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..
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 ..
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 ..
200 cid inline six-cylinder rated at 120 HP, three-speed automatic transmission, independent coil front suspension with solid-axle semi-elliptic rear suspension, hydraulic front and rear drum brakes; wheelbase: 108"
The Ford Mustang is an iconic piece of Americana just like apple pie and rock & roll music. It showed the world that style and p..
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..
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..
396 cid big block V-8 rated at 375 HP, four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with A-arms and coil springs, power front disc brakes and rear drum brakes; wheelbase: 108"
In the later 1960s, it was anyone’s guess where the horsepower race would end. Dodge had their mighty 426 cubic-inch Hemi that was powering the Charger, Barr..
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 ..
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 ..