Very fortunate to own 2 iconic cars as a teenager: a 67 fastback Mustang 390 and a 69 Z28. So many fond memories.

@BillyJoBuck

16 күн бұрын

I owned a bad ass 67 mustang coupe s code 390 gt. Also had a 69 mach1 r code 428 cobra jet. Those were years ago. Currently I have a 34 chevy 2 dr sedan and a 51 chevy pickup 5 window. 51 is about of a rat. The 34 is a queen that gets driven so I call her princess. To date the 67 and 51 have been the most fun to drive.

@RUfromthe40s

7 күн бұрын

@@BillyJoBuck my favorite american cars are 59, 65, 67, 69 till 74, as in Cadillac, Corvette, ,Pontiacs ,Chevrolet, Mercury and again Chevrolet and Pontiac by that order

@schoolboy6633

7 күн бұрын

Hopefully you still have them :)

@simoteng

6 күн бұрын

@@schoolboy6633 Unfortunately not. The Mustang was totaled in a freeway accident in 1974 and the Z28 was sold to fund my wedding in 1976. It was the only car I ever sold for more than I bought it for.

@douglascrawford3896

Күн бұрын

@@simoteng Bought my 69 camaro Z28 from a guy in Burbank Ca for 900 bucks in 1981 ,still have it to....

I had a '69 Mach 1 428 Cobra Jet 780 Holley , that thing was a rocket !I bought it in '73 for $ 1200.00 cherry , not a scratch .... Minimum wage was like $ 2.00 an hour .Gas was 25.9

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

I hope you still have it?

'66 Shelby Cobra 427. '68 Plymouth Barracuda 426 Hemi. '67 Corvette 427 "L88." They should've been mentioned.🤔

@Will-ds8mu

14 күн бұрын

They included a 2 off Vette and Copa Camaro but not the 2 you listed. List is not really muscle cars as many are considered pony cars. Looks like true muscle cars fastest was the Olds.

@schoolboy6633

7 күн бұрын

NO Doubt! That's crazy they wasn't :(

@roseymalino9855

2 күн бұрын

Technically, Cobra and Corvette were not muscle cars. Nor were GT40's Ferrari's etc.

I had a 1967 plymouth gtx and I could stay with or beat most of them.

1967 has always been my favorite year for cars -- the year I got my license. Many thanks for this well-written and well-narrated video.

I believe he meant " quickest ". Fastest is an entirely different matter.

@allanleeth2415

14 күн бұрын

@@rcorn79135 And that's a big 10-4 Buddy !

@Whateva67

14 күн бұрын

A lot of these cars weren’t even that fast,small 14” wheels,low gears. Quick but not fast.

@billyjoesmo8251

8 күн бұрын

Quickest a 1970 Nova rally with a 411 rear end top speed of 90 mph next car I got was a Mercury Cougar 1970 351 Cleveland with a highway rear end 160 +

@RUfromthe40s

7 күн бұрын

@@Whateva67 there is a late 60´s mercury with 7.0L engine only three manual gears built exclusivelly to the Police to chasse cars on the highways, powerfull as hell on wheels, only heard of it and saw it in a tv show never seen one in reality

@bradhardy2629

7 күн бұрын

@@RUfromthe40s the 1969 Dodge Polara 440 hp. Super pursuit was the quickest and fastest cop car of that era.

My Dad had a 1966 Impala SS convertible (396 ci) it was impressive!

@lespaul1755

20 күн бұрын

Sweet 😋

@BenDover-ut4cj

19 күн бұрын

Very nice….

@RUfromthe40s

7 күн бұрын

i had a 66 impala coupé but sold it in 2005, huge but powerfull and sporty look

Maybe not the fastest car of that era but one of the sweetest was the 1965 Pontiac GTO with the 421 Super Duty engine on board.

@joca6282

22 күн бұрын

They were not a GTO engine. 389 back then. Only a Royal Bobcat GTO might. 389 SD's were just as fast as the 421 SD's.

@user-co7fb6qe5w

21 күн бұрын

Probably my favorite as I owned one briefly. 389 4b, 4speed Muncie. Fast and pretty as could be but not the fastest. 13.90s...

@joca6282

21 күн бұрын

@@user-co7fb6qe5w I had a 389 SD with tri power back in the 70's. It was about 550 hp. I did a 10:70 qtr. mile in 1976. I put it in a 68 LeMans sport. Hurst 400 and dual gate shifter with a 3:90 limited slip posi differential. It was 12:1 compression. I beat everything with it. A friend of mine had a 69 GTO and he put a 421 SD dual quads and he couldn't keep up with mine. Never let anyone tell you different on the 389. One of the best and powerful engines ever built.

@woodyw6891

20 күн бұрын

Muscle Cars, According to Motor Trend, June 2023: #1. Pontiac Catalina Super Duty

@user-co7fb6qe5w

20 күн бұрын

@@woodyw6891 what year? What power train?

1969 rambler scrambler should be on the list. I bought one new Quarter mile 12.9 102 Miles per hour

I had to take a cold shower after watching this.

Great vid! Still miss my black on black ‘68 Charger R/T. It was a great street performer.

@dudleyboycott7331

20 күн бұрын

Had 1 so easy to work on the motor . not like today headaches

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

What happened to it?

@johnkeviljr9625

14 күн бұрын

@@HiTechOilCo Sold it back to the guy from whom I bought it. He later sold it someone who parked it in a field in Michigan. Or so I am told.

FORD Australia had the fastest 4 dorr sedan in 1970 the Falcon XY 351 GTHO,4V heads, 9 inch rear end.

Driven or owned, 57 baby blue t-bird, 65 GTO convertable with 389/3duces, 69 L48 corvette, 68 Ranchero w/ big block, 67 impala w/327, 59 MGA-college driver, and came into our shop...68 Mustang 429 GT500 California Special with Pony interior.

Brings Back Memories, THX for posting👍

A 1966 nova 100 with a327 350 hp is never on anyone list but I have seen win a lot of street races

@bmepdoc9675

24 күн бұрын

had one in 1980. they were known as L79's. Mine was a 4 speed car. Clicked off consistent 13.90s @ 110. Bought with 40k + miles in '80 for $1700. Traded on a then new Porsche 911sc. I got $1800 trade-in credit.

@johnthonig1692

24 күн бұрын

L79 are awesome engines Fast and quick

@nathanadrian7797

22 күн бұрын

Technically, to be a "muscle car" it must have a big block engine. Many small block cars out performed their big block counterparts. My buddy had a 69 350 4spd Nova, and I had a 74 360 4spd Duster. I miss those days!

@malcolmhamilton5200

21 күн бұрын

I'll give you that. Power with less weight wins. Csaba Csere was a Car and Driver writer who wrote an excellent article on the 10 best, truly fast muscle cars in the January 1990 issue. He said he remembers the 340 development boys over at Chrysler taking a ride in one of those cars and hurrying back to invent some more horsepower before releasing the 340 in 68'. Happily for an awful lot of buyers, they got it right, because unlike the very rare, pricey, hard to order L79 in those years of Novas, the masses could drop in with very little cash to any Chrysler dealer and walk out with an in stock, very light, very quick, very affordable, fairly roomy, A-bodied 340 that snuck under the insurance red list because "they lied through their teeth" about the 275 HP and 340 ft/lbs of torque. Tens of thousands did and put the hurt on the fatter, heavier, fancier, significantly more expensive, optioned out 400 cube GM intermediates. The NHRA factored the 340s in at 355 HP, because they were cleaning up in their classes. It wasn't fair, but neither was GM only allowing a max of 400 cubes in their intermediate muscle cars all the way through the 60s, having to go up against intermediate Ford's with 428s and Mopars with 440s and even the 426 Hemi. Just the way it was.

@johnthonig1692

21 күн бұрын

@@nathanadrian7797 Google disagrees with you

I'm 71 and appreciate every one of these classic cars. My friend's uncle bought a '67 Firebird convertible with a 400 cu. in. V-8. My friend's uncle let us take it out for a spin...Wow...it was "scary fast!" There are plenty of other muscle cars NOT included in this video.

I’ve been a Vette owner for a long time. Corvette (unfortunately) was not classified as a “muscle car.” It was and is a Sports Car. As much as I”we” liked to call our Vettes “muscle cars,” they weren’t.

@RUfromthe40s

15 күн бұрын

that i didn´t knew and the corvettes i´ve drove were really powerfull , and i noticed in Europe the B.P. gasoline with 98 octanes premium made them a litle faster and later they sold a 100octanes gasoline and i put it always reducing the consume and making them faster and it cleaned the gassoline circuit inside as it had some adictives to do so

@bultacowally

7 күн бұрын

@@RUfromthe40s sorry pal but European gas octane is rated different than the US...numbers are always higher. I seriously doubt changing gas brands made your precious Corvette any faster. It was all in your head. You would never notice the difference if there were any it would be so minute. Just like when we were kids and we attached a playing card to the rear spokes on our bikes to make the motor sound. We were all 110% positive out bikes were going 10 MPH faster than they ever did. You sound a bit........we'll just say confused.

@RUfromthe40s

7 күн бұрын

@@bultacowally because you don´t have a clue of what gasoline is or it´s diferent types shows how clueless you are ,so you don´t notice any diference maybe because you have 2 CV citroen that in reality as 6 h.p. that´s funny some cars can´t even use some types of gasoline like Lancia´s in the 90´s if not 98 up preferable to put led gasoline and i drove a lot in the U.S. as my main service there was to test the cars i brought to Europe ,only used to put Agip premium and B.P. adictivated, if you don´t know there are diferent types of gasoline you have maybe 14 years old and coment what men know, and not noticing the diference it´s ridiculous as the diference in the old only two types of gasoline used to make a lot of diference, keep riding bikes and you´ll learn in a couple of years if you learn how to drive

@RUfromthe40s

7 күн бұрын

@@bultacowally actually you seem to know nothing about cars much more gasoline types that are several, grow up ,there is even oil and gasoline not made for cars but anyone uses it to race, not oficial races

@RUfromthe40s

7 күн бұрын

@@bultacowally yes it´s rated diferentelly that why a 2.0L in-line engine is faster than any 7.0L from the 60´s and 70´s , the peugeot 504 2.0L 4 barrel carburator four door or coupé from 71 or the BMW 2002(73 Alpina) or the Mercedes SL500(73) as all in American market with the changes they make to the car to meet the american standarts drive almost half speed of what they really can achieve

Those were some wild times in the seventies! Additionally, those that lived it no, there was 1/10 of the amount of cars on the road or less but then, and the cops didn't give you too much trouble. Today if you did the same thing you would lose your license in a day

Those were the days. I had ‘67 GTO with a six-pack that could get a move on. All my friends had Firebirds, Roadrunners, Chargers and one had a TransAm. Fastest of all though was my buddy’s ‘67 442. Good times…

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

What happened to your car?

@matthewbernard4427

15 күн бұрын

@@HiTechOilCo I ended up selling it to a motorhead friend of mine. I had a hard time getting that six-pack tuned properly. Anyway, he got 'er up to speed and I ended up with seller's remorse.

@HiTechOilCo

7 күн бұрын

@@matthewbernard4427 - That's too bad. :( Hunt it down and buy it back! :) Life is short. Live it!

Thanks for making and sharing this video = a great list of cars!!!!

I was very lucky to have a lot of muscle cars and all my friends did too they were great days cruising around the hot shop

Very good I had a 1967 Camero SS 350 with a Munci 4 on the floor and a 411 rear end which was quite sprightly

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

*Camaro.

My first car was a cardinal red 1970 GTO convertible with a white top. I bought it in early 1974 when I was a 19 year old Marine stationed at MCAS El Toro.

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

I hope you still have it?

My parents had a 65 GTO 389 - 4 brl - automatic - punch it and passing gear put you back in the seat! Wish I still had it.

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

What happened to it?

@harrydowdall2974

15 күн бұрын

@@HiTechOilCo They gave it to me (1st car!) around 1978 by then it was burning oil and getting rusty, the floors were shot. I sold it to a guy ($300) he was going to rebuild the motor, don't know what became of it.

@HiTechOilCo

7 күн бұрын

@@harrydowdall2974 - That's too bad. :( Hunt it down and buy it back! :) Life is short. Live it!

Your content is greatness!! Keep up the great work and praying for your continued success.

@StillPlaysWithCars_

24 күн бұрын

Thanks, Mad Mike!

@roseymalino9855

21 күн бұрын

Apparently you're unfamiliar with SCCA, and Trans-Am stats from that era.

A friend of mine had a 1969 442, and it had the 455 in it as well, his father worked for oldsmobile, so he got a special package, an old boy was it fast, automatic, would catch 3rd gear big time

Had a 1970 Cutlass Supreme with the 350 Rocket in it. Got 90 mph through the quarter mile.

@Steve-mz7np

18 күн бұрын

Still got my 71 Cutlass S, lumpy 350 rocket, broke the speedo years ago,lol, good times.

@mikeelder6298

18 күн бұрын

@@Steve-mz7np I'm jealous 😒

@Steve-mz7np

18 күн бұрын

@@mikeelder6298 took me 20 years but last week i finally found the right grill for passenger side, 125US turned into 275 CDN delivery/customs, still some somewhat cheap cars in midwest.

Growing up near Detroit, Michigan, my father worked on 1960s muscle cars. The first car I owned was a 1961 Chevy Implala rag top. In 1969 my second car was a 1968 GTO. Finally I purchased a 1967 Pontiac Fire Bird rag top in Feb 1970. My favorite was the Firebird. If I had a chance to buy another classic it would be the Firebird. Mine were not the fastest cars produced in that era but I was fortunate to have owned the one that I like best.

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

What happened to your cars? Do you still have them?

Loved my 70 Chevy Nova SS. Most muscle cars were exceptional, not like all the look alike cars of today.

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

Loved? What happened to it?

@midwestgramma852

15 күн бұрын

Ex sold without my knowledge. Dmv told me whoever it was sold to never transfered title and that car had been totaled.

@HiTechOilCo

7 күн бұрын

@@midwestgramma852 - If true, that's sad. You can do a title search via the D.M.V. using the car's VIN and track the car down. It's not expensive to do this. Hunt it down and buy it back! :) Life is short. Live it!

American Muscle.. Hell Yea all tire shredding BEASTS!

Boss 429. 375 horsepower? I will never believe that.

@iowa_don

7 күн бұрын

According to Wiki "The cars were advertised at 375 bhp (380 PS; 280 kW) at 5200 rpm and 450 lb⋅ft (610 N⋅m) of torque at 3400 rpm. Period dynamometer testing supports Ford's rating. The speed equipment manufacturer Crane Cams tested engines that were stock as manufactured, with the exception of substituting tubular headers for the stock cast iron exhaust manifolds. For the 1969 hydraulic lifter engine, they measured a peak of 352.0 bhp (262.5 kW) at 5500 rpm. The 1970 mechanical lifter engine measured better, with a peak of 366.5 bhp (273.3 kW), also at 5500 rpm." Remember that in those days, they tested without accessories (water pump, alternator, smog pump, A/C, etc.).

69 Camaro ZL1 is one of my favorite cars ever, one day I'll have one

@noahdunaway

18 күн бұрын

You better have deep pockets !

@DavidCrisp-rv7js

18 күн бұрын

@@noahdunaway a man has a right to a dream, maybe I win the lottery, you never know

@DavidCrisp-rv7js

18 күн бұрын

@@noahdunaway and if you're going to dream, you may as well dream big right

@noahdunaway

18 күн бұрын

@@DavidCrisp-rv7js yep 👍

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

If you want to buy a 1969 ZL-1 Camaro, you'll need $1 million +++, if you can even ever find one for sale.

my 2 favorite of this time were 69 chevelle and 68 camaro.

Fastest means highest top speed possible. Quickest means lowest time, highest speed over a certain distance, usually a 1/4 mile

@bultacowally

7 күн бұрын

Well thank you Mr. Science!!!

Yea kiddo. The 1964½ T-Bolt held the record as the fastest production sedan for many years. And you didn't list it LOL

@timsharpe3498

16 күн бұрын

It wasn’t mass produced. Ford made almost enough to get it into NHRA and lost big money on every one they sold.

@GetsumJ

14 күн бұрын

@@timsharpe3498 Well they built enough to win the championship and hold the ¼ mile record for many years.

@timsharpe3498

14 күн бұрын

@@GetsumJ Whether Ford built the required amount is debatable. The NHRA didn’t do a proper car count and Ford played games. I still don’t understand why you want to compare a factory race car that didn’t have a warranty with mass produced vehicles with full warranty coverage and power steering and AC.

Makes me miss my 68' GTO and 65' Mustang. The 69' Judge was the only car that I had a hard time pulling away from, while driving my 81' Yamaha 550 Seca. The Judge was behind me, but right on my ass!

A nice collection of old classics here, and of course, we all know there's more to this list, than these 10. Thanx for the memories. I think I saw the ZL1, at the Barret Jackson auction, here in New England, a few yrs back. It looked like CT

@StillPlaysWithCars_

22 күн бұрын

My pleasure 👍 thanks for watching!

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

"It looked like CT"? What does that mean?

@joequillun7790

15 күн бұрын

@@HiTechOilCo Mohegan Sun Casino is in Ct, where the BJ actions had been.

First car at 17 year old , used 1970 AMC Javelin sst , v-8 , 4 spd. So much fun with this one!

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

I hope you still have it?

leaving the 1966 3000# 350 HP, 6000 rpm Chevy II off the list is a serious omission as they could easily outrun most of your list. I know because I have one.

@SJR_Media_Group

18 күн бұрын

You had a 'Sleeper' that lured unknowing and argent wanna be hot rodders into show down. I had a Plain Jane ugly tan 67 Chevelle SS 396 ordered with high performance everything plus aftermarket too. Easily beat friend's 429 Boss Mustang, and just about everything else on the road. Glad we could buy high octane leaded gas for less than 50 cents a gallon.

The only car I ordered from the factory was a 1967 GTO with a 4 speed Hurst . Had it once over 150 mph and still going when I chickened out. I also out ran a state cop one night but I think it was more out drove him. Wish I still had it and the 1963 Impala convertible I traded in for it.

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

Why don't you have it anymore?

all of these old Beauties would be at least 20% faster 0-60 with todays performance tires remember...... traction was non existent back then.

@chadhaire1711

23 күн бұрын

wrong......the horsepower rating was over rated by 20% back then until 1972. Modern tires only make a difference in corners...NOT is a straight line.

@Jimbilly-nk4sc

19 күн бұрын

I had a 69 rambler scrambler, and with my slicks tires I was able to pull the front end 6 inches off the ground Leaving the line

@camaro69green31

19 күн бұрын

@@chadhaire1711 Wrong?? You obviously know jack squat. Traction is not just for cornering. Why do you think anyone who races 1/4 miles uses more rubber, softer rubber to go faster??? And horsepower was NOT overrated back then it was rated GROSS Horse Power. Educate yourself before you tell people they are Wrong. And stay off your Daddies computer.

Would love to see actual HP ratings as we all know the manufacturer had to “fudge” the numbers for insurance

My cousin had a 1968 Corvette convertible, with the 327 in it, he put a 3/4 race cam in it, stainless steel valves, and it was scary fast

Didn't grow up to be a Muscle Car enthusiast, but always liked seeing the late 60's Camaros and Mustangs at the local A&W when I was in 4th grade or so. Never knew till seeing this, they had such impressive zero to sixty times.

While the Look, sex appeal and sound of the 60's early 70's "muscle car" is something I enjoyed in my youth, 68 GTO, 69 mach 1, 428 cobra Jet, it is long ago history, never to be the same. going fast is not the end all anymore in 2024. We mostly have grown up.

Love my muscle cars! But was fortunate enough to have a 1970 Datsun 240Z when they came out. So ahead of it's time!

My '70 GSX is rated at 370 horsepower yet I regularly outrun Hemi cars and LS-6 cars. The math is not adding up.

@455buick6

16 күн бұрын

IKR, lol🤦

@rverro8478

14 күн бұрын

Does the term "hemi killer" sounds familiar ? I'm slowly rebuilding my GS455 Convertible. I might screw around with my 70 Skylark Custom hardtop. I just miss the comfort of those cars.

@455buick6

13 күн бұрын

@@rverro8478 Definitely familiar to me 👍 I certainly miss not having to exert pressure on my knees as well as scrunching into these tiny things called cars these days, but I've got a 78 and a 86 Cutlass Supreme soon to be back on the road, the 86 will be getting a 70 Buick 455 and the 78 will have a 350 Olds rocket from another 78 Cutty I'm parting out, everything is so much easier to work on and no idiot check engine lights to come on for whatever insane reason.

@josephnewcomb5670

12 күн бұрын

That 370 horsepower rate is bull lol we all know it made more then that

@Robert-iu8qu

11 күн бұрын

I’m not a authority by any stretch of the imagination, but wasn’t the GSX a Torque Monster, (the highest factory toque rating) hence the speed???

What's funny about this is in 2024, I have a luxury SUV that is quicker than all of them. In fact, we have 2 of them!

I had several muscle cars back then. Everyone thought that the HP numbers were fudged but they weren't. They were fairly rated. RWHP, quarter mile times, and trap speeds from the period indicate that the factory power ratings were fairly accurate. Most people seem to have rose-colored glasses.

And now...let's hear from the experts.

My first car was a 1967 SS 396 Chevelle.... it was ordered with every performance option available... and then aftermarket too... Factory Rated at 375 hp, underrated for Insurance purposes. Mine was making over 450 hp and melted rear tires easily. My newest car is a Maserati GT. When Fiat took over Ferrari and Maserati, engines for Maserati were made by Ferrari. My Maserati Ferrari Engine is best sounding car I have ever owned. 0 - 60 around 4 seconds. 0 - 200 scary quick.

@wydopnthrtl

16 күн бұрын

Cool stuff! Two weeks ago I got to drive a 2015 Ferrari California T for the weekend. That thing will smoke my 04 Z06 in every conceivable metric except price of the car and MPG. Oh and exhaust note. The Ferrari is too quiet and my Z06 is too loud... but I like it that way 😆

@SJR_Media_Group

16 күн бұрын

@@wydopnthrtl Thanks for sharing...

I DROVE A 70 DODGE CHALLENGER 440 R/T......LOST ONE STEET RACE OUT OF HUNDREDS BACK IN EARLY 70 S

My Muscle Car: 1964 Plymouth Savoy, 225 C.I. 6 cylinder, with NO POWER STEERING.

L88 Corvettes had big hp and Motion performance built some beasts and the ford 429s went hard.

1970 Mustang Mach-1 with 429 Super Cobra Jet with 2 inline 4 barrel carbs

@HiTechOilCo

15 күн бұрын

What about it?

Didn’t see many of the rare ones run, but out of the more mainstream muscle cars the ‘70 Chevelle 454 was the fastest stock vehicle I saw on the track back then, they were faster by a lot, just a monster car.

Those cars, were the envy of most of us.

song name??

Gimme a second, lemme wipe the drool of my desk....

nothing better than 1969 fastback mustang

All nice rides I would be glad to wake up and see anyone of them next to my Christmas tree with my name

Fastest US car of that era was the 427 Shelby Cobra. Another one near the top, is one I that I own, '69 Corvette L88. Mine is #s matching with a 4 spd. I bought it in '74 when hi po vehicles were very cheap, because of high gas prices and insurance very expensive, with any with a 4 spd.

@tonysendrick6347

20 күн бұрын

The Cobra is not an American car. It's from England. And it never rolled down on American assembly line. A l88 is faster. Just take a look at Julie Pennington en pure stock.

@tonysendrick6347

20 күн бұрын

Shelby got his idea from some guy that was putting small block Chevys in MGs. The guy did not have the backing or funding. And neither did Shelby. He had the car shipped to him. And paid for them after he built them. He went to Chevrolet any wanted to small block Chevy front it to him and they turned him down. Then he went to Chrysler and they turned him down and then he went to Ford

@bradhardy2629

20 күн бұрын

The Hurst hemi Darts and Barracudas are indeed faster than ANY GM OR FORD EVER MADE PERIOD .

@bradhardy2629

20 күн бұрын

​@@tonysendrick6347I disagree.. look up the Briggs Cunningham hemi powered roadster came before the cobra but yet looks just like it

However in 1970 the fastest 1/4 mile car was the El Camino LS 6.

Left our Cobra's with 427 big blocks!

Oh boy here we go...opening the "My car is faster than your car Pandora's Box..... Ok children the forum is open let's hear your fairy tale about the car you USE to own....

The 1969 Yenko Camaro with its L-72 427, 450 horse big block Chevy and 4.10 rear gears was one of the quickest cars to ever come out of Detroit. Mine could hit 0-60 MPH in 4 seconds flat. The 1969 Yenko Camaro deserves to be on this list and right near the top of it too.

@thomasmcdermott8223

13 күн бұрын

I think Yenko used the COPO system as his base cars

@HiTechOilCo

7 күн бұрын

@@thomasmcdermott8223 - Correct and that's the way the were sold by Don Yenko, with the addition of the Yenko stripe kit, which didn't add any horsepower. :) The 1969 Yenko Camaro's were blazingly fast.

69 Roadrunner should have been on here.

@timsharpe3498

16 күн бұрын

They were too busy loading the list with Pony cars and sports cars

Shouldn't this read the quickest, not the fastest? The 1969 Dodge Daytona did 199.97 at Talladega "factory stock".

@bultacowally

7 күн бұрын

That was in NASCAR trim my friend...did over 200 MPH first car ever. They were probably good for 150 showroom stock.

Great video..but turn down the music!!..so I'm not struggling to hear the narration!

No mention of the Australian Ford Falcon GTHO. It was the fastest 4 door sedan in the world at the time. Highly tuned 351 V8.

ZL1 babeeeeee. Why I own a 975hp 2017 version😮

@bradhardy2629

20 күн бұрын

Not a muscle car either way. Plastic cookie cutter GM dime a dozen just like the old day's. Nothing special

@dansherwood9851

19 күн бұрын

@@bradhardy2629 better get a bunch of dimes together then. Of the big 3 muscle cars it by far has the best sorted chassis so is it now a sports car?

Only 2 ever made yea real production car there. I guess this guy has never heard of a Ford Cobra 427 or a 426 Max wedge Dart or a hemi dart or a Ford Thunderbolt 427. Those 4 cars would beat anything in this list. Also the boss 429 mustang was a real elaborate muscle car but they had serious port velocity issues. They wernt very fast compared to the others.

@wymple09

21 күн бұрын

That was in my prime. At the end of the day you didn't play with a big block Vette, & that included those piggish hemi cars, most of which barely broke into the high 12s on a good day on a perfect track.

GM dominated ! I had a 1968 Tempest custom with a 69 Judge 400 Ram Air. It was a 6 seconds flat car.

@RyanMcNabb-en9yw

22 күн бұрын

Dude GM didn't dominate. They all had cool rides in that era.

@nathanadrian7797

22 күн бұрын

No, GM did not dominate. If this list was compiled using 1/4 mile times, that top Vette doesn't make the top 10, and the top GM was the LS6 Chevelle in 3rd. Do some real research and you will see which company, if any, really dominated.

@dansherwood9851

22 күн бұрын

Then get jumping!

@wayawolf1967

21 күн бұрын

@@RyanMcNabb-en9yw No one purchased a Ford. You ended up with a Ford.

@wayawolf1967

21 күн бұрын

@@RyanMcNabb-en9yw Alrighty then.........

No way no how does the Camaro ZL1 do 0-60 in 4.1 with no rear weight and skinny tires.

What? The '64 427 Fairlane Thunderbolt is not included or the '68 L88 Vette? Owned an L88 4-speed posi '68 that was a beast & the only problem was premium gas in '79 dropped to 95 octane. Had to sell it because 106 Racing fuel back then was crazy expensive & our young family came first. Great memories though.

Now the best looking muscle car of all time: a black 71 Cuda!

Time stamp 0:56 - The Pontiac GTO Judge was merely an appearance option. It added absolutely nothing to the performance of the car. Let's get it right.

@arthurbrumagem3844

4 күн бұрын

An ugly car imo ,wasn’t impressed with it

I've been to MANY of the pure stock muscle car races in Mid-Michigan. Of course they all cheat a little here and there but in order to be official they have to pull a head and pass inspection. I tell you the 400 CI Firebirds are awfully quick too. And it's not off the line. It's mid track and the traps where they pull hard.

"Fastest" definition would have the 69 Daytona Charger and 70 Plymouth Roadrunner listed as #1 and #2.

68 Charger, 69 Z28 small block killed the big blocks in 1/4 mi, 66 Ford Fairlane R 427, 68 Fairlane 428 Cobra Jet C6 trans, Many early Mopars (Ramchargers!), let's not forget AMCs AMX in 69/70.

The "RB"designation was NOT "race block",it designation was Raised block. Higher deck height than the "b"block 383

Vettes are still the car to beat. Im mustang guy but love chevys too.

Yea, whatever. Research people, tests and articles written at the time when actually tested. One more thing, when this writer called a Corvette a muscle car, I knew, well, guess he would call a Shelby Cobra a muscle car as well...'nuff said, he is wrong on many of his order listings

Memories of my past at 17 I had a 65 mustang convertible at 19 traded for 69 mach 1 mustang then got married and it all changed

The corvette is a sports car. Not a muscle car.

@Whateva67

14 күн бұрын

People always mistake certain cars as muscle. They look at a 6 cylinder 74 nova and call it a muscle car….WRONG😅

The fastest R.P.O. , regular production order, muscle car in the quarter mile in stock trim was the 70 Chevelle LS 6 450 h.p. 454! Regular Production Order cars had to have at least 500 cars sold. Now don't think I'm biased towards Chevelle's because I'm an avid Camaro fan. I've had one 67 Z-28, 4 68s, I 69, I 70, 1 78, and 1 85 . I've only had two Chevelle's. One 64 and one 71. The 70 LS6 was the fastest and had the highest horsepower rating of all muscle cars period!!!

@JackelinHyde

8 күн бұрын

I would walk those 454 Chevelle's in my 68 Hemi Roadrunner. They just couldnt catch rubber off the line in time to be competitive.

I guess my buddy's '66 Fairlane with a stock 427 that blew everything off the road didn't qualify?

1970 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 the Hemi killer😊

1971 was the last year of the muscle car era

@RUfromthe40s

7 күн бұрын

what about the pontiac firebird formula 400, 73 or 74 was for a brief moment in history the fastest car in the world as the 65 corvette manual gears

What do you call the opposite of a muscle car?

Too bad you didn't get into the plain brown wrappers. My dad had a 1969 Polara with a 440 and police pursuit package.

71' man, 71'!. GM may have dropped their pants and bent over, on compression in 70', but almost all high performance Mopars, and a few Fords, soldiered on right through 71' with their compression ratios and horsepower and torque high.

@markdellacqua1038

21 күн бұрын

Everybody but Ford lowered their CR in 1971.

@malcolmhamilton5200

21 күн бұрын

I'm a Mopar boomer who was there, then. All Mopar's high performance engine line up kept their high compression ratios all the way through 71' and many a Mopar guru will tell you several 440 Six Packs snuck into 72' models. It's very well recognized and well documented. Hemis, 440 Six Packs, 440 HP, 383 4bbls, 340s as well. Only the bread and butter reliability engines, such as /6s, 318s and 383 2bbl engines dropped their compression in 70' and 71'. I mentioned Ford with their Boss 351, but I can't think of another 71' Ford engine that kept it's compression high, unlike the entire Mopar high performance line of engines. Ask around or look it up, I ain't imagining this, I lived through it.

@markdellacqua1038

20 күн бұрын

@@malcolmhamilton5200 Mopar dropped their CR in 1971 except for the Hemi. Look it up.

Nascar changed rules because nothing could even come close to competing with the Daytona. Fastest car on this list. Several cars on this list are faster than the Vette

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No AC cobra?

This isn't accurate at all, not sure where he got his information. If your going to put the corvette in the mix then you have to include the L88 ,L89 L71 they were faster than the top 3.

@StillPlaysWithCars_

21 күн бұрын

I appreciate your insight. Thanks for watching! 🙏

Number 5 the cud’s would pull the wheels off the ground in 2 gear !!

What about the AMX

I thought for sure there would be an L88 in here somewhere. The difference between the ZL1 and L 88 was 100 lbs. I really thought a 67 L88 would be on here. . Those motors are so vicious.

67 beetle with the 1500cc engine. Never got beat in the 1 race it was in…

@BenDover-ut4cj

19 күн бұрын

Those Beetles would run forever!!

@guysumpthin2974

15 күн бұрын

And then you woke-up