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samtheguestblogger on
Jan 11, 2012 in
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Hold your hearts, gents. These patriotic dream cars embody the term “badass” like nothing else. They’re immortalized in history, emblazoned on innumerable posters on garage walls around the country, and remain safely perched on auto lifts in the driveways of motorheads from Seattle to Miami.
They are a few of the greatest old-school cars in American history:
- Most Chevys. Okay—that’s a joke, but on a serious note, Chevy has an unreal amount of legendary old-school cars. Let’s start with the Corvette. Is there a more recognizable car to enthusiasts both young and old? We all have that neighbor with the ’68 Corvette propped up on a 4 post lift in their garage, slowly and painstakingly making every detail perfect for the next car show.
- The Camaro. Like the Corvette, many 2 post lift hold this awesome V-8 from ’68. Marketed as the answer to Ford’s Mustang, the Camaro abandoned the rear-engine design of the Corvair and returned to a tried-and true paradigm that hoisted it to a much-vaunted pantheon of motor greats.
- The Mustang. It’s the iconic old-school Ford circa ’66 that captivated a generation of teens and turned them on to motorsports. Initially introduced in 1964 with lots of options but comparably small power output. In subsequent years, however, that figure more than doubled to 225 horsepower.
- The Shelby GT350. Designed as the answer to Chevy’s Corvette, the Shelby simply roars. It’s got “classic” written all over it, from the huge power output (built on a mustang chassis) to its mid ‘60s styling. It’s the kind of car we’d all love to own to drive around town on a lazy Sunday. But some of us wouldn’t dare—it’s just too pretty.
- The Delorean DMC-12. Oh, by the way, this is a real car. Produced in Ireland in the early ‘80s, the eventual time machine piloted by Doc Brown and Marty McFly in the classic Back to the Future movie series really did exist. Really, it’s real. And that alone makes it epic. But no, it doesn’t actually travel through time when it achieves 88 mph.
What cars would you add to this list? Surely we’ve all got something that sticks in our minds, be it for true automobile merit or because of a delightful memory associated with it (sometimes, both).
El Camino, anyone?
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