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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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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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1969 Plymouth Road Runner Hemi

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  The 1969 model kept the same fundamental look yet with some slight changes, for example, tail lights and grille, side marker lights, discretionary can situates, and new Road Runner decals. The Road Runner included a convertible alternative for 1969 with 2,128 droptop models delivered that year. All were 383 motor autos , aside from ten which were furnished with a 426 Hemi (six programmed and four 4-speed manual.) Six are known not. No 440 6-bbl convertibles were made in 1969. An Air Grabber choice (N96 code) was presented for the current year. It comprised of a fiberglass air channel get together dashed to the underside of the hood that joined with twin rectangular upward-confronting vents in the hood with orange vent screens. The fiberglass hood box had an "Air Grabber" sticker on the front. At the point when the hood was shut, an elastic seal fit over the expansive oval unsilenced air more clean. A decal with Wile E. Coyote saying "Coyote Duster"
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1969 Pontiac GTO

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The 1969 model. The 1969 model eliminated the outside door vent windows, had a small grille and lamp revision, stirred the key from the dashboard to the steering column (which latched the wheel once the key was removed, a federal demand put in one year previous schedule), and also the gauge faces modified from blue to black. additionally, the rear quarter-panel mounted facet marker lamps modified from a red lens formed just {like the} Pontiac "V" crest to 1 formed like the broad GTO badge. Front outboard headrests were created commonplace instrumentality on all GTOs engineered when Jan one, 1969. The engine. The previous economy engine and commonplace 350 HP four hundred Criminal Investigation Command V8 remained, whereas the 360 HP (270 kW) 400HO was upgraded to the Ram Air III, rated at 366 HP (273 kW) at five,100 rpm. the highest choice was the 370 HP (280 kW) Ram Air IV, that featured special header-like high-flow exhaust manifolds, high-flow cylinder heads
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