American Muscle Car

American Muscle Car is a weekly television show on Speed (TV channel), produced by Restoration Productions LLC., about muscle cars. Each episode provides a timeline of each vehicle's history beginning with its first year of production to its most recent year of production. The show was initially designed to showcase traditional muscle cars such as the Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang, and Dodge Charger. It eventually added other performance vehicles such as the Shelby Cobra and the Chevrolet Corvette, and even began to focus on specific eras such as the Corvette Stingray. It even created a special dedicated to the last 1967 Corvette Stingray produced.

In 2006 season, the show's focus was expanded to include designers and engineers of muscle car era.

In 2007 season, the show's focus was expanded to include vintage races, powertrain components.

Controversies

In the episode "Bad boys: The Fastest Musclecar Engines", the show claimed that the vintage engines used were built to factory specs and tunings. This resulted in 1967 426 Hemi engine producing 820 hp and 689 lb-ft torque. However, Engine Systems Inc., the company that performed the dynamometer tests, reported that the motors were built as they would have been done in specialty dealers like Yenko, Mr. Norms, and so on. The parts used to build the replica engines came from specialty engine builders, and contained parts that did not meet factory specifications. engines.

Note

The full name of Trans Am is given as "Trans American Sedan Racing Series". This is incorrect. The actual name of Trans Am is the "Trans American Sedan Championship".

External links

• Restoration Productions LLC home page

Episodes

Season 1

S01E01 - 1964 Pontiac GTO

S01E02 - 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge

s01E03 - 1953-62 Chevorlet Corvett

s01E04 - 1967-69 Chevorlet Camaro SS 396

S01E05 - 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunberbolt

s01e06 - Ford Mustang Shelby GT-350

s01e07 - Buick Gran Sport

s01e08 - 1969-71 Hurst Oldmobile 442

s01e09 - Chevorlet Chevelle SS 396 & SS 454

s01E10 - 1961-64 Chevorlet Impala 409

s01e11 - Plymouth Hemi Cuda & Dodge Hemi Challenger

s01e12 - 1968 Chevorlet Nova SS 396