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 ..
3,995 cc DOHC inline six-cylinder Vantage engine, triple twin-choke Weber carburetors, 325 BHP at 5,750 rpm, five-speed ZF manual gearbox, independent coil spring front suspension with double wishbones and anti-roll bar, de Dion rear axle with trailing arms, Watts linkage, and coil springs, four-wheel power-assisted hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase..
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..
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..
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..
235.5 cid OHV inline six-cylinder rated at 115 HP, three-speed column mounted shifter transmission, coil-spring independent front suspension, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 115"
The American convertible of the 1950s is always an object of beauty at any car show. This was the era of ele..
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 ..