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Buick "Darth Vader" "Bad to the Bone"

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  The Grand National had humble roots beginning in auto-racing. In 1978, because the energy extremity demanded additional svelte platforms, the elephantine 17-and-a-half-foot-long Buick imperial lost a bottom of length and a brace of cylinders. With this everyday base erected on the G- body platform associate degreed an mechanics plan in 1981, the Buick came a significant contestant in NASCAR , with Richard Petty winning the first race of the season — the‘81 Daytona five hundred — in his imperial. The imperial steamrolled the competition. 1981 - 1982 saw Darrell Waltrip skilled worker a imperial to win the Winston Cup steeplechase Championship succeeding.However, the machine swept  the manufacturer’s crown, with a imperial within the winner’s circle in a very gorgeous forty seven out of sixty two races, If that was n’t enough. In 1982, Buick moved  to subsidize on this success and introduced the steeplechase , named for the Winston Cup Championship it had simply won. the first Buick
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1969 Chevrolet Camaro

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  The 1969 Camaro carried over the previous year's drivetrain and major mechanical parts, however all-new sheetmetal, except the hood and lid, gave the automobile a well sportier look.   The grille was redesigned with an important "V" cant and deeply inset headlights. New door skins, rear quarter panels, and rear framing panel conjointly gave the automobile a way lower, wider, additional aggressive look. This styling would serve for the 1969 model year solely. Collectors usually dialogue the deserves of swish, rounded lines of 1967 and 1968 model versus the heavily rumpled and sportier appearance of the 1969 . To increase aggressiveness within the SCCA Trans-Am sport series, facultative four wheel disc brakes with four-piston calipers were created on the market throughout the year, below RPO JL8, for US$500.30.   This method used parts from the combat ship and created for a serious improvement within the braking capability and was a key to winning the Tr
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1968 Chevrolet Camaro

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  The styling of the 1968 Camaro was terribly kind of like the 1967 style.   With the introduction of Astro Ventilation, a fresh-air-inlet system, the facet vent windows were deleted . facet marker lights were else on the front and rear fenders that was a government demand for all sixty eight vehicles . It additionally had a additional pointed front grille and divided rear taillights. The front running lights (on non-RS models) were additionally modified from circular to oval. the large block SS models received chrome hood inserts that imitated speed stacks . The muffler mounting was staggered to resolve wheel hop problems and better performance models received multi-leaf rear springs rather than single-leaf pinyon units.   A 396 cubic content unit (6.5 L) 350 HP (261 kW) huge block engine was else as associate degree possibility for the SS, and therefore the Z28 appeared in Camaro brochures. The 427 cubic content unit (7.0 l) wasn't obtainable as a daily Producti
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1967 Chevrolet Camaro

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  The 1967 Camaro   Shared the subframe / semi-unibody style with the 1968 nark II star . nearly eighty works and forty dealer choices, as well as 3 main packages, were on the market. The RS was associate degree look package that enclosed hidden headlights, revised taillights with back-up lights below the rear bumper, RS badging, and exterior rocker trim. The SS enclosed a 350 cubic measure (5.7 L) V8 engine and therefore the L35 and L78 396 cubic measure (6.5 L) big-block V8s were additionally on the market.   The SS featured non-functional air inlets on the hood, special marking, and SS badging on the grille, front fenders, gas cap, and push. it had been doable to order each the SS and RS to receive a Camaro RS/SS. In 1967 , a Camaro RS/SS convertible with a 396 engine paced the capital of Indiana five hundred. The Z/28 choice code was introduced in Dec 1966 for the 1967 model year.   It had been the inspiration of Vince Piggins, WHO formed providing "vi
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1969 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429

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  The Boss 429 (also referred to as the "Boss 9" by enthusiasts) is arguably one among the rarest and most valued muscle cars so far.   In total there have been 1358 original Boss 429s created. The origin of the Boss 429 comes concerning as a results of NASCAR . Ford was seeking to develop a Hemi engine that would vie with the noted 426 Hemi from Chrysler in NASCAR 's Sprint Cup Series (then referred to as "Grand National Division"). NASCAR 's homologation rules needed that a minimum of five hundred cars be fitted with this motor and sold-out to the final public. once abundant thought, it had been set by Ford that the pony would be the automobile that will house this new engine. The Boss 429 engine was derived from the Ford 385 engine.   It used four bolt mains, a cast steel crank and cast steel connecting rods. The engine featured Al cylinder heads, that had a changed Hemi kind combustion chamber that Ford referred to as "crescent&quo
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1975 Plymouth Road Runner Hemi

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  The 1975 model was supported the freshly restyled, additional formal-looking B-body that was currently referred to as the Fury (the former full-sized Fury being referred to as "Gran Fury").   The Road Runner came with a blacked out grille and a special stripe treatment to tell apart it from the Fury , in addition as an important duty suspension. As before the 318 was the quality engine, however it had been currently simply with one exhaust and one hundred forty five HP (108 kW). The engine choices were extensive; with a two-barrel/single exhaust a hundred and seventy HP 360, a high performance four barrel/dual exhaust (Code E58) 360 (220 HP (164 kW)), and 3 four hundred cubic measure offerings; a two-barrel/single exhaust/160 HP, a 185 HP (138 kW) four-barrel/single exhaust, and a high performance four barrel/dual exhausts/moderate cam 235 HP (175 kW) were additionally out there. In automobile and Driver magazine testing of a 1975 automobile with the highest
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1973-74 Plymouth Road Runner Hemi

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  The 1973-74 Models received utterly new sheet and had a lot of typical squared-up front-end styling and changes to the rear that a lot of closely resembled the four-door models than the 71-72s. The restyling helped sales that were up four-hundredth over the 1972 models. In testing 1/4 mile times were obtaining near the 16s, high speeds had born to barely over one hundred twenty five mph (201 km/h), and also the automobile stirred more off from "musclecar" standing. The bottom engine for the 1973-74 models   Had born all the way down to Chrysler's ordinary 318 CID V8 however equipped with twin exhausts that bumped the ability up to one hundred seventy HP (127 kW). After 1972, no 440 with four-speed manual cars were designed. The four hundred was the most important engine town offered with the 4-speed, that might even be had with the 340 (1973), and 360 (1974) engines. The 318 Was equipped with a 3-speed manual transmission as normal (though only a
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