Innholdsfortegnelse for November 2019 i Hemmings Muscle Machines

19631/2 FORD GALAXIE 500 427 LIGHTWEIGHT PRICE Base price ....................................................................................................................$2,783 Price as profiled............................................................................................................$4,122 Features and options on car profiled ...............Lightweight conversion with 427 engine ($1,414); credit for heater delete (-$75) ENGINE Type........ Ford FE-series; 90-degree OHV V-8 with cast-iron block and cylinder heads Cylinder heads ..........................Cast-iron “low riser” with 68-cc combustion chambers; 2.090/1.660-in valves Displacement.........................................................................................................425-cu.in. Bore x stroke................................................................................................4.232 x 3.784 in Compression ratio...........................................................................................................11.6:1 Horsepower @ rpm.....................................................................425 @ 6,000 (advertised) Torque @ rpm......................................................................480 lb-ft @ 3,700 (advertised) Camshaft type...............................................................Mechanical with flat-tappet lifters Duration...................................................306/306 degrees, intake/exhaust (advertised) Lift.....................................................................................500/.500-in lift, intake/exhaust Valvetrain ....Solid lifters with hardened pushrods and steel rocker arms with 1.76:1 ratio Main bearings.........................................................................................Five (cross-bolted) Fuel system ............................ Two Holley 4160-series 540-cfm four-barrel carburetors Ignition system.............................................................12-V, dual breaker-point distributor Lubrication system.............................................................Full-pressure, gear-type pump Exhaust system........... Long-branch cast-iron manifolds and 2-in dual…

FULL DISCLOSURE: When this Grabber Blue 1971 Torino rolled out of Ford’s San Jose, California, assembly plant, it was painted Bright Yellow. Back then, it also had an automatic transmission with a column shift. Today? A floor-mounted Hurst stirs a Toploader four-speed. The Torino’s current owner, Bob Green of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, bought the car a few years ago and, at the time, it was still covered in yellow paint—much of which was original. The car had lived on the West Coast most of its life, so rust was nearly nonexistent, and the mileage was relatively low at less than 40,000. Now, you’re probably wondering, what prompted the color change and transmission swap on a nice, running, driving car? Well, memories... In 1971, Bob treated himself to a brand-new Torino GT…

We’ve all made mistakes and we’ve all spent money that we know swirled down the drain like the hair you used to have in high school. A restoration represents a huge investment and it’s all too easy to burn cash needlessly. Here are five easy ways to overheat your checkbook: 1. Choose the resto shop by price alone On a 1,000-hour restoration, there’s a $10,000 difference between a $60-per-hour labor rate and a $70-per-hour rate. That’s not chump change, but it should not be the determining factor for selecting a restorer. Do your homework to make sure the shop does the caliber of work you want and that your car won’t languish in the back corner for five years. Even if you pay a little more in the long run,…

BUYERS AND SPECTATORS were presented with a vast variety of captivating muscle cars at Dana Mecum’s 32nd Original Spring Classic at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, in Indianapolis, on May 14-19. Among the numerous collections featured, two especially high-profile examples were the Steven Juliano Estate Collection and the Steven Juliano Dealership Showroom Display Collection. The first offered legendary Plymouth Rapid Transit System Caravan vehicles, Chrysler display engines, Shelby Cobras, and much more. The second presented 2,500-plus lots of Road Art featuring 1960s and ’70s Mopar marketing materials and additional automobilia, including some from Ford and Shelby. A 1967 Shelby 427 S/C Cobra from the Juliano collection took the number one spot in the top five sales at $2,860,000, and his 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra earned the second position at $2,420,000. Third…

NOVEMBER 1-3 HILTON HEAD ISLAND CONCOURS d’ELEGANCE Hilton Head, South Carolina 843-785-7469 2-3 DAVE AND ED’S SUPER AUTO EVENTS Canton, Ohio 330-477-8506 3 SUMTER SWAP MEET Bushnell, Florida 727-848-7171 7-9 GAA CLASSIC CARS AUCTION Greensboro, North Carolina 855-862-2257 8-9 LAS VEGAS AMC REUNION Henderson, Nevada 775-513-8112 8-9 SPRINGFIELD SWAP MEET & CAR SHOW Springfield, Ohio 937-376-0111 8-10 PONTIAC HEAVEN WEEKEND Chandler, Arizona 480-899-7873 10 LONG BEACH HI-PERFORMANCE SWAP MEET Long Beach, California 800-762-9785 14-17 ZEPHYRHILLS AUTO FALL EVENT Zephyrhills, Florida 813-312-4009 22-24 McCORMICK’S CAR AUCTION Palm Springs, California 760-320-3290 22-24 MOULTRIE SWAP MEET Moultrie, Georgia 229-896-2150 23-24 MUSCLE CAR & CORVETTE NATIONALS Rosemont, Illinois 586-549-5291 24 PONIES UNDER THE PALMS Bradenton, Florida 920-944-8137 NOVEMBER 28-DECEMBER 1 DAYTONA TURKEY RUN Daytona Beach, Florida 386-255-7355…

K&K CHARGER DAYTONA TAKES AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE AWARD How fast could a Dodge Charger Daytona go without interference from NASCAR? One championship-winning team set out to discover its top speed nearly 50 years ago and accumulated dozens of speed records for its effort. Now, the K&K Insurance 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona has racked up one more honor, the Historic Vehicle Association’s National Automotive Heritage Award. Nord Krauskopf’s K&K Insurance team won the overall NASCAR championship in 1970 with 11 outright wins, 13 poles, and 38 top-10 finishes. Bobby Isaac drove Krauskopf’s Harry Hyde-prepared Daytona to that championship and won the National Motorsport Press Association’s Driver of the Year award in doing so. In the process, Isaac drove the Daytona to a record qualifying speed — 199.658 mph at Talladega — and,…

1969 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER PRICE Base price....................................................................................................................$3,083 Options on car profiled...................... 426-cu.in. Hemi V-8 ($813.45); Air Grabber (incl.) ENGINE Type......................Chrysler “Street Hemi” OHV V-8; cast-iron block and cylinder heads Displacement.........................................................................................................426-cu.in. Bore x stroke.....................................................................................................4.25 x 3.75 in Compression ratio........................................................................................................10.25:1 Horsepower @ rpm...........................................................................................425 @ 5,000 Torque @ rpm............................................................................................490 lb-ft @ 4,000 Camshaft....................................284 degrees duration, .484/.475-in lift, intake/exhaust Valvetrain........................................................................................Mechanical valve lifters Main bearings...................................................................................................................Five Fuel system ............................................... Dual Carter 625–cfm four-barrel carburetors, aluminum intake manifold, mechanical high-output fuel pump Ignition.................................................................................Chrysler dual-point distributor Lubrication...........................................................................Full-pressure, gear-type pump Electrical system..............................................................................................................12-V Exhaust..... Dual with high-flow cast-iron manifolds, and twin mufflers and resonators TRANSMISSION Type.................................................Chrysler A-833 four-speed manual, all synchromesh Ratios................................ 1st/2.65:1 … 2nd/1.93:1 … 3rd/1.39:1 … 4th/1:1 … Reverse/2.57:1 DIFFERENTIAL Type................................................................Dana 60 housing with Sure Grip differential Ratio.................................................................................................................................4.10:1 STEERING Type...............................................................................................Manual worm-and-sector Turns, lock-to-lock..........................................................................................................5.33 Turning circle................................................................................................................40.7 ft BRAKES Type..........................................................Hydraulic,…

1970 BUICK GSX PRICE Base price.....................................................................................................................$3,283 Options on car profiled............GSX package ($1,195); fast variable ratio power steering ($121.12); Sonomatic radio ($69.51); Carpet Savers and handy mats ($14.54) ENGINE Type................................... Buick tall-deck OHV V-8; cast-iron block and cylinder heads Displacement......................................................................................................455.7-cu.in. Bore x stroke.................................................................................................4.3125 x 3.90 in Compression ratio..........................................................................................................10.0:1 Horsepower @ rpm...........................................................................................350 @ 4,600 Torque @ rpm.............................................................................................510 lb-ft @ 2,800 Valvetrain.............................................Hydraulic-lifter camshaft (0.3891/0.4602-in lift, intake/exhaust; 290/322 degrees duration), shaft-type rocker arms, 2.00/1.625-in valves, intake/exhaust Main bearings...................................................................................................................Five Fuel system......................................Rochester Quadrajet four-barrel, mechanical pump Ignition system..................................................................................................................12-V Exhaust system.................................Dual, cast-iron manifolds; low-restriction mufflers TRANSMISSION Type.................................................. GM Muncie M21 four-speed manual, all syncromesh Ratios .......................... 1st/2.20:1 … 2nd/1.64:1 … 3rd/1.28:1 … 4th/1.00:1 … Reverse/2.27:1 DIFFERENTIAL Type..................................................................GM “B-O-P” 8.2-in, limited-slip differential Ratio................................................................................................................................3.42:1 STEERING Type..............................................................................Recirculating ball nut; power assist Ratio..........................................................................................Variable, 17.0:1-13.6:1 overall Turns, lock-to-lock.............................................................................................................3.4 Turning circle................................................................................................................39.9 ft BRAKES…

BY 1963, A NEW FRONT HAD OPENED IN THE Stock Eliminator war: “lightweighting.” Detroit’s Big Three had already shelled each other with increasingly powerful and larger-displacement engines running right up against the 7.0-liter threshold that made them legal in NASCAR and FIA racing series. Those big-inch engines, including Ford’s FE-based 427 (it technically displaced just less than 426 cubic inches), Chevy’s W-head 427, and Mopar’s 426 Wedge, were equally effective in helping their respective manufacturers advance their positions in the staging lanes. However, when there were no more cubic inches to add, lightweighting was the logical response, as shedding pounds would increase the power-to-weight ratios of the rotund, full-bodied sedans. Chrysler, Chevrolet, and Pontiac went with aluminum body panels and Pontiac even went as far as cutting lightening holes in…

DRAG STRIPS WERE BUILT for competition, and some of the battles that have risen between racers on the quarter-mile are now the stuff of legend. But while the actual racing happens on the track, much of sport’s activity takes place in the pits, where competitors thrash to prepare their cars, put the final tweak on a combination, and trash-talk the guys they’ll soon line up against. But it’s not all posturing and animosity — camaraderie here can run deep, and it’s not unusual for competitors to wind up as friends. This past spring, we were approached during our Musclepalooza event by some racers who thought we should meet their friend, Brian Macway, who was at the track that day to run his 1968 Barracuda in the 10-second bracket class. Brian…

WE’RE FINALLY GETTING CLOSE to firing up our Chevelle’s new 427 big-block crate engine, getting down to the final assembly, including the cooling system. Since this car has always had a big-block, we didn’t need to completely rethink the system — instead, we’re using factory-style parts with a few select upgrades. As with most of this project, we didn’t want to rob parts off the Chevelle’s stock 396 engine, and we felt the new engine warranted a new radiator. Our desire to lean towards factory-style parts led us to retain a stock-style V-belt accessory drive system, as we covered back in the September 2018 issue (#181), though almost all of its components are new reproductions from Original Parts Group.The Chevrolet Performance ZZ427 engine ships with a water pump, but it’s…

MONTEREY MUSCLE Monterey, in August, is generally considered to be sports and classic car territory. Plenty of international fodder on display, both at the shows (Pebble Beach, The Quail, Legends of the Autobahn, Concorso d’Italiano, Concours d’Lemons, etc.) and at the events (Monterey Historics, any of the half-dozen auctions being held around town during the week). While traditional muscle didn’t make any significant moves here, American (and American-powered sports cars) cracked the Top Ten of most auction houses’ run sheets during the week. The Bonham’s auction at Quail Lodge saw a ’17 Ford GT ’66 Heritage edition go for $1.050 million; a Shelby-managed McLaren M6B Can-Am car sold for $445,000; a Heritage Edition (Gulf colors) ’06 Ford GT sold for $345,000; a Peerless GTP Corvette Lola-chassis Group C racer, powered…

UNBRIDLED: 2020 SHELBY GT350R MORE AGILE FOR DRESSAGE EVENTS Performance fans always dreaming of a car with street sense may well have found it in the charismatic 2020 Shelby GT350R: a slew of affirmed chassis improvements make the Mustang more enchanting than ever. A number of elements have been cribbed from the upcoming GT500. These include new front-end geometry with a redesigned high-trail steering knuckle, a new steering rack, and recalibrated electric power steering control, decidedly improved to better assault the street. Exhaust resonators also have been removed for weight savings, so your GT350 will no longer be all that quiet. The GT350R can also be dressed in new colors Grabber Lime, Twister Orange, Iconic Silver, or Red Hot Metallic. $59,995 TO START, IF YOU WANT A NO-OPTION BASE 2020…

EVERY CAR HAS A STORY, IT’S TRUE.  Sadly, some of those stories are lost more or less forever, once the car in question finds a new owner. Not only does a full provenance add to the economic value of an old car, but it greatly increases the historical value. Even better is when a known history is attached to one of the most coveted models of its era. While it would be great to have the complete story on even the most modest 318-powered Satellite, something like Plymouth’s legendary budget-brawler Road Runner muscle car typically makes for even more compelling reading. Add in one of the vaunted 426-cu.in. Street Hemi engines and you have the kind of story everyone is eager to hear. Eric Clark, of Hillsdale, New York, has…

MUSCLE CAR FANS have always been obsessed with numbers. Big numbers always impress — cubic inches, horsepower. But frequently, smaller numbers are better. Zero-to-60 sprints? Quarter-mile elapsed times? The smaller the number, the quicker the run, and the bigger the smile on your face. Half a century later, it’s as much about production numbers — how many were made, and how many have survived 50-plus years. If nothing else, it helps justify the amount of money you’ve spent — a number that, all too frequently, is not small. There are sane limits to this line of reasoning, of course. Get deep enough into the options list, and nearly any muscle machine could be a one-of-one. “You mean it’s green with a blue deluxe interior, radio delete, and crank windows only…

ALTHOUGH MUSCLE CAR COLLECTOR Mark Hassett claims to have owned more than 60 muscle cars and Corvettes in his lifetime, he has shown a particular fondness for Baldwin-Motion Camaros, and this 1971 Phase III Baldwin-Motion 454 is living proof of that. “I wanted one of these cars way back in the early 1970s, but due to GM’s UAW strike, I had to settle for a 1970 Mach 1 Mustang instead,” he told us. Mark ultimately traded in the Mustang on a 1972 Corvette, a car that set the stage for his collecting rare and unusual GM muscle cars. However, up until recently, one particular GM specialty car had eluded him. A few years ago, Mark tried for what seemed like the umpteenth time to acquire this Cranberry Red second-generation Baldwin-Motion…

A FRIEND OF OURS, JEFF Murphy, dragged his unrestored ’69 Mustang Mach 1 onto a trailer and sent it off to a restoration shop after it languished in his walk-out basement for the better part of 30 years. He was surprised when the estimate for the bodywork and paint elements of the project came this close to $40,000. At a glance, the dusty, but complete and seemingly solid pony car didn’t need much. Sure, there were some rust bubbles behind the rear wheel openings and the dings and minor dents that come on a 50-year-old car — even if it had spent more than half of its life off the road — but for someone who hadn’t had a muscle car restored before, the bodywork and paint estimate was a…

IT’S BEEN SAID THAT OPINIONS are like belly buttons: Everybody has one. So, we’re not surprised that notions on what constitutes a proper Pro Touring machine are as prolific as the proverbial navel nub. Still, most enthusiasts would agree that improvements in steering, brakes, and suspension will top the list of mandatory must-haves. In this installment of our budget-built Pro Touring Camaro, we intend to address each of those areas, starting up front. If you’ve been following along, you’ll recall that in the last segment of the build we removed the front clip, cleaned and painted the frame and firewall, and installed our engine and transmission. Despite the fact that the previous owner had accomplished much of the grunt work by cleaning the underside of the Camaro and rebuilding the…

BODY The 4-4-2 option was available on the Cutlass two-door hardtop or the Cutlass S sports coupe (has vent windows, side window frames, and a B-pillar) or hardtop. If you wanted a convertible 4-4-2, the upscale Supreme was the only choice. For 1972, the headlamp bezels and Rocket emblem featured black accents. The 4-4-2 grille colors were the inverse of 1971, now with silver in the mesh area and black on part of the surrounds, and the “442” number grille emblems were now red instead of black. The taillamp lenses were updated to a six-box segmented appearance. ENGINE The 160-hp L32 350 two-barrel (standard in Cutlass and Cutlass S) and 180-hp L34 350 four-barrel engines (standard in the Supreme), when fitted with dual exhaust, were uprated to 175 and 200…

Oxidation is the bane of old-car enthusiasts, and restorers in particular have long struggled to maintain the correct appearance of the bits and pieces of certain vehicles that may have been left in bare metal by the factory. These are most often cast-iron parts, which the factory may have sprayed with machine oil to stave off rust. That oil would then collect dirt and such, forming a sort of crust that may or may not have sealed out moisture.Years later, when it was time to restore some of these cars, options included allowing new rust to settle in, soaking the parts in oily coatings to prevent new rust, or spraying the parts with paint formulated to give the appearance of bare cast iron. None of those options appealed to the…