The Chevy MK II 427 "Mystery Engine" was never developed for Drag Racing. It was strictly for NASCAR stock car racing and premiered at Daytona 1963. Drag racers had the 427 Z11 - the engine created from the MK I 409.

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Just a bit of trivia: the MK II 427 was the first Chevy engine to use a Holley carb as it's float design was superior to that of the Carter AFB, what Chevy was using on all of it's engines with a 4 BBL carb.

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Though it says " 427 HP" on the hood, the MK II 427 put out about 540 HP in race tune. More than 100 HP improvement over the MK I 409 which Chevy was using for NASCAR in 1962.

Here is the breakdown for the three choices of stripes for the 1970 Charger R/T

V6_ - Tape Stripe Longtitudinal: 49.3%

V8_ - Bumblebee Tape Stripe: 30.6%

V68 - Stripe Delete: 20.1%

9730 1970 Charger R/Ts were built in 1970.

Now . . . do some searching on the internet for the 1970 Charger R/T and you will see a whole different mix of the three options. IMO, they look like this:

V6_ = 5%

V8_ = 94%

V68 = 1%

From the first set of numbers the Long. Tape Stripes were more popular than the Bumble Bee stripes. But when these cars are restored, the BB stripe is clearly the choice. And I have seen very few 1970 Charger R/Ts with no stripes and there should be a lot of them . . . but there aren't.

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This was the standard stripe pattern for the 1968 Dart GTS. The Bumblebee stripe was a N/C option.

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It's a very rare 1967 GTA 289 HiPo Mustang Fastback with the Competition Handling Package which included the 15" Galaxie wheel covers as Ford did not have a 15" "road wheel" back in 1967.

This was a very expensive car back in 1967. Base price was $2,592.17. Then you add $205.05 for the GT option, $433.55 for the 289 HiPo engine, $220.17 for the auto trans, $388.53 for the Competition Handling Package, Power front disc brakes: $64.77, Power steering: $84.47 and $57.51 for an AM radio. That totals $4,046.22

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It's a pre-production 1969 Boss 429 engine. Differences from the production one are: iron heads instead of aluminum, the unique magnesium valve covers that say "FORD" on them, a single carb intake with a Holley Dominator on it and the offset distributor.

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1912 Marion Model 33 Bobcat Speedster

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Any time of the year the Beatnik Bandit can be found on permanent exhibit at the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada, but on July 21. 2019 the pearl white, bubble-topped beauty will mingle with the crème de la crème of automobiles at the 64th annual Hillsborough Concours d’ Elegance in Burlingame, California.

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The World’s Most Consumed Alcohol Is One You Might Not Have Tried. But It's Coming to a Bar Near You

My dad made the sheet metal components for those ( Oil pan, valve covers, rocker arms) at Chevrolet Flint Manufacturing, Pressed Metal Division, aka "Chevy in the Hole".

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The pony-car market hit its high point at 1968 with an 11 percent market share. By 1971, its market share had fallen to just 3.9 percent

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1971 340 Challenger R/T - white with white R/T stripes (1 of 1)

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The Mustang in the movie BULLITT used prototype Firestone blackwall radial tires. No size is known but it is thought they were GR7015.

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The 442 first offered body colored Super Stock wheels in 1971

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This wasn't a new idea for Olds . . . . 1958 Super 88

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There's an old expression . . . . To fortel the future . . . look back to the past.

Neat to see the old picture of the Roadrunner in the dealer show room with all of the recent attention to the Steven Juliano collection!