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Reader’s Rides: Ultra-Rare Mustang E Restoration
The Ford Mustang, largely regarded as America’s first pony car, has made a name for itself as the nation’s premium performance car and a symbol for the American youth. Combining everything that made the light, nimble, European, sports car great with the powerful American V8s which accompanied virtually every muscle car of the era. This bred a completely new beast deemed the pony car which was essentially a smaller, faster, and overall nimbler muscle car. The aforementioned has led many to follow the Mustang quite religiously and open doors to all sorts of subsections of the Mustang lover’s community. The love of Mustangs was exactly what led to this perfect restoration by two people who were so in love with the car that they sacrificed their dreams of a V8 to retain the history.
1980s Footage Shows Pony Car Legends Hitting The Track
The 1980s were a great time for automotive enthusiasts because of the easy access to drag strips and an abundance of freshly made used muscle cars ready for a new owner to get behind the steering wheel. These incredibly popular V8-powered beasts included the Camaro, Charger, Challenger, and Corvette. However, two pony cars wore the race-car look far better than anything else you could find at the track. Those models were the iconic Ford Mustang and the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, which both had a reputation for high-speed antics back in their day. Someone recently found footage detailing two examples of these influential legends racing in their prime in an ultimate battle of lightweight design and sheer speed.
Learn About The 3rd Gen Firebird Formula
Yes, by today’s performance standards the 3rd Gen Pontiac Firebird Formulas aren’t astounding, but from 1987 through 1992 they provided some much-needed thrills for gearheads who also wanted a new muscle car. The majority of the 1970s and well into the 1980s were an automotive performance wasteland in America, a point Europeans like to laugh about while they possibly hurtling toward something similar in the near future. Anyway, with American cars getting hotter as the 80s progressed, a real performance bargain re-emerged, the fabled Firebird Formula.
1967 Chevy Impala Rescued From A Rustic Grave
Classic Chevrolets are some of the most desirable vehicles within the American automotive community due to their intense engine options, high performance, and name recognition. Decades of creating some of the best performing and stylish muscle cars of their time carved the Chevy name into the hearts and minds of car enthusiasts across the nation, and that impression will live on for centuries to come. One of the most iconic muscle cars to ever bear the golden bowtie is the Impala, as it featured a mix of performance, style, and utility, having come in a coupe and sedan option. This means that there are thousands of car guys waiting for the chance to get their hands on a priceless Impala of their own.
The Best Classic Mopar Muscle Car Commercials
Auto manufacturers dump tons of cash into the making of car commercials, and once upon a time, the television and print were the only ways to reach consumers. Big budgets and conference rooms full of creative teams were tasked to make funny, sexy, and witty automotive commercials to grab the attention of the driver, in a short amount of time - the product yielded some of the weirdest, coolest, and most interesting campaigns, like these brilliant classic Mopar commercials.