3,781 cc DOHC inline six-cylinder engine, triple SU carburetors, 265 BHP, four-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with torsion bars, double wishbones and anti-roll bar, independent rear suspension with coil springs, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 96"
Reporting from the March 1961 Geneva Salon, Autosport magazine’s co..
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..
1,897 cc SOHC inline four-cylinder engine, twin sidedraft Weber twin-choke carburetors, 105 HP at 5,700 rpm, four-speed manual gearbox, fully independent suspension with front wishbones and coil springs, rear swing-axle with coil springs, power-assisted four-wheel hydraulic ‘Alfin’ drum brakes; wheelbase: 94.5”
Unveiled at the 1954 New York Intern..
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..
2,778 cc SOHC inline six-cylinder engine, Bosch mechanical fuel injection, 180 BHP at 5,700 rpm, four-speed automatic gearbox, fully-independent suspension with wishbones and coil springs front and rear, single-joint swing axles, power-assisted four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 94.5”
Debuted at Geneva in March 1963, the W113 Mercedes-Be..
2,912 cc OHV inline six-cylinder engine with dual two-inch SU carburetors rated at 150 HP, upgraded five-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with wishbones and coil springs, rigid rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, hydraulic front disc and rear drum brakes; wheelbase: 92"
Austin-Healey got its start in 1952 when the Austin ..
302 cid Ford V-8 engine rated at 271 HP, five-speed ZF manual gearbox, unequal-length wishbone front suspension with coil springs and anti-roll bar, wide-base unequal-length wishbone rear suspension with trailing arms, coil springs and anti-roll bar, four-wheel power-assisted Girling disc brakes; wheelbase: 98.4"
Very few companies have such an i..
427 cid Motion Performance built V-8 engine rated at 435 HP, Muncie M21 four-speed transmission, four-wheel independent suspension, four-wheel disc brakes; wheelbase: 98"
Performance cars from the 1960s needed no help in turning in some impressive quarter mile times, but if anyone wanted to truly smash the competition they needed only to contact ..
213.5 cid V-8 rated at 230 HP with fuel injection, four-speed gearbox, independent front suspension with double-wishbone and anti-sway bar, independent rear suspension with pivoting swing axle and trailing arms, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 108.3"
Mercedes-Benz has always exemplified precision and grace and 1971 was no exception. Th..