Consummate hot rodder Dave Wallace, Jr. blogs about an 80,000-mile Survivor brought back to life by a do-it-yourselfer who has been watching it since 1981!
Dave Wallace usually writes about ferocious fuelers and kick-ass hot rods, but when he met up with hands-on car guy Scott Edwards and his ’61 Fury, he was impressed. They bonded almost immediately as Dave’s driver is a 70,000-mile ’61 Belvedere and both Plymouths were in the same place at the same time! Unlike Scott’s 360 V8-powered Fury,...
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FLASHBACK
’70 PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD: VITAMIN C!
Ron Charity’s Dad bought this winged Road Runner Superbird new and
it’s still in the family!
The story of Ron Charity’s ‘70 Plymouth began in August 1969, when the 440 four-speed Superbird rolled off the line at Chrysler’s Hamtramck plant in Michigan for delivery to Sorenson’s Plymouth/Dodge in Toronto, Canada. Ron and his Dad were going car shopping, driving a small-block ‘67 Chevelle 327 on Sheppard Avenue. Their first stop was Hudson’s Chevrolet to check out an orange ‘70 Pontiac GT...
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BUICK SKYLARK GS 400: PERFORMANCE & LUXURY!
Best known for its luxury cars, Buick refined its midsize Skylark in 1967
boosting output to 340 horsepower.
When the 1967 Riviera and Skylark Gran Sports were announced, Buick was not shy in its advertising, calling attention to their performance capabilities: Your Father Never Told You There’d Be Buicks Like This!
The GS 400 Skylark offered a 340-horsepower 400-inch engine, while the Riviera GS packed a 430-inch load rated at 360 horsepower. Buick was a unique player in the 1960s S...
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’67 OLDS W-30 4-4-2: SERIOUS SUPERCAR!
Our friends at Wild About Cars blog about Gene Horn’s Ram-Air Oldsmobile that has all the goodies available from the factory.
In 1967, Oldsmobile built 24,833 Cutlass models with 4-4-2 badging, including approximately 500 with race-engineered W-30 Ram-Air induction. (NHRA data for 1967 W-30 Olds shows 502 units.) The Ram-Air cars are immediately recognizable by the front-end headlight area intake scoops, connected to hoses in the engine compartment that bring cool fresh air to the single Qua...
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MOTION PHASE III CORVETTE: STINGRAY THAT SCREAMS!
Built on a new ’69 Corvette for a returning Vietnam vet in 1969, this 482-inch Motion Stingray cruises at 120 mph and tops out at 160.
After serving in Vietnam in 1968, David McCaughey returned home to Southampton, PA. He had read about Phase III Corvettes in magazines and Baldwin-Motion catalogs while in Vietnam and wanted a Motion-powered Phase III Corvette. Had he not found a great deal on a new one in stock at nearby Reedman Chevrolet in Langhorne, he would have ordered his Corvette alon...
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LAMBORGHINI MIURA ROADSTER: ONE OF ONE!
There’s only one, and it will be at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance along with the latest Aventador LP 700-R roadster.
Very few cars have made an impact in the world of exotics and Supercars like Lamborghini’s stunning Miura. Designed by Marcello Gandini for Bertone, the Miura was manufactured with a mid-mounted four-cam V12 in 1966 through model year 1972. Models include the original 350-horsepower Miura (1966-1969), 370-horsepower Miura S (1969-1971) and 385-horsepower SV (1971-19...
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