The most "significant" Chevrolet performance car.

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significant car or shall i say cars would be any 55 Chevy with a V-8. had that V-8 not been introduced in 55, none of the others would have been where they are today


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EXCELLENT point, Jeff...if nothing else, the SBC should get it's own paragraph for changing the hot rodding landscape for years and years to come!

IMO, the true answer to the original question is probably more of a "personal" thing, ya know? Someone mentioned a bubbletop back in Chi-town that started it for them...someone else mentioned seeing a 'Vette and beginning the love affair...me, I've always told dad that ZL1 #3 would be near the top, but Barnhart's car trumps that hands down and is probably my #1 or #1a...but, being a Chevelle guy deep down, I've always thought the red LS6 on the brochure hooked a LOT of folks back in the day, plus I might happen to know where a *fairly* decent & historic example might be parked!