No other car in American automotive history captured the imagination as did the 1968 Plymouth Road Runner. This car had the distinction of being named after one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time, Warner Bros. “Road Runner”. Plymouth even paid a reported sum of around $50k just to option the name. The [...]
muscle cars
1968 Plymouth Road Runner
Wednesday, January 26th, 20111969 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500
Monday, December 20th, 2010A piece of automotive history is sure found from front to back in the 1969 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500! Since Carroll Shelby ended his friendship with ford the year before the GT 500 has many places in the history of this line of muscle cars. It was a 2 door fastback and 2 door [...]
1969 Dodge Charger R/T-SE
Thursday, September 16th, 2010The 1969 Dodge charger RT/SE came as a muscle car appearance in 1969 and was enhanced by the use of a divided grille with six functional air vents in the divider piece resembling dual intakes. Near wall to wall rectangular tail lights which were recessed replaced the dual, round projecting lights used on the 1968s. [...]
1970 Chevelle SS 454
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Prior to 1970, General Motors instituted a rule in their production and design facility which stated that no cars would be produced with an engine capacity of more than 6.6 litres. In 1970, GM discarded the displacement rule, and larger, faster engines became available as standard production options. The end result was that the addition [...]
2007 Shelby Mustang GT 500
Monday, July 12th, 2010The 2007 Shelby Mustang GT 500 is a superior advancement to the last Mustang cobra released in 2003. The new Shelby has a 5.4 L engine that powers the Ford GT and some large trucks that has been modified with an Eaton Lysholm screw type supercharger, air to water inter-cooler and four valve DOHC head. [...]