King of the Muscle Cars

[marxjunk]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

But that's just it - the 1969 ZL1 really wasn't a muscle car. It was a purpose built race car

LEE...You just described an A12....a purpose built race car....

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by marxjunk

LEE...You just described an A12....a purpose built race car....

But it wasn't. Chrysler never designed the car for the purpose of say winning NHRA B/Stock.

What the A12 was is a car that was a "turn-key muscle car" with the best features that Chrysler had to offer and most important - be affordable. A car that could beat 90% of the muscle cars on the street at that time. A car that was to be sold in the thousands. That $3800 price I posted was MSRP. You could have easily drove one away for $3550 - HALF the price of a ZL1 Camaro.

The only cars that really gave the A12s a run for it's money were the 1969 L72 COPO Camaros and Chevelles. Same principle as the A12: L72 427/425 HP engine, 4 speed or TH400 (mandatory), PFDB (mandatory) HD cooling package, a Ram Air system that worked (Camaro), RWL tires and 4.10 12 bolt rear.