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1976 Chevrolet Full-Size Cars

Chevy’s 1976 Caprice and Impala were the automaker’s largest-ever full-size cars. With a 121.5-inch wheelbase and a 222-inch overall length, the big Chevy B-body was also saddled with the weakest standard 350-cubic-inch smallblock engine in history: 145 net horses through two thirsty carburetor barrels. They were out of touch with a post-OPEC

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