Theres a lot that were missed like the 1970 Tricentennial Chevelle 454. But if he went through every sub 1,000 units made muscle cars the video would be hours long
@@gameboss9796 I'm talking about only two 1969 Cougar with a Nascar Hemi Boss 429 engine that were ever made. Not some assembly line 1970 Chevelles that were painted Gold in color, with matching wheels. lol
@@chucktaylor9190 Good for you, im just putting in an example for reference, I could've brought up the triple black 1969 Boss 429 or something else. point is there's lots of rare muscle cars out there.
My father was WSP , retired in 74. For a couple of months in 1971, early every morning there was a bright green car that would make a high speed run up I-5 from Olympia to somewhere in Seattle. The WSP couldn't catch him even with the 440 fury 3s. Finally caught him because he ran out of gas and was stopped on the side of the freeway. It was a very senior Boeing engineer with his brand new super bird. They didnt catch him moving, so all they could do was tell him that if he did it again, they would be waiting for him at the Boeing plant gate.
It's interesting to see how many rare factory cars there were. Of course you could not include them all. But AMC was conspicuously absent. A perfect candidate was the 1969 AMC/HURST SSAMX. Only 52 built and had great drag racing success with the little 390 engine. Thanks for the cars covered.
i used to import U.S. cars to Europe mainly, the netherlands, Germany , France and Portugal but when gasoline in the 80´s started to be really expensive i had to stop, but still sold other cars but mostly people wanted ford mustang from 69 and firebirds till 74 also kept some for me a GT500 ,a pontiac lemans coupé, a convertible grandprix, also the firebird formula 400 from 74, and almost forget a Impala coupé from 65 and a split bumper camaro ,my thought of being the best car was the mercury cougar 7.0L all black not sure but i think it was a xr7 kept it till today(sold many)also a late 70´s model ,also a 69 corvette ,my favorite in design,from what i´ve known it was built till 85?Also bought very cheap in England(had the steering wheel in the right place which is the left side) a barbie car from 86 or 7 already in 2012 corvette in silver with larger tires and drove it to Portugal like if it was new, i heard it was a special model but don´t remenber what, some english talk english very bad ,i couldn´t understand what the seller said ,but made 4.500km´s without any problem either than stoping several times to fill the tank, i went north went to the netherlands to see some friends and family than i drove it through germany, france ,spain and south of portugal
amc was a very nice car sold many from 1969 ,imported them from L.A. where i had a good friend(already passed away)i sent a list of the cars i had bought ,the first time in 77 when arriving at home my secretary told me that all were sold ,so i went back and bought more and i was afraid of not selling one
we have a curious one in Australia too - a genuine 1971 428 GTHO falcon built specifically for the boss of Ford Australia. Apparently would do over 140mph with three frightened journalists in the passenger seats. It was given away to the Apprentice of the year and I believe he still owns it.
@kelly-green The Nightrider is driving a beaten up HQ Monaro "Pursuit Special on methane. Very toey!"😆 I had a 72 HQ Monaro GTS, 308ci V8 4 speed box, Lime green (Holden called the colour, Lina Mint) I bought back when you could pick them up pretty cheap, I payed 3500 NZ dollars for it😆😆 Ive seen restored ones the same as mine going for 300,000 Australian dollars. When I was a kid my dad had a XA Landau Coupe, same body as the GT hardtop but with leather seats and electric everything, basically a 2 door LTD.
Their was neighbor who worked for American Motors and he had a Javelin that was white with red white and blue stripes from the factory . I’ve never seen another.
I would like to point out that in 1971, Plymouth had two French exports for the Hemi 'Cuda convertible, one being a four speed, the other being a tourqflite
Yeah that the Highest HP 427 CHEVY! Fords 427 SOHC CAMMER put out 616 HP with 1 4 v carb ! AND 657 HP with Duall Quads ! Chevy and Chrysler couldn't TOUCH IT !
@Jerry Parks Funny because the buick GS stage one was the fastest quarter mile american car in 1970! Try manufacturer wins in nascar I rest my case. Nothing comes close. You don't hear people ford swapping cars, 🤣
bullcrap...none of these cars were under rated...they were over rated by using the fake GROSS horsepower rating which is a bare motor with no muffler, belts, or air cleaner. With all those items put back on the car, you just lost 18%. The 426 was 425 GROSS but only 350 NET. That 550 hp 427 with bare engine on a dyno is still only 450 hp net. The 430 hp 427 was only 330 hp net. NO engine was ever under rated to fool insurance companies...another myth.
@@chadhaire1711 Net horsepower ratings DID NOT EXIST that far back. So your complaint is the BS here. Also, the loss VARIED depending on the accessories and how they were set up - sometimes it was closer to 10%, rarely on A/C cars with small engines it was over 20%.
Another rarest of the rare is the 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Hemi Convertible. Only 9 were produced. 5 built with a manual transmission and 4 built with an automatic transmission. It is even more rare than the hallowed 1971 Plymouth Barracuda Hemi Convertible.
@@pal6636 I was at a cars and coffee last Saturday and someone brought a beautiful gold 1968 Dodge Super Bee with the 426 Hemi, 18,000 miles, 1 of 22. 😳🤯
You never know when opportunities present. In 1987, I bought a ‘68 GT350 and a ‘69 GT 500 as a package deal for $9800. I borrowed money from everyone I knew to get them.
@@mkowboy13 Yep. Took a fast food job at night, donated plasma, and cut grass. I gave them all an extra 10% as interest for taking the risk to help me out.
Are you sitting down? I owned and regularly drove, a 1967 Ford Fairlane Ranchero with a straight, in-line six (banger). Three speed, on the column. A clutch on the floor and full drum brakes on all 4. It was one very rare and highly special machine. An absolutely amazing powerhouse. It topped out at over 80 MPH!
Great video! I was 19 years old in 1965, and had just started working. During this time we had some pretty nice cars. I was wondering what were some of the rare options availed for GM cars, in the late 60’s, not counting the engines? My brother had a 68’ Camaro SS 396-375hp,4 speed, what was this cars rarest options? Thanks!!!
I had a friend, haven’t seen him in years but him & his brother were 68-69 Camaro freaks , his was a SS 69 black with black vinyl roof 427 4sp , most were 396 , still trying track him down
I'll include a '70 Dodge Charger 500 Hemi...reportedly one was built for a Chrysler exec and the '70 AMC Javelin T/A...just 100 red/white/blue copies built ..which I have only seen one over the years.
Where is the Hemi Daytona Charger? Thats even more rare than the Superbird, only 70 had the Hemi and of those, only 22 had 4 speed transmissions, it was also faster than the Superbird and was the first car at nascar to hit 200mph
What about the 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390 Fastback Bullitt - only 1 produced with movie history, also the 1965 Pontiac Tempest Wagon (6 built), and 1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Convertible (8 built) are very rare.
1970 Buick GSX prototype. Fully DOT legal car, sold to private owner from a Buick dealer. Manufactured by Buick but not a production vehicle and 100 percent legal automobile in all 50 states. Still in existence today, A one of none real and legit muscle car. Sorta rare.
@@davidjenkins1958drove a 1970 GS Stage 1. Tires just spun. However put slicks on it and the 510ft lbs of torque will pop a wheelie right off the showroom floor
@@kurtmeyers3469 According to Dennis Manner Stage 2 consisted of his new design heads, revised cam, 11:1 pistons, an 850 cfm Holley, Edelbrock B-4B intake, and Mickey Thompson headers. Getting your hands on a Stage 2 setup was difficult even for Kenne-Bell or Jones-Benisek. Private buyers could go pound sand- if they even knew what Stage 2 was in 1970.
Recently went through a car collection. Ole fella that owned a few dealerships near here. That man had some many classics. Had a convert Cuda with 125 original miles. Amazing.
A friend of mine was the second owner/restorer of the red King Cobra. Believe it or not... he found it by chance in a junkyard in North Carolina. It was a painstaking restoration process that took years to complete.
weberaudio, Torino King Cobra was never a factory production car. Three prototypes were built and only one had a Boss 429 engine. One was wrecked during testing. Bud Moore bought one and it was a conventional 429 with A/T. The Boss 429 car is at the Ford Museum. There's 3-4 clones that exist that Ford did NOT build. One was supposedly bought from Holman-Moody but that's a lie. It's a fake clone also.
Would have loved to see the " King Cobra Tornio" taking on the "Daytona 500 Chargers"with The big wing. On the track. Talk about a shoot out! To bad Ford cut the program. Just love the looks that Tornio. Shawn.
While most look at it all as Ford crying. Chevy was the one in NASCAR's ear about both Chrysler and Ford with their big blocks. Chevy wanted to move on from Big Blocks, since they had found the first advantage in the Trans Am series with the 302 SBC.
@@kramnull8962where do you people get this terrible old myth? GM wasn't involved in any factory racing starting in 63 and didn't get involved in factory racing again until around 71. In fact they won the 1972 manufacturers series. No body was crying about this or that. Chrysler was still running the Hemi in 71 and 72. Ford was running their big block. The aero cars had defecto ban that limited them to 305ci. Which included 5 models from Ford, Mercury, Dodge and Plymouth. Non aero cars could run whatever engine they wanted to as long as they met Homologation standards. Ford had twice as many wins than Chrysler in the 69 season. Ford wasn't far behind in 70.
I often wondered if humanity has a long future, will someone keep looking after these cars for possibly thousands of years or is someone going to say the hell with it ,I want to drive the thing.
As much as I love the sports designed cars, my favorites have always been the 'sleepers'. A boring looking family car that has been specially modified to look the same, but have an absolute monstrous chassis/engine combo that surprises the crap out of smart asses in their little sports cars. Favorite? The 'farm truck' that the guy made into a drag racer. Absolute favorite.
Imagine seeing a Z11 Impala on 13 inch wire wheels, a full cut out suspension to fit 4 hydraulic pumps fitted with 12 car batteries in the trunk, and with a full woofer speaker system adding extra weight to the lightest Impala ever made... I HAVE AND IT BROKE MY HEART !
I'm from back in the day, age 75. My younger brother a mechanic at the local Ford Dealer (Harrison Ford, Newport, RI) always knew about these exotic types. Sans internet and access to dealer build sheets it seems the only way to find out about these machines was through "hot rod pubs". Narragansett Bay
I've actually still got my 69 superbird from high school!!! Pd. $75 bucks for it and drove it home! Mines not that valuable now because of the old paint and interiorrips. But still drives!!😂,
Counting purpose built race cars, and sports cars, is not a very fair list. If you count those you should count Dick Teague's 1971 AMX prototype. That's a literal 1 of 1 from the head of the AMC design department. It was a 2nd gen AMX with the 1970 fastback rear-end. He was trying to convince management to put it into production, but they rightly assessed that sales of the AMX would be the same either way.
The Torino king Cobra is a really nice looking car with the hidden headlights. I never really much cared for the Torino but that is a really nice version of it.
There were nearly twice as many Hemi Superbirds built as there were Hemi Daytonas. The '70 Hemi Coronet convertible is even more rare than the '71 Hemi 'Cuda convertible as only two were built.
@@rosenb37 I know of the 4 speed FT6 Dark Tan Metallic car that Graveyard Carz restored for Brett Torino, and the FJ5 Limelight automatic car. I've never hears anyone talk of a 3rd one. What info do you have on it?
@@rosenb37 All I've ever heard about a possible 3rd car is along the lines of "according to one source", or something like that. To me that's like "I know a guy whose next door neighbor in the 80's had a sister who dated a guy who said he knew the uncle of the kid who delivered newspapers to the owner of the 3rd car" or something like that. I've never taken any of it seriously. If I heard someone knowledgeable like Galen Govier talk about it, I'd be inclined to believe it. I heard some story about the alleged 3rd car burning in a garage fire, or being crushed sometime in the 80's. There are a lot of people who seem convinced that a 3rd car was built, but none have ever produced a shred of evidence that it ever existed, so until someone comes up with documentation, in my mind, it didn't. With the values of these cars, there's way too much motivation for scammers.
@@papawoody9597 You're looking at this backwards. Let me explain: With Chrysler production, there are nuances among US production, Canadian production, and Total production. When you see a number like 296 Coronet R/Ts built, it's Total. If you see a number that's 219 (I'm going from memory here--I may have the number wrong), that's just US cars and not including Canadian or exports. All the engine production numbers that are published are for US cars. The 16 Six Packs and 1 Hemi are for the US. That 1 ragtop is missing, and I think it's a trope that it was in a fire or what-not, although that could be what happened. That car certainly is the subject of speculation with nothing concrete to support the rumors. Some Canadian production is known, but it's generally not what's published. In this case, it's known that 1 Canadian Hemi R/T ragtop was built, and that's the tan car. Exports are generally not known, but a Sublime car popped up 20 years ago or so so it's known that at least 1 of these were built for the export market. Could there be more? I dunno, but how many export Hemi'cuda ragtops were found in France, of all places? So, in sum, we know there were at least 3. The alleged 3rd car is the FJ5 car while the first car is the one that's MIA.
Sneakier yet and you will never see one in a video like this.. I have a '69 base Montego formal hardtop (not MX or Brougham) with a factory Q-code 428CJ. Gulfstream Aqua, Marti report shows one of 20.
I never knew about that king cobra. A older kid in my high school had a ford racing blue cyclone that was beautiful, while another had a 428 scj mustang. I had a 1970 GTO convertible, long gone.
Love old cars. True love of the engineers into them as each one had its own distinctive look and attitude. .....unlike most modern cars, being very few exceptions.
i seen a 1970 buick GSX stage 2 driving around in the city i live near last year. never seen or heard of the car before. i thought google said only a few hundred were made in stage 2 but i could be wrong or misread it. was a beautiful car and super clean too. was white with black stripes down the middle i think! i havnt seen it since but it was such a nice looking car!
You gave stats for the 72 model GTO JUDGE instead of the 71. Also you advertised rarest American muscle cars . The AMX3 is definitely one of the rarest.
@@carmudgeon7478 yep my faux pah .. because he was talking about judges. Thanks .. 72 didn't offer the package as it was now basically a lemans with gto package instead of an actual gto in itself.
The AMX/3 was never a production car, all were prototypes, and was an exotic sports car, not a muscle car, as Corvettes are not muscle cars either. The term muscle car has been bastardized over the last 30 years, when these cars were new, Mustangs, Camaros, Firebirds, Cougars, Javelins, Barracudas, and Challengers were referred to as Ponycars, a category defined by the Mustang. The AMX was a Sports car, being strictly a 2 seater. Musclecars were defined as an intermediate size car, with a engine designed for a larger car. The lightweight, standard size cars ( including the Z-11 Impala), of the early 60s weren't referred to as Musclecars, the first to be categorized as such was the 64 GTO (although the 57 Rambler Rebel, with the Ambassador's 327 engine, fits the category, and was the quickest sedan from 0-60, at 7.0 seconds, in the Daytona Beach speed trials, that year, beaten only by the fuel injected Corvette, at 6.8 seconds). Compacts with big engines also fit the category, such as 396 Novas, and 383 Darts. Things were settled for awhile, until the 80s, when they weren't being made anymore. Then, uninformed people, usually younger enthusiasts, and predatory car salesmen, started mixing it all up. 🤯
@@ramblerdave1339 im glad you said 57 Rambler or else i would've ignored you as one of the quacks. Seeing as your intelligent enough to recognize that.... i think the real argument is how they define muscle cars .. as it is hp compared to weight ratio. I think thats where the lines got blurry. Btw love the name as i have been an AMC fanatic for 50 years.... personally i feel the last real hot rod was a 79 AMX ive had a few ... with only mild modifications they can easily pull 350 hp. Ive had one i really went overboard with in 92 had around 500 hp at crank and would hit 200 ... ive also had Javelins and a few other jeeps. I think im permanently retired from crawling under cars .. but i really want a matador with the 401.
Chrysler at the time was known for underestimating the total horsepower of the 426 hemi it actually had on Dino at over 500 horsepower, but at then they would have had trouble selling the car, and the reputation of hemmy's was always in question. When it came to them being on the street.
Apparently the rarest 426 Hemi car produced is the 1967 Plymouth Belvedere 4D sedan, equipped with manual transmission. Special ordered to Finland for the head of then current importer, Berner Ltd.
What about the 3 generation mecham trans am I have a 1984 mecham trans am 350 Chevy v8 5 speed stick only 50 built in that year my father inlaw bought it new in 1984
One more that needs to be mentioned, is the King Cobra's twin, the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II, of which only one, maybe two, exist. And one of them has a Top Loader four speed manual.
The amount of wrong in this video is absolutely staggering. Just for a single instance, Corvette is not a muscle car it's a sports car. No back seats not a muscle car.
When I was a kid I worked part time at a Chrysler dealership, we had a blue super bird in the show room for two years. Finally sold for $4,500, which was $1,000 off.
I live in a small town in New Zealand, and about 15 years ago i went to buy a 427 BB Chev, and sitting at the back of this guys shed was a Superbird, i couldn't believe it. It was in primer grey and had the interior removed and sitting on the roof, and the 440 was sitting on an engine stand, the whole thing was under years and years of dust and dirt. I honestly dont think the guy had a clue what he had, or a clue in general😆 The "427" turned out to be a low comp 402.🤣
They always leave out the 235 1965 Chevelle SS 396 / 375 H.P., rated 425 h.p in the Impalas, that could only be had in with an open rear end because with Positraction they want to switch ends off the line so you had to know what you were doing to drive one & all the COPO 69 427 Camaros' where 110 were available with an all Aluminum 427 that could dust them all....
@@jerryparks6123 The Cammers weren't mentioned & they were just good for high speed Round Tracks Speeways like the Hemi's were.. That's why drag racer wen't to the 440's & Cobra Jets..
first GTO was in 1964 Generation 1 in 1965 the body was changed Generation 2 in 1966 body was changed again Generation 3 , so i believe the Judge was the 4th Generation not 2nd Generation, but i could be wrong and i had a 500 HP 66 in the 70,s
I love American Muscle cars🤤
link: pd-store-5.creator-spring.com/listing/i-love-american-muscle-cars
U missed a few the a wooden ford squire station wagon that came in a 440 ci 3speed 1of1
i love cars i hate pervert sissy Satanists get a real man for the narration
Hey Javelin…wanna drag.
@@fernandojuancadena2475as no
You forgot to mention that two 1969 Cougar Boss 429 were made.
Theres a lot that were missed like the 1970 Tricentennial Chevelle 454. But if he went through every sub 1,000 units made muscle cars the video would be hours long
I will always regret selling my 70' BOSS429 in grabber blue. It was a true beast, and one heckuva' rare muscle car!!!
@@gameboss9796 I'm talking about only two 1969 Cougar with a Nascar Hemi Boss 429 engine that were ever made. Not some assembly line 1970 Chevelles that were painted Gold in color, with matching wheels. lol
@@chucktaylor9190 Good for you, im just putting in an example for reference, I could've brought up the triple black 1969 Boss 429 or something else. point is there's lots of rare muscle cars out there.
@@gameboss9796 with radio delete or heater delete or passenger headrest delete or carpet delete....... Time for another Bud Light.
I really truly is tragic that they did not make more of the Torino king cobra then they did it's an absolutely beautiful car
My father was WSP , retired in 74. For a couple of months in 1971, early every morning there was a bright green car that would make a high speed run up I-5 from Olympia to somewhere in Seattle. The WSP couldn't catch him even with the 440 fury 3s. Finally caught him because he ran out of gas and was stopped on the side of the freeway. It was a very senior Boeing engineer with his brand new super bird. They didnt catch him moving, so all they could do was tell him that if he did it again, they would be waiting for him at the Boeing plant gate.
It's interesting to see how many rare factory cars there were. Of course you could not include them all. But AMC was conspicuously absent. A perfect candidate was the 1969 AMC/HURST SSAMX. Only 52 built and had great drag racing success with the little 390 engine. Thanks for the cars covered.
i used to import U.S. cars to Europe mainly, the netherlands, Germany , France and Portugal but when gasoline in the 80´s started to be really expensive i had to stop, but still sold other cars but mostly people wanted ford mustang from 69 and firebirds till 74 also kept some for me a GT500 ,a pontiac lemans coupé, a convertible grandprix, also the firebird formula 400 from 74, and almost forget a Impala coupé from 65 and a split bumper camaro ,my thought of being the best car was the mercury cougar 7.0L all black not sure but i think it was a xr7 kept it till today(sold many)also a late 70´s model ,also a 69 corvette ,my favorite in design,from what i´ve known it was built till 85?Also bought very cheap in England(had the steering wheel in the right place which is the left side) a barbie car from 86 or 7 already in 2012 corvette in silver with larger tires and drove it to Portugal like if it was new, i heard it was a special model but don´t remenber what, some english talk english very bad ,i couldn´t understand what the seller said ,but made 4.500km´s without any problem either than stoping several times to fill the tank, i went north went to the netherlands to see some friends and family than i drove it through germany, france ,spain and south of portugal
amc was a very nice car sold many from 1969 ,imported them from L.A. where i had a good friend(already passed away)i sent a list of the cars i had bought ,the first time in 77 when arriving at home my secretary told me that all were sold ,so i went back and bought more and i was afraid of not selling one
The AMX S/S was a BEAST!
What a massive snub on an otherwise good list.
Some of some of the coolest cars I remember from my youth! Thank you, J
we have a curious one in Australia too - a genuine 1971 428 GTHO falcon built specifically for the boss of Ford Australia. Apparently would do over 140mph with three frightened journalists in the passenger seats. It was given away to the Apprentice of the year and I believe he still owns it.
You meen the holden Ford from Australia. Mad max had one in the movie.
Looked like a 67 Fairlane.
@kelly-green The Nightrider is driving a beaten up HQ Monaro "Pursuit Special on methane. Very toey!"😆 I had a 72 HQ Monaro GTS, 308ci V8 4 speed box, Lime green (Holden called the colour, Lina Mint) I bought back when you could pick them up pretty cheap, I payed 3500 NZ dollars for it😆😆 Ive seen restored ones the same as mine going for 300,000 Australian dollars.
When I was a kid my dad had a XA Landau Coupe, same body as the GT hardtop but with leather seats and electric everything, basically a 2 door LTD.
Great job! Loved it
Just Absolutely gorgeous.Thanks so much for sharing this.✌️
Gosh, this list hardly scratches the surface. And nice 1970 Judge pictured in the '71 entry!
Their was neighbor who worked for American Motors and he had a Javelin that was white with red white and blue stripes from the factory . I’ve never seen another.
The king cobra Torino created lift due to the fastback windshield and pointed frontend making it unstable at high speed.
Surprised that I have not seen even one person mention the 63 Dodge Coronet w a 413 cross-ram setup 😳
I would like to point out that in 1971, Plymouth had two French exports for the Hemi 'Cuda convertible, one being a four speed, the other being a tourqflite
I absolute love the video pd evolution
All were underrated, the chevy 427 made well over 550+ with a small turn of the distributor.
Yeah that the Highest HP 427 CHEVY! Fords 427 SOHC CAMMER put out 616 HP with 1 4 v carb ! AND 657 HP with Duall Quads ! Chevy and Chrysler couldn't TOUCH IT !
@Jerry Parks Funny because the buick GS stage one was the fastest quarter mile american car in 1970! Try manufacturer wins in nascar I rest my case. Nothing comes close. You don't hear people ford swapping cars, 🤣
bullcrap...none of these cars were under rated...they were over rated by using the fake GROSS horsepower rating which is a bare motor with no muffler, belts, or air cleaner. With all those items put back on the car, you just lost 18%. The 426 was 425 GROSS but only 350 NET. That 550 hp 427 with bare engine on a dyno is still only 450 hp net. The 430 hp 427 was only 330 hp net. NO engine was ever under rated to fool insurance companies...another myth.
@@chadhaire1711 Net horsepower ratings DID NOT EXIST that far back.
So your complaint is the BS here.
Also, the loss VARIED depending on the accessories and how they were set up - sometimes it was closer to 10%, rarely on A/C cars with small engines it was over 20%.
@@jerryparks6123 oh yeah, those 427 ZL1's running 11's couldn't touch those mopars in the 13's... lol
Another rarest of the rare is the 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Hemi Convertible. Only 9 were produced. 5 built with a manual transmission and 4 built with an automatic transmission. It is even more rare than the hallowed 1971 Plymouth Barracuda Hemi Convertible.
U thinkin bout a cuda playa
@@wildestcowboy2668 5 for 5, both the challenger and the 'cuda. both sold only 5 each for the 426ci hemi 4 speed convertible
The hemi ragtop Challengers are still pretty rare . I believe only about 40 over all the production years .
@@pal6636 I was at a cars and coffee last Saturday and someone brought a beautiful gold 1968 Dodge Super Bee with the 426 Hemi, 18,000 miles, 1 of 22. 😳🤯
@@emirofshmoe you are one lucky dude . Another dream car .
You never know when opportunities present. In 1987, I bought a ‘68 GT350 and a ‘69 GT 500 as a package deal for $9800. I borrowed money from everyone I knew to get them.
Did you pay them back?
@@mkowboy13 Yep. Took a fast food job at night, donated plasma, and cut grass. I gave them all an extra 10% as interest for taking the risk to help me out.
That’s pretty cheap. What condition were they in?
'68 1/2 Ram Air II Firebird
Should have had the 1964 Studebaker Avanti R3 on there. Only 4 built and held the production model land speed record for decades.
Great Video bro!
Man, I can hardly listen when AI is used.
Are you sitting down? I owned and regularly drove, a 1967 Ford Fairlane Ranchero with a straight, in-line six (banger). Three speed, on the column. A clutch on the floor and full drum brakes on all 4. It was one very rare and highly special machine. An absolutely amazing powerhouse. It topped out at over 80 MPH!
Absolutely gorgeous!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Great Stuff !
# 10 1963 Pontiac Super Duty
Great video! I was 19 years old in 1965, and had just started working. During this time we had some pretty nice cars. I was wondering what were some of the rare options availed for GM cars, in the late 60’s, not counting the engines? My brother had a 68’ Camaro SS 396-375hp,4 speed, what was this cars rarest options? Thanks!!!
Fold down back seat, electric windows & power door locks, lighted vanity mirrors are just a few that I seen.
For that year.
I had a friend, haven’t seen him in years but him & his brother were 68-69 Camaro freaks , his was a SS 69 black with black vinyl roof 427 4sp , most were 396 , still trying track him down
I'll include a '70 Dodge Charger 500 Hemi...reportedly one was built for a Chrysler exec and the '70 AMC Javelin T/A...just 100 red/white/blue copies built ..which I have only seen one over the years.
1969 Hurst Oldsmobile convertible, 3 made, 2 are still around
Hi 👋 Judy, how are you doing?
Where is the Hemi Daytona Charger? Thats even more rare than the Superbird, only 70 had the Hemi and of those, only 22 had 4 speed transmissions, it was also faster than the Superbird and was the first car at nascar to hit 200mph
What’s with this dudes voice sounds like a fashion designer when he said spoiler at 0:33 I lost it lol
What about the 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390 Fastback Bullitt - only 1 produced with movie history, also the 1965 Pontiac Tempest Wagon (6 built), and 1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Convertible (8 built) are very rare.
You seem to enjoy your Pontiac history.... so how about the 64 Tempest w the 4 cylinder transaxle front wheel drive models......
Also the 1969 Pontiac GTO Royal Bobcat Ram Air 5. From Royal Oak, Michigan
1970 Buick GSX prototype. Fully DOT legal car, sold to private owner from a Buick dealer. Manufactured by Buick but not a production vehicle and 100 percent legal automobile in all 50 states. Still in existence today, A one of none real and legit muscle car. Sorta rare.
@@davidjenkins1958drove a 1970 GS Stage 1. Tires just spun. However put slicks on it and the 510ft lbs of torque will pop a wheelie right off the showroom floor
Stage 2 package? Heads, cam,pistons, Carillo rods, pistons and Thompson 2 piece headers?
@@kurtmeyers3469 According to Dennis Manner Stage 2 consisted of his new design heads, revised cam, 11:1 pistons, an 850 cfm Holley, Edelbrock B-4B intake, and Mickey Thompson headers. Getting your hands on a Stage 2 setup was difficult even for Kenne-Bell or Jones-Benisek. Private buyers could go pound sand- if they even knew what Stage 2 was in 1970.
Recently went through a car collection. Ole fella that owned a few dealerships near here. That man had some many classics. Had a convert Cuda with 125 original miles. Amazing.
Most expensive Mustang ever sold was the '68 Bullitt movie Mustang that sold for $3.47 million at auction in January 2021.
A friend of mine was the second owner/restorer of the red King Cobra. Believe it or not... he found it by chance in a junkyard in North Carolina. It was a painstaking restoration process that took years to complete.
weberaudio, Torino King Cobra was never a factory production car. Three prototypes were built and only one had a Boss 429 engine. One was wrecked during testing. Bud Moore bought one and it was a conventional 429 with A/T. The Boss 429 car is at the Ford Museum. There's 3-4 clones that exist that Ford did NOT build. One was supposedly bought from Holman-Moody but that's a lie. It's a fake clone also.
Great video! Thank you for sharing.
Try finding a 63 1/2 factory v8 4speed falcon Futura sprint hardtop,
What about the 1968 hemi dart and Cuda. Only 110 of each were built 55 each 4 speed and automatic. 10.56 qm
Would have loved to see the " King Cobra Tornio" taking on the "Daytona 500 Chargers"with The big wing. On the track. Talk about a shoot out! To bad Ford cut the program. Just love the looks that Tornio. Shawn.
While most look at it all as Ford crying. Chevy was the one in NASCAR's ear about both Chrysler and Ford with their big blocks. Chevy wanted to move on from Big Blocks, since they had found the first advantage in the Trans Am series with the 302 SBC.
@@kramnull8962 And that 302 was one BADA$$ engine
@@kramnull8962where do you people get this terrible old myth? GM wasn't involved in any factory racing starting in 63 and didn't get involved in factory racing again until around 71. In fact they won the 1972 manufacturers series.
No body was crying about this or that. Chrysler was still running the Hemi in 71 and 72. Ford was running their big block.
The aero cars had defecto ban that limited them to 305ci. Which included 5 models from Ford, Mercury, Dodge and Plymouth.
Non aero cars could run whatever engine they wanted to as long as they met Homologation standards.
Ford had twice as many wins than Chrysler in the 69 season.
Ford wasn't far behind in 70.
I often wondered if humanity has a long future, will someone keep looking after these cars for possibly thousands of years or is someone going to say the hell with it ,I want to drive the thing.
I am curious as to why you didn't include the 1969 Pontiac Trans Am convertible
Reggie Jackson had one years ago but I believe he sold it later on.
Great quick little ditties of intelligence car guys love to have tucked away somewhere just before our brain fades on us. Thank You, J
Were did you come up with you pronunciation of Simon "Bunkie" Knudsen? What planet?
Awesome!! ❤❤❤❤
There were only 8 69 Trans Am convertibles built, and I believe only 2 ZL1 Camaros. But a great video with awesome cars!
As much as I love the sports designed cars, my favorites have always been the 'sleepers'. A boring looking family car that has been specially modified to look the same, but have an absolute monstrous chassis/engine combo that surprises the crap out of smart asses in their little sports cars. Favorite? The 'farm truck' that the guy made into a drag racer. Absolute favorite.
How about my 1967 Mercury Comet Caliente R-code 427 2 4bbls 425 hp?
Imagine seeing a Z11 Impala on 13 inch wire wheels, a full cut out suspension to fit 4 hydraulic pumps fitted with 12 car batteries in the trunk, and with a full woofer speaker system adding extra weight to the lightest Impala ever made... I HAVE AND IT BROKE MY HEART !
Some philistine did that??
I'm from back in the day, age 75. My younger brother a mechanic at the local Ford Dealer (Harrison Ford, Newport, RI) always knew about these exotic types. Sans internet and access to dealer build sheets it seems the only way to find out about these machines was through "hot rod pubs". Narragansett Bay
All of this on 50-60-year-old tire technology.
And suspension/brake tech as well.😬
I've actually still got my 69 superbird from high school!!! Pd. $75 bucks for it and drove it home! Mines not that valuable now because of the old paint and interiorrips. But still drives!!😂,
Counting purpose built race cars, and sports cars, is not a very fair list. If you count those you should count Dick Teague's 1971 AMX prototype. That's a literal 1 of 1 from the head of the AMC design department. It was a 2nd gen AMX with the 1970 fastback rear-end. He was trying to convince management to put it into production, but they rightly assessed that sales of the AMX would be the same either way.
The Torino king Cobra is a really nice looking car with the hidden headlights. I never really much cared for the Torino but that is a really nice version of it.
These big Torinos were pretty quick even in the 302 4 door models.
I don't remember anymore, were any Ram Air V cars ever sold?
That superbird was nice
Oh ya so cool love old cars. Got a 68 nova 396 4 speed and a 73 Torino fast back 429 top loader
Give me a break Ford Torino King Cobra..Bud Moore edition!❤❤❤❤
This has to be AI. That last corvette wasn't doing 0-60 in 4 seconds lol. They didn't even in the 90s
Good job
Where's the 1969 Pontiac Trans Am convertible?...there's only eight of them...
1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Convertible only 8 built
So, can we See a picture of one of these Firebird Conv.
Where was the 1968 Hemi Barracuda? 55 Units wee built and it owned and still owns the NHRA E.T and MPH records for SS/A
503 Dodge Daytona made in 69....1920 Plymouth superbird made in 1970
The 69 Charger Daytona was before the Superbird
There were nearly twice as many Hemi Superbirds built as there were Hemi Daytonas. The '70 Hemi Coronet convertible is even more rare than the '71 Hemi 'Cuda convertible as only two were built.
At least three were built.
@@rosenb37 I know of the 4 speed FT6 Dark Tan Metallic car that Graveyard Carz restored for Brett Torino, and the FJ5 Limelight automatic car. I've never hears anyone talk of a 3rd one. What info do you have on it?
@@papawoody9597 The tan one is the Canadian car. The Sublime one is an export. The USA car is MIA and no one seems to know definite info on it.
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All I've ever heard about a possible 3rd car is along the lines of "according to one source", or something like that. To me that's like "I know a guy whose next door neighbor in the 80's had a sister who dated a guy who said he knew the uncle of the kid who delivered newspapers to the owner of the 3rd car" or something like that. I've never taken any of it seriously. If I heard someone knowledgeable like Galen Govier talk about it, I'd be inclined to believe it.
I heard some story about the alleged 3rd car burning in a garage fire, or being crushed sometime in the 80's. There are a lot of people who seem convinced that a 3rd car was built, but none have ever produced a shred of evidence that it ever existed, so until someone comes up with documentation, in my mind, it didn't. With the values of these cars, there's way too much motivation for scammers.
@@papawoody9597 You're looking at this backwards. Let me explain:
With Chrysler production, there are nuances among US production, Canadian production, and Total production.
When you see a number like 296 Coronet R/Ts built, it's Total. If you see a number that's 219 (I'm going from memory here--I may have the number wrong), that's just US cars and not including Canadian or exports.
All the engine production numbers that are published are for US cars. The 16 Six Packs and 1 Hemi are for the US. That 1 ragtop is missing, and I think it's a trope that it was in a fire or what-not, although that could be what happened. That car certainly is the subject of speculation with nothing concrete to support the rumors.
Some Canadian production is known, but it's generally not what's published. In this case, it's known that 1 Canadian Hemi R/T ragtop was built, and that's the tan car.
Exports are generally not known, but a Sublime car popped up 20 years ago or so so it's known that at least 1 of these were built for the export market. Could there be more? I dunno, but how many export Hemi'cuda ragtops were found in France, of all places?
So, in sum, we know there were at least 3. The alleged 3rd car is the FJ5 car while the first car is the one that's MIA.
And what about a Mercury Cyclone... maybe not in the top 8.... but I bet it was in the top 10...it was a rare one...
Sneakier yet and you will never see one in a video like this.. I have a '69 base Montego formal hardtop (not MX or Brougham) with a factory Q-code 428CJ. Gulfstream Aqua, Marti report shows one of 20.
Man, you can keep the electric stuff.
I'd take any one of these anytime.
Great video.
Thanks. I subscribed.
Give the voice over a Bud Light.
May make him sound female.
It's A.I.
I actually scrolled down to see if I was the only one thinking that
We had a red 1970 Chevy Malibu 350 four door. Not that rare as a two door, but I’ve never seen another four door like ours was.
I tried to talk my Dad into buying a 1970 Superbird for a sticker price of $4675.00. It was one of the 426 Hemi versions.
The ford thunderbolt
1935 Supervirds produced. Not 2700
Ford thunderbolt 1964
I never knew about that king cobra. A older kid in my high school had a ford racing blue cyclone that was beautiful, while another had a 428 scj mustang. I had a 1970 GTO convertible, long gone.
Cyclones wer Mercury's NOT Fords , Same Engines!
I know ! It was ford racing blue ! The color ! The car was definitely a Merc ! 😂
Love old cars. True love of the engineers into them as each one had its own distinctive look and attitude. .....unlike most modern cars, being very few exceptions.
Needed to include the 63-69 GM/Bill Thomas Cheetah.
i seen a 1970 buick GSX stage 2 driving around in the city i live near last year. never seen or heard of the car before. i thought google said only a few hundred were made in stage 2 but i could be wrong or misread it. was a beautiful car and super clean too. was white with black stripes down the middle i think! i havnt seen it since but it was such a nice looking car!
1965 Z16 Malibu SS 396 (201 units). 1969 ZL1 Camaro (69 Units). 1964 Ford falcon thunderbolt. All I'm saying is the list should be longer.
Z11 says : Aluminum please Touch!😮
You gave stats for the 72 model GTO JUDGE instead of the 71. Also you advertised rarest American muscle cars . The AMX3 is definitely one of the rarest.
They didn't have the Judge package in 72.
@@carmudgeon7478 yep my faux pah .. because he was talking about judges. Thanks .. 72 didn't offer the package as it was now basically a lemans with gto package instead of an actual gto in itself.
The AMX/3 was never a production car, all were prototypes, and was an exotic sports car, not a muscle car, as Corvettes are not muscle cars either. The term muscle car has been bastardized over the last 30 years, when these cars were new, Mustangs, Camaros, Firebirds, Cougars, Javelins, Barracudas, and Challengers were referred to as Ponycars, a category defined by the Mustang. The AMX was a Sports car, being strictly a 2 seater. Musclecars were defined as an intermediate size car, with a engine designed for a larger car. The lightweight, standard size cars ( including the Z-11 Impala), of the early 60s weren't referred to as Musclecars, the first to be categorized as such was the 64 GTO (although the 57 Rambler Rebel, with the Ambassador's 327 engine, fits the category, and was the quickest sedan from 0-60, at 7.0 seconds, in the Daytona Beach speed trials, that year, beaten only by the fuel injected Corvette, at 6.8 seconds). Compacts with big engines also fit the category, such as 396 Novas, and 383 Darts. Things were settled for awhile, until the 80s, when they weren't being made anymore. Then, uninformed people, usually younger enthusiasts, and predatory car salesmen, started mixing it all up. 🤯
@@ramblerdave1339 im glad you said 57 Rambler or else i would've ignored you as one of the quacks. Seeing as your intelligent enough to recognize that.... i think the real argument is how they define muscle cars .. as it is hp compared to weight ratio. I think thats where the lines got blurry. Btw love the name as i have been an AMC fanatic for 50 years.... personally i feel the last real hot rod was a 79 AMX ive had a few ... with only mild modifications they can easily pull 350 hp. Ive had one i really went overboard with in 92 had around 500 hp at crank and would hit 200 ... ive also had Javelins and a few other jeeps. I think im permanently retired from crawling under cars .. but i really want a matador with the 401.
Cars are like people. The older they get, the faster they once were.
That doesn't even make ANY SENSE!,
Chrysler at the time was known for underestimating the total horsepower of the 426 hemi it actually had on Dino at over 500 horsepower, but at then they would have had trouble selling the car, and the reputation of hemmy's was always in question. When it came to them being on the street.
Ford had the same issue with the Cammer (427 SOHC) - that even DODGE claimed made about 100 more HP than their 426 Hemi.
Apparently the rarest 426 Hemi car produced is the 1967 Plymouth Belvedere 4D sedan, equipped with manual transmission. Special ordered to Finland for the head of then current importer, Berner Ltd.
1998 Lincoln Mark Viii Spring Feature Edition...LSC. Only 4 made. One sits in my garage.
I owned a 68" Ford XL and the neighbor had a '69 Ford Talladega. I paid $325 for the XL.
Gasoline was $0.39 a gallon.
What about the 3 generation mecham trans am I have a 1984 mecham trans am 350 Chevy v8 5 speed stick only 50 built in that year my father inlaw bought it new in 1984
One more that needs to be mentioned, is the King Cobra's twin, the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II, of which only one, maybe two, exist. And one of them has a Top Loader four speed manual.
The amount of wrong in this video is absolutely staggering. Just for a single instance, Corvette is not a muscle car it's a sports car. No back seats not a muscle car.
You left out the Talladega and Thunderbolt
With the headlights exposed, that Gran Torino looks like a 240/260/280-Z.
When I was a kid I worked part time at a Chrysler dealership, we had a blue super bird in the show room for two years. Finally sold for $4,500, which was $1,000 off.
I live in a small town in New Zealand, and about 15 years ago i went to buy a 427 BB Chev, and sitting at the back of this guys shed was a Superbird, i couldn't believe it. It was in primer grey and had the interior removed and sitting on the roof, and the 440 was sitting on an engine stand, the whole thing was under years and years of dust and dirt.
I honestly dont think the guy had a clue what he had, or a clue in general😆 The "427" turned out to be a low comp 402.🤣
Another you forgot was the 1969 Pontiac Trans Am convertible, only 8 made, 4 manual, 4 automatic.
How about the Oldsmobile 67' W-30 442 less than 100 were ever produced.
1970 Stage 2 Buick GS. Only 2 prototypes (aka- factory mule cars) They still exist, 10 second cars.
1961 Chevy 409. She’s real fine
I was impressed that they mentioned the 63 Z-11 cars.....
Most videos omit these very special automobiles.
Don't forget about the 62 Z-11 09-400 hp...
They always leave out the 235 1965 Chevelle SS 396 / 375 H.P., rated 425 h.p in the Impalas, that could only be had in with an open rear end because with Positraction they want to switch ends off the line so you had to know what you were doing to drive one & all the COPO 69 427 Camaros' where 110 were available with an all Aluminum 427 that could dust them all....
NO way in Hell they could DUST Fords with the 427 SOHC CAMMER Engines they had 616 hp 1 - 4 barrel carb 657 hp Duall Quads ! Nothing could Touch it!
@@jerryparks6123 The Cammers weren't mentioned & they were just good for high speed Round Tracks Speeways like the Hemi's were.. That's why drag racer wen't to the 440's & Cobra Jets..
first GTO was in 1964 Generation 1 in 1965 the body was changed Generation 2 in 1966 body was changed again Generation 3 , so i believe the Judge was the 4th Generation not 2nd Generation, but i could be wrong and i had a 500 HP 66 in the 70,s
The changes in appearance over every year are just facelifts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_GTO
I think he was talking about The Judge not GTO
I rode in one of 29 1970 Hemi Automatic GTXs produced back in '77-'78. It was driven daily.