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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 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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