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We love our classics and muscle cars here in the U.S. The horsepower numbers don't sound like a lot today but back when these cars came out they were insane and kinda still are in some ways today. My family owns quite a few classic cars.
We know u love cars Trenton 😂
Took the words right out of my mouth (minus the personal mention)
@@casswashwash1070 maybe just a little 😂
Imagine how awesome it is to drive a big powered american muscle car. All I've ever driven with big power is a chicken truck, which it has around 350 hp and 440 nm of torque.
As we say in America...(especially nowadays) its not about miles per gallon its about smiles per gallon
I drive my 66 383 727 Charger sometimes and have been followed into a parking lot and even home. A female every time.
My Mom had a 1959 Plymouth Sport Fury (think big engine, big tail fins) and I loved driving it in high school (graduated in 1963). But then my Dad got a 1966 Pontiac Grand Prix when I was in college and that became my ride of choice when home from school.
Not smiles per mile?
Aman fellow freedom lover 🫡
The horsepower numbers were purposely very underrated for insurence purposes. Many of the larger engines were making well over 500 hp, which does not sound like a lot, but it was truly insane with the tiny bias ply tires and crappy brakes.
Damn, learned a lot from you two.
@C Summers exactly. A huge ass tractor can have something like 250 hp but it can do a huge amount of work because of the torque.
@C Summers actually it’s the opposite. They were rated in gross hp in the 60’s and early 70’s. Gross hp was basically the engine on a stand without any accessories. Todays cars are rated in net hp, which includes the hp with all attached accessories. 400 hp net today is more than the 400 hp gross ratings is the muscle car era.
I just deleted my comment which said basically the same thing. My first car was a GTO. Almost any muscle car produced in 1972 or earlier was great.
1973 is when the motors were gutted and the muscle cars went to shit all the way up until the Grand National in '87 reignited that segment of the market. The GNX model did 0-60 in 4.7 seconds.
@@pnwdweler4100 Thank you, so much misinformation. There may have been some underrating but a lot of these cars were weaker than a modern minivan.
My first car was a 1970 Chevy chevelle SS..... it was scary fast, especially after the 12 bolt posi rear, and the B&N speed shifter
I was lucky enough
to drive a
Blue '70 Mustang
in high school.
I loved it!
My parents said we're going to get you a used car to drive but I didn't get to pick one out.
My dad did. 😅
A lot of girls looked disappointed to see me behind the wheel at stop lights.
😅✌💙
My first muscle car was a 68 Road Runner in 1972 with 440 Magnum. It was a car that could scare the hell out of you!
A friend had one and he always wanted to floor it lol.
6:27 "Hemi" engine was Chrysler's term on some of their Dodge and Plymouth muscle cars of the 60's and 70's such as the famous 426 cubic inch hemi. It referred to the hemispherical shaped cylinder heads on these V-8 engine which raise the horsepower.
My favorite thing about the term “hemi” is that they used it on a Mitsubishi 4 banger in the old K-Cars, absolutely ridiculous and just about sums up Chrysler
Yeah, I both laughed and gasped in horror when he said "Hemi must be like a tuner company". 😂
and even modern HEMI engines don't use hemisperical shaped cylinder heads, anymore. they're all pretty much the "kidney bean" shape, with allows fuel to be injected into the cylinder head more efficiently than any other design. HEMI is just a name.
I had a 1953 model with the first year hemi engine. Soon after buying it, a guy saw ir in front of my house and offered me a second engine for $25 to use as parts. The pistons were heavy and huge but really a great deal. It was surprisingly strong as an engine and had many other early features used for years after. There was a time when Plymouth\Chrysler was ahead of the pack in many areas.
@@TheRedStateBlue I swapped the heads on my 5.7 hemi challenger and it had hemi heads
I can't believe there's no Chevelles or Novas! Seriously, Americans love our hot rods and there's car shows all summer. If you haven't been to one, you really need to go! Some of the most awesome cars you've ever seen with motors you could eat off of!
There's a video of the song Mississippi Queen (great song!) from a movie with Steve McQueen that shows a mustang in a chase. The sound of that motor is just about orgasmic 😃 I think around the mid 70's they started making cars more "family friendly". Before that, the hot rods had big fronts for hp, and small back ends to haul ass. 😯
I thought the same thing
The movie was Bullitt.
@@John_Redcorn_ Yes! Thank you!
Thing is pontiac gto exact same car (almost) as chevy Chevelle both GM cars with basically same motor options, see also Buick 442.another GM subsidiary. Look at these three from 1970
@@j.frankparnell not true. Each division of GM in the 60s had their own engines and their own design teams.
The muscle car of my youth was a 1970 Chevelle SS. I got married, started to have children(ended up with 6) & had to move into the Family sized cars.
When a high school senior in 1969 I got a new, showroom floor Mustang Mach I - yellow w/black hood. Those were the days, going out to the lake straightaway and racing Chevelle SS396 and 454, Hemi 'Cuda, Z28's, GTO's, etc. Guys who made it through Vietnam had saved quite a bit of money, tax-free + combat pay so they wanted muscle cars and to race them. That horsepower mostly went toward the rear wheels since there wasn't a lot of "crap" hanging off the engine and sucking up HP. Also, no electronics and good old leaded gasoline; none of that E-10 junk so it was easy to tune & tweak them. Down in Galveston Texas I got a ticket for going 130 mph in a 60 zone while racing a SS396 on the interstate between Dickinson and Galveston bridge. It cost me $130 but I wasn't arrested or charged with anything other than speeding. That is equivalent to a little over $1,100 today's dollars so it wasn't exactly getting off easy! But I miss those days.
The 1970 chevelle SS 454 was my dream car....still is too lol.
First thing to mind was my brother's 1965 'Purple Goat' (a maroon colored Pontiac GTO). With 4:11 gearing in the rear-end driven by a 383 CID (6.3 liter) this car would experience 'valve float' by the time it reached 95 MPH because the RPM was so high even in high gear that valves did not have time to close before the next piston stroke at this RPM... But damn... did this car get to 95 MPH quick! It'd light up the tires in the first 3 gears and give a 15-20 foot long chirp going into 4th (high gear). He used to get into 1/4 mile races 'just out of town' and the only thing that could touch him was a Plymouth Roadrunner. It ran 3:73 gearing and it's advantage was the Mopar 440 CID (7.2 liter) V8. It was always the GTO ahead by 2-3 car lengths for 3/4 of the race and the Roadrunner right there at the finish line going 120-130 MPH blowing by the GTO either just before or just after the finish line. Me, I like the Chevy Chevelle SS or Chevy Nova SS. I own a Nova Coupe w 3:73 and a well built 350 CID (5.7 liter) pushing a tad over 400 HP to the road. My wife calls it my 'Testosterone Replacement Vehicle'...😏😁
The Hemi is a type of engine with over head valves and the combustion chamber is hemispherical.
The horse power in those days were way under rated for insurance purposes,for instance the 1967 Camaro Z/28 Was factory rated at 290 HP when in reality it was closer to 400 HP.
As a classic Corvette owner who used to own a Camaro back in the day, I am disgusted by the former's omission.
in Nov. 1964, my wife and I bought the NEW 1964 1/2 Mustang. aquamarine color, white interior, and I found some white head rests(headrests were just coming into fashion)....total cost...about $2,900 USD
My friend in high school back in 1981 had a Cuda that he bought used. it was in bad shape under the hood but he got it running and kept it for a year until he decided buying a different beat up car would cost less than fixing the Cuda. He sold the Cuda for $400 and has kicked himself in the butt for 40 years ever since.
My first car I bought off my brother. It was a 65 Plymouth satellite 426 Hemi. It was a beast hard to hold still at red lights always raring to go. Sold it 21 yrs later for what my brother paid for it. Still miss that car. He used to race it on 1/4 mile tracks and had a couple of trophies with it.
My first car was a 69 Chevy Camero SS. Best car I ever owned.
Sweet car! What color was it?
My Mom took me over to her friends house when I was in my early teens and I walked into her garage and seen a car that was under a car cover in her garage. I asked if I could check out the car and she pulled the cover off, and there sat her near mint condition 69 Z28 Camaro! It was Black with White stripes. I instantly fell in love with Camaro's after that. Her, my mom and another friend of theirs all had Camaro's in high school and she was only one who still kept hers. My mom had a silver W/ black stripes '71 split bumper, but she sold it to our neighbor when I was little kid for $700. Lol what a mistake that was!
@@_MOORE_1986 Mine was gold with a black roof. When my husband and I bought it we were choosing between a white and blue Trans Am or the Camero. Never any regrets. We bought it in Toronto and drove it all over Canada and the US. Had over 300 thousand miles on it when we sold it.
When I grew up in England, I rarely saw any Mustangs. I lived near Harrogate, and the only ones you saw were American's that worked at Menwith Hill that had them shipped over. My dad, being an American at Menwith Hill, had an American friend that had 2 Shelby Mustangs that were totaled when his house burned down in Harrogate.
The '66 GTO, '69 Mustang and '70 Charger are my favs.
Some of the horsepower numbers are a bit low but it was not uncommon for the manufacturers to downrate the HP or detune the stock engines for lower HP just because of the insurance costs. That is when a lot of the mods and aftermarket stuff came into being.
The 426 Hemi was 425 hp on paper, but in reality on the Dyno, it was putting out 490 - 500 hp at the crankshaft, so it would have been putting anywhere from 425 -450 HP at the wheels.
Someone already commented that those huge 6 and 7 liter engines had the published horsepower ratings downgraded for insurance reasons. But the main reason for the huge displacements was to produce insane amounts of TORQUE. That's what gets you off the line and down the road with a nosebleed.
I had a black 1973 Camaro back in High School in the late 80’s, it was so much fun cruising town in it and also fun to do a little racing on the interstate! I beat the others every time, they couldn’t keep up! It could get up and go!!!❤ I miss that car, wish I still had it.
my dad had a barracuda that we couldnt afford to finish. pretty bummed about it but the guy who we sold it to finished the project and is makin the most of it :)
I have owned a 1968 Plymouth GTX with a 440 and a 1970 dodge charger also a 440. It may not sound like a lot of horsepower but these cars can really prove that to you when you get in them and feel them move. Nothing cooler than a old American muscle car fixed up nice and beautiful.
My first car was a 1974 Charger SE with a 440 magnum. Then i bought a 1984 Camaro Z28 with a 350 engine. Eventually got a 2010 Camaro SS. I still own all of them and have a 2020 Dodge Durango RT with the 5.7L Hemi for winter driving. I just love the sound and feel of V8 engines.
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Notes: Based on my, "Matchbox" and "Hot Wheels", collection that I used to have when I was a toddler, "Mustang", is first, but I put the, "GTO", at second! "Tony Nelson", in "I Dream of Jeannie", had a steel blue one, while my toy car was red.
In the series, "Supernatural", they would put the, "Chevrolet Impala", in first place. They laugh at, "Ford Mustang", owners. 😟
Hmm. I just remembered! A suicidal guy, at an intersection in, Moore, Oklahoma, drove his car straight on into my father's red, "Impala"! Luckily a state trooper witnessed it and knew that driver's back story. Dad, survived. The car got restored thanks to insurance, but by then, Dad, was phobic about red cars, so his father had to sell it. Our one 1960s collectable. 😥
I have a 1970 Oldsmobile that my grandmother bought brand new. She then sold it to my mom and, in turn, sold it to me. I also have a 1937 Oldsmobile that I am working on.
Great livestream guys, better than I imagined. *_Great_* match btw🇺🇸🏴
In 1977 I was lucky enough to get ahold of a '71 Cuda with the 383 package engine, 750 double pumper Holley carb, butterscotch yellow with the full race treatment, rear spoiler, hood pins, rally wheels and Daytona sport 70's all around. I was 20 and felt like a king! The one car I never should have sold, only had around 60,000 miles when I got rid of it for something good on gas, the gas crisis had taken hold and the Cuda only got around 10 miles to a gallon.
My favorites are the 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner, 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am, 1967 Ford Shelby GT500 Fastback, 1965 Shelby Cobra, 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454, and the 1969 Dodge Coronet Super Bee.
I had a 1967 Mercury Cougar (1st year of production) and I loved it! My favorite British cars are Austin Martins (just beautiful cars!).
proud 67 Camaro owner here. made into ss 350 package with rear antenna
Had a 1992 Fire Engine red Camaro RS 25th anniversary edition with a 305.....yanked it out and put a 350 small block crate motor . Bored it .30 over, some Hedman Hedders, a Jet performance chip stage 2, 4-10 gears in the rear end and finally a Muncie 4 speed Rock Crusher transmission with a Hurst shifter. Man I loved that car! I wish I had never sold it
It was the massive torque in these engines that made them...........
Challengers are basically everywhere in the US
Most of the ones I've seen are the 'new' version, not the true muscle cars.
@@firefighterchick the new ones have way more horsepower tho
This Hemi Cuda in this video is badass!!! I am in love!!!😍
*edited because i type too fast -- - I've been blessed to walk into a warehouse in a little town in the middle of Iowa farmland. The classic car owners winter there cars there... It was AMAZING to walk though... and then realize I just touched a full house payment and over and over...machines of unbridled power and lines of beauty... every damn row was another $1M to my left and right... it was tens of millions of dollars of sexy steel hibernating until the winter was over and the salt was off the roads. Lord only knows how much that brick building was insured for ... ... The the most glorious steel that drove on asphalt and gravel... The British made the greatest ships to run the oceans and own the world... (if you've never watched Sting's Ted Talk about how he had to come back home for music after the music was no longer coming to him... the picture of the ship that blocked out the sun and the hundreds of workers who walked down his street... it is worth a look). But yeah... we used to craft steel into glorious and dangerous machines.
The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona with the big wing in the back will always be my favorite car ever, shame it's so rare and expensive
In the 60’s and 70’s the horsepower ratings in these cars were severely understated for insurance purposes.
My ultimate dream car's always been a '70 Boss 429 Mustang. As I got older, and realized not only the cost of such a car, but the cost to keep it preserved and maintained, was just out of my league. I did enjoy owning an '88 LX with a 5.0L and that thing hummed. I loved the GTs, but I was getting nearly the same performance at a much lower cost. Wish I still had it.
My dad owned a '56 Bel Air convertible when he met my mom. They got married and eventually had me. Mom decided it wasn't practical for a family and they traded it in for a new VW Beetle in 1967 😥 Happily, he's old but still alive. I often hear that story. He just as often moans after telling it since he & my mom divorced 13 years later. 🤣
Wow. The Corvette didn't even get an honorable mention.
My first car memory was my dads cousin had a brand new 1985 IROC Z Camaro. I drive a Camaro today. Love the Mustang as well but the look of the new electric ones make me sick. Also love the Pontiac Trans Am Firebirds from 1976-1982
Hemi is a reference to the original V8's using hemispherical combustion chambers, it was pretty high-tech at the time.
"Hemi" is short for "hemisperical" which, back in the day" the valve cover had a dished top that increased the compression, which boosted the horsepower and torque. When they reintroduced the "Hemi" engine for the Dodge Ram pickups, it was just a marketing term. People associated "Hemi" with power because of the old muscle cars, so they wanted the Dodge Ram to be associated with power.
Plymouth and Dodge were both brands owned by Chrysler (and now Jeep, but Plymouth was shut down some years ago). They were sort of meant to be trim levels of the same or similar vehicles, sort of like Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury and Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Pontiac.
There was a period, before fuel shortages of the 70’s, where almost every American car had a huge engine. Despite changing economic climate, it has become a part of American culture.
Hemi stands for hemispherical combustion chamber, which helps with exhaust flow out of head. Chrysler has made forms of the hemi since the early 50's
I know it's a niche car, yet my heart will always be with the Grand National, Darth Vader's personal ride
So many gorgeous cars from the 60s and 70s. Chevelles, Novas, Roadrunner. Gas guzzlers everyone
Daz pretty much nailed T-giving in the intro.
10:50 It's the Mustang Mach-E, I see a few every day
HP was changed from gross to net in 1972
If I’m not mistaken, Mike said trunk instead of boot. It’s happening people. The Blokes are being absorbed into the American hive mind. 😂
hemi refers to an engine with a hemispherical combustion chamber. But yes, Chrysler and its subsidiary brands like Plymouth was the company that used those engines.
300+ horsepower in these cars in the 60's and 70's was HUGE. By comparison, the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am in Smokey and the Bandit was a 403 cubic inch (6.6 liter) v8 that made a whopping 185 horsepower. There are 4 cylinders today that make more than that. Low compression and inefficient carburetion were the main culprits. Today's Eco Boost Mustang has a 2.3 liter turbo 4 cylinder that makes 310 hp and 350 ft/lbs of torque.
Hemi is not an engine producer. It's short for "hemispherical" referring to the shape of the cylinder heads. It allowed for more horsepower per unit of displacement compared to traditional heads.
Hemi is reference to the shape of the engine, short for hemispherical, as compared to the more common V shape engine.
It was the hemi, not the charger specifically that NASCAR banned due to unfair advantage.
Modern "hemi" is what old-timers refer to as "semi-hemi" in which only the heads are shaped that way. They are often called V-8 hemi, do to the fact the block is still the standard V shape.
That's brake horsepower, which is measured at the wheels (takes into account friction and how much horsepower is actually sent to the wheels) vs horsepower which measure how much power the engine produces. BPH is always lower than HP.
Growing up in the early 1980s our family car was a 1971 Chevelle
Those are probably the top 5 on my list as well, but just in a different order, with the GTO being number 1. It's the OG...and it's a beauty.
The GTO was "The Goat" -- in more ways than one. ;) My dad had a '67 when I was a child that was freaking awesome and gave us lots of smiles.
Hemi was the Chrysler company and it's referring to the hemispherical engine heads.
So like you've heard of a Ford flathead.. well this would be a Chrysler hemispherical head or hemi for short it's referring to the shape of the combustion chamber
A HEMI® engine is composed of a hemispherical combustion chamber with dome shaped cylinders and matching piston tops. This creates less surface area than traditional engine which means that less heat and energy lost, and more power is produced.
1967 GTO hardtop with factory option bobcat conversion complete the with tri power.
One of the best P/W ratio's. 1968 past, more HP, but a lot more weight for comport.
had a 69 firebird that I couldn't afford to fix up. donated it to the local high school.
5 years later auto shop was gone.
Sad.
The most underrated vehicle of all time, not to mention overlooked in the late 70's early 80's, is the AMC Javelin.
The Javelin was gone after the '74 production year...you must be thinking of the Hornet AMX, Concorde AMX, and Spirit AMX which were made from 77-80.
I heard an interesting fact that Japan has the largest amount of American Muscle cars outside of America, because of all the US soldiers who lived there after the war bringing their cars in the American brands got a bit of a following over there.
My dad had the exact Pontiac GTO they showed at the opening of the video. Same powder blue color and everything. Bought it back when it was brand new.
When I was growing up in America I was all about Japanese cars. My first two cars were a Honda Civic and a Mitsubishi 3000gt Vr4. When I got married and moved to Japan; Supras, skylines, wrx sti, ae86, nsx, and rx7s were so common place. The mystique of legendary Japanese cars wore off. I see them all the time. NOW it’s exciting when I see an American car! Mustangs, Camaros, challengers, and even ford or dodge trucks! Hell it’s crazy.
Forgot the 1987 Buick Grand National. A 3.8 L V-6 that goes 0-60 in 4.4 seconds, which blows the doors off of those V-8s!!!
68 Charger was the car that got me in to classic american cars.
some Chrysler engineers fooled around with engines in the back of Ferndale Dodge in Ferndale, MI in early 60's....they came up with the term RAMCHARGER...now, shortened to just 'Ram'. they raced a 65 Dodge Ramcharger - called CANDYMATIC'....it was winning races on any drag strip it was on!
Back in 1969 If I got good grades, my parents had promised to buy me a car. I took them to a lot to see the 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner with a 440 and a 4 speed that I wanted. Mom said no v8s or bright red cars either! The dealer said he a nice little compact car with a four cylinder he would like me to test drive. He told my parents since it was such a small car it might be better if they waited at the lot. I drove it a bit and it seemed fine but no muscle car. He directed me to a freeway on ramp and said this time as you shift wait for the tach to reach the redline. When we returned I agreed I probably should get it for the better mileage driving to school. That is how my first car turned out to be a 1967 Ford Lotus Cortina GT with a five speed. One of the best handling cars you could buy at the time and it had plenty of power! I beat a lot of muscle cars on cruise night with that car.
Honorable mentions:
67 Chevelle SS 396
70 Chevelle SS 454
65 Chevy 2 SS
70 Chevy Nova SS
Dodge Super Bee
Plymouth Roadrunner
Oldsmobile 442
Buick Grand Sport
AMC Javelin
My first car was a rusty 67 stang. Spent an entire summer saving to buy a brand new crate engine. And after I bought it it sat in the garage for 4 years and then the girlfriend got pregnant and ended up selling it
Muscle cars, back in those days, reported horsepower lower than the engines actually produced, somewhat to get past government and insurance regulations, but mostly to fit into a more competitive racing class.
Number 4. The Plymouth Cuda. My great uncle still has a 70 Cuda 440-6 pack in plum crazy purple. He’ll never sell that car
My favorite muscle car has to be the AMC AMX, but I'm an iconoclast. But seriously, a 1971 AMC Javelin AMX looks amazing and kicks serious tail... if the car was sold in the South; there's a reason why the north is often called the Rust Belt.
I don't know if Mike meant he liked it, but the 70s Pontiac Firebird has to be one of my favorite cars since I was a child. Of course it has to be a black and gold Trans Am.
1977 with license plates that say "Ban-One".
The ‘73 trans am SD-455. There was never a more gorgeous muscle car ever made. Sucks i grew up in the wrong generation 😔
The electric crossover is called the Mach-E
And it's an abomination.
I've had a few muscle cars and have a 66 383 727 Charger now. My favorite is probably the 70 Dodge Coronet 500 383 4 727 I drove in college.
Wow! I thought sure the Chevelle SS would have been on that list.
Thought the Corvette would make the list, but many good beasts from 67-72...Chevelle, Wildcat, Javelin, Firebird, Challenger, Torino, Cyclone, Cougar XR7, Demon, Satellite Sebring, etc...
awesome video guys . growing up my dad had a early model mustang and a 71 Chevy nova both awesome cars to be in a around . think looking back the mustang was a rarer early model think it was a 65 or something . historical note the first mustangs where a 64 1/2 as they where made half way through 64 . dont know if thats true or not but is something i always heard grow up. cheers lads much love from WV USA
They lied about some of the horsepower numbers lowballing them so insurance premiums wouldn't turn off buyers
hemi means hemispherical heads allowing a bigger combustion chamber.
I prefer them in reverse order-The GTO (67 preferred) or the Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth entries (Charger, Challenger, Barracuda, GTX,. Road Runner) because, growing up, EVERYONE had a Camaro or Mustang. They were cool, but so common. The Oldsmobile 442 was also great.
Being born in 1976, I'm a fan of the majority of muscle cars. I do tend to be drawn to the 1970 Plymouth Road Runner GTX's
The '70 Roadrunner is also my favorite.
My grandfather took me out to test a mustang cobra but the mistake was bringing my mom along. She waited at the dealership while we took it out but when she noticed a cop follow us from leaving the lot to bringing it back...she said "hell no!"
And "sigh" that's how I got a ford pickup for my high school graduation present...four years of straight "A's" for nothing.😥
So sorry that happened to you 😢
1973 Pontiac Trans Am SuperDuty 455, the swan song of the muscle car era.
It's the rumble that does it for me.
My fathers chevelle spawned my love for muscle. It has the legendary big block Chevy engine that is 8.3 liters big.
Like Bill Burr said, our roads in the US weren’t built by the Romans. Tons of open road to get up to speed if no cops are around. Can’t corner for shit though.
I don't know if mentioned but #4 Hemi Cuda was the car featured in the Phatasm horror series
Personally, I like the 1967-1970 Oldsmobile 442 or the Rallye 350. One of those would be my dream car. I also like some of the lesser known muscle cars. Dodge Demon and Dart, AMC AMX (my Dad had an AMX), Chevy Nova II, Mercury Cyclone Cobra Jet (Cobra Jet was the engine), Ford Galaxie 500, Dodge Super Bee, and Plymouth Duster (my Dad had one of these as well)
Agreed! Absolutely love the 442
I'm currently restoring a 1969 442. It's not a W series car (no ram air), but it has the original 400ci engine & 4 speed manual. It's got a platinum exterior with black vinyl top & Rallye hood stripes & a black interior. It may not be the fastest, but I always liked the style of the '69 model year the best, the sides were smooth & curvy. But those old Oldsmobile Rocket V8s were torque monsters!
Boys ...im an American... and yes ...American Muscle is hott all over the world... ive got mine....1969 Ford mustang convertible.... cherry...80k miles... I have everyone from everywhere wanting it ... and she has a great place in the garage... but I also know what I got ....
The horsepower issue needs to be addressed. These engines had a lot of torque rather than horsepower. Add to this the fact that auto insurance companies began to charge much higher premiums for cars with higher horsepower ratings so the manufacturers published lower than actual horsepower numbers.
69 gto judge in orange is one of my dream cars
I liked when he said sometimes it's just the rumble and the sound that excites you. I have a bunch of old hot rods that I can't afford to insure or drive. So my buddies and I just grab a beer and go in the shop and fire them up and sit in them. Sometimes we actually lay some rubber down the street then hide it back in the shop before the cops show up lol.
HEMI is in reference to the top of the piston being hemispherical versus flat.
Really would love for you guys to react to some old Top Gear/Grand Tour
380hp dosnt sound like a lot but it was 1964. A Ferrari 250 gto one of the fastest cars in the world in 1964 only made 300 hp. Lot lighter and more advanced car but you could have 10 Pontiac gtos for the cost of one 250 gto. And for what you paid for the pontiac you couldnt get any car in the world with more power.