327 cid V-8 engine with a single four-barrel carburetor, 300 HP, Powerglide automatic transmission, independent front and rear suspension, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 98"
There is no American car more iconic than the Chevrolet Corvette. Born from the ashes of World War II and honed on such hallowed tracks as Sebring, Limerock, and..
401 cid 'Nailhead' V-8 engine producing 325 HP, four-barrel Carter carburetor, two-speed turbine 300 automatic transmission, dual exhaust, independent suspension in front and a four-link rear suspension, four wheel power drum brakes; wheelbase: 115"
With the success of the Pontiac GTO high-powered option package for the Tempest Le Mans in mid-196..
427 cid OHV V-8 engine with dual four-barrel Holley carburetors rated at 425 HP, four-speed “Top Loader” manual transmission, independent front suspension with coil spring over shock absorbers, semi-elliptic rear springs on live axle, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 119”
Before the birth of muscle cars, America’s need for speed was ad..
RPO 579D 283 cid V-8 engine, Rochester mechanical fuel injection, 290 HP, Borg-Warner T-10 four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with unequal-length upper and lower A-arms, coil springs and anti-roll bar, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, trailing radius rods, and anti-roll bar, RPO 687 HD ventilated four-wheel ..
283 cid V-8 engine, 230 HP, four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with coil springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, hydraulic four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 102”
By 1961, Chevrolet’s landmark first-generation Corvette design had truly come of age. While retaining the basic body design introduced for 1958..
283 cid V-8 engine, 195 HP, Powerglide automatic transmission, independent front coil spring suspension, rear semi-elliptic leaf springs, four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 119”
Chevrolet was on a roll in 1964, selling over 2,100,000 vehicles for the year. The Impala accounted for 689,600 sales all by itself, and the pinnacle of the Impala line u..
427 cid RPO L88 V-8 engine, single Holley 850 CFM four-barrel carburetor, est. 560 HP (factory-rated 430) at 6,400 rpm, Muncie M22 close-ratio four-speed manual transmission, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes, independent front suspension with A-arms and coil springs, independent rear suspension with lateral struts, radius rods, and transverse leaf ..
289 cid Ford High-Performance V-8 engine, single four-barrel carburetor, 271 BHP at 5,800 rpm, four-speed manual transmission, four-wheel independent suspension with wishbones and transverse leaf springs, four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes; wheelbase: 90”
Having reached the pinnacle of international motorsport as a Le Mans-winning co-driver for Ast..
396 cid big block V-8 rated at 375 HP, four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with A-arms and coil springs, power front disc brakes and rear drum brakes; wheelbase: 108"
In the later 1960s, it was anyone’s guess where the horsepower race would end. Dodge had their mighty 426 cubic-inch Hemi that was powering the Charger, Barr..