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427 Cobra

Documentary

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May 29, 2006

Imagine a car that would do zero to one hundred miles per hour…and back to zero…in under ten seconds. The Cobras had it all – acceleration, braking, handling – and they look fantastic, too. Stand by for the ride of your life!

Full Episodes

Season 2, 12 episodes

Pontiac Firebird Trans Am,

Pontiac’s pony car went racing in 1969, and lives on today as one of America’s favorite street muscle cars. The most famous of all Trans Ams was the one with the 455 Super Duty engine!

23m May 29, 2006

Pontiac Super Duty Cars,

Super Duty! In the early sixties, these two words meant the most powerful engines of any American car. This all-out assault on the speedways of America made Pontiac GM’s “WE BUILD EXCITEMENT” car company.

22m May 29, 2006

Ford Fairlane GT & Talladega,

Ford’s 427 Fairlanes and Torino Talladegas had one purpose – to sweep the Hemi Mopars off the high-banked NASCAR tracks. And they did, too!

22m May 29, 2006

Imagine a car that would do zero to one hundred miles per hour…and back to zero…in under ten seconds. The Cobras had it all – acceleration, braking, handling – and they look fantastic, too. Stand by for the ride of your life!

22m May 29, 2006

There’s this road race, see, this SCCA Trans Am series? And the Camaro is perfect for it. All they needed was a 500-horsepower 302 cubic-inch engine!

22m May 29, 2006

’63-’67 Corvette Stingray,

Completely restyled for 1963, Corvette launched into its greatest popularity. Get inside, fire it up, and discover the true heart-pounding excitement of America’s one true sports car!

22m May 29, 2006

Dodge Daytona & Plymouth Superbird,

Built for the superspeedways, but available at your local Mopar showroom, the 1969 and ’70 Dodge Daytona and the 1970 Plymouth Superbird were the essence of what the Musclecar was (and is) all about.

22m May 29, 2006

The Mopar Super Stockers,

The 426 Max Wedge and Hemi Plymouths and Dodges blew away everyone in the NHRA Super Stock classes, and gave Chrysler Corporation a head start over Ford and Chevy in the Musclecar wars.

22m May 29, 2006

Plymouth AAR ‘Cuda & Challenger T/A,

Chrysler Corporation turned their 340 ‘Cudas and Challengers into world-class road racers, and muscle car fans lined up at Chrysler’s showrooms for a chance to take them to the streets!

22m May 29, 2006

American Motors AMX,

One of the greatest supercars ever built, and the first two-seat sports car built since the Corvette and the early T-Bird. Close to ten thousand of these lightning-fast cars stuffed a lot of wisecracks about Ramblers being slow and boring!

22m May 29, 2006

Buick Regal GNX,

Buick quietly re-entered the supercar wars in the late eighties with a turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6 engine in an all-black Regal. The car was so outrageously fast that it’s now among the most collectible cars of all time.

22m May 29, 2006

’55-’57 Chevrolet Bel Air,

Many people say this is where the muscle car era began. The ’55 Chevy was Chevrolet’s opening into the world of auto performance. These cars changed America’s automotive landscape, and today they’re still the most popular collector cars in the world.

22m Jul 24, 2006