine, 230 HP, four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with coil springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, hydraulic four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 102”
By 1961, Chevrolet’s landmark first-generation Corvette design had truly come of age. While retaining the basic body design introduced for 1958..