A VHRYSLER

In 1966, the U.S. auto industry was busy sorting itself out into three main categories: full-size, intermediate and compact. At General Motors, Pontiac had broken the corporate edict of “no big-block engines in intermediates” in 1964 by installing the division’s 389-cid V-8 into the LeMans to create the GTO. In doing so, Pontiac set off what would become the “muscle car” wars that made the rest of the decade exciting.

Chrysler had already played a role in energizing the horsepower race in 1951 by installing its