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Muscle Cars
By Vinny Marino
I was in my early teens when my older brother came home with a brand-new, absolutely beautiful car. To a wide-eyed boy who religiously read his brother's hand-me-down Car & Driver magazines, the car represented awesome power, even if its looks didn't convey it. Only the hood work over the engine gave a hint of what was underneath. That and the diminutive emblem on the front fenders indicating 396 CID. It was a 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 (SS signifying "Super Sport", not Nazi). The 396 cubic inch displacement engine packed as much as 375 horsepower. This was the age of muscle cars and this was certainly one of them. I will never forget the first time my brother took me for a ride in this machine. As we neared the end of the circular ramp to the highway, I was unprepared for the fury that was about to be unleashed. Bro switched gears, stomped on the accelerator, and I was driven (literally) back against my seat with a G-force I had never experienced before in my young life, or for that matter, ever since. The front of the car seemed to lift up making me feel like we were headed skyward. There I sat glued for what seemed like an eternity, and feeling like I couldn't breathe as we screamed down the highway, the engine roaring like an angry lion. That car was a harbinger of things to come. In 1970, the mother of all muscle cars rolled out of Detroit: The Chevelle SS 454. This monster delivered an unbelievable 450 horsepower--more than any other stock car in that era. I recently came across some sale prices for the 1967 Chevelle SS 396, the highest being an incredible $87,000. |
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