May 2020

Hemmings Muscle Machines

The Ultimate All American Performance Car Magazine.

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Jonathan Shaw, President Terry McGean, Editor-in-Chief Richard Lentinello, Executive Editor Mike McNessor, Editor, Hemmings Motor News Mike Austin, Director of Digital Content, Hemmings Daily Kurt Ernst, Managing Editor Catherine Gee Graney, Mana
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Spreading the Influence
An old friend and I were catching up recently, and he was showing me pictures of the car he’d just bought. After extolling its virtues with the enthusiasm of a teenager, he pointed out, “This is your fault!” He was referring to a time years ago, when
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Letter Of The Month: The Gene Is Real
The car gene that Terry McGean’s column in HMM #199 talks about is real, and is now into the fourth generation in my family. My oldest son, Jacob, is 15 and has his permit to drive in Michigan. He’s been in love with cars since birth. My wife and I j
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Muscleaneous
Every car person’s favorite denim-decked comedian has a new accomplishment to add to his CV: On February 6, Jay Leno was named as a 2020 inductee into the Automotive Hall of Fame, located in Dearborn, Michigan. Jay’s lifelong passion for automobiles
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Production Line
Shown to the public for the first time in 2016, to mark the 50th anniversary of Ford’s victory over Ferrari at Le Mans in 1966, the Ford GT supercar debuted as a 2018 model. A think-outside-the-box halo car, the GT is powered not by a hybrid drivetra
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Backfire
I really enjoyed the Corvette Special Section in the January issue ( HMM #197). In 1972, I bought a ’66 Corvette from a guy in Reno for $900. It was only six years old, but thoroughly abused. The last owner had started to make it into a dragster, but
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Selling Out The Boss
COULD THERE BE A MORE PERFECT TIME for a car to imprint itself on a young man’s psyche than when he’s in high school? It almost doesn’t matter what that car is — it could be a hand-me-down from a relative, it could be a junker purchased with pocket c
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Owner’s View
It was right at Halloween when we had a three-day weekend without our kids, and Darlene and I flew to Seattle to see my old car. My anticipation and emotions were running high as we pulled up in front of the owner’s house. He opened the garage door a
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Specifications
Base price.....................................................................................................................$2,740 Options on car profiled......... Boss 302 package, including special handling suspension, Magnum 500 wheels, Wide Ov
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Bruiser Weight
FIVE YEARS AGO, WE COULDN’T believe that something like a Hellcat Charger would be unleashed on an unsuspecting America. Seven hundred and seven horses! Would buyers care? Would they pony up 70-large for a Dodge sedan? Could the enthusiasm last? The
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Owner’s View
Because I have grown up with the GTX, it has meant different things to me at different times in my life. When I was 16, it felt like I had much of my identity wrapped up in it. I would think about it all the time—about where I was going to drive it,
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Many Thanks, Dad!
FRED LANG IS REMEMBERED by his family for a variety of positive attributes and memorable actions in his life, but high among them is his purchase of this 1970 Plymouth GTX, in 1976. Furthermore, his desire to keep the car in the family meant that he
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Specifications
Base price.....................................................................................................................$3,535 Options on car profiled ............................Light Package ($29.60); Track Pak ($142.85); disc brakes—front (
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Teachable Moments, A La Mustang
YOU’VE NO DOUBT heard the oft-repeated lament about today’s youth, and how they just don’t care about cars. It’s been cited in a doomsday sense to predict the end of the car hobby, and it’s also frequently blamed for the severe lack of qualified auto
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1994 Ford Mustang Cobra Indy Pace Car
FIT AIN’T BROKE, WHY FIX IT, RIGHT? That seemed to be the logic behind Ford’s Fox-platform Mustang. Introduced in 1979, the third-gen unit-body pony’s chassis originated from the Ford Fairmont/Mercury Zephyr line unveiled a year prior, but the new Mu
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Parts Guide
Searching for better audio in your first-gen Mustang, Mustang II, or 1979-’84 Fox body, but don’t want to modify the dash or change the look of your interior? Custom Autosound has what you need, and its USA-230 radio is designed to be affordable with
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The Spin Doctor
THE CONCEPT IS BRUTALLY SIMPLE: To run quicker in the quarter-mile, you have to make more power or reduce the weight of the vehicle. Lighter is always quicker. Hidden within that concept is the idea that if we reduce the weight of the spinning compon
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Owner’s View
I have always loved Pontiac and Oldsmobile muscle cars. I bought my first when I was 18 years old and I currently also have a modified 455-powered 1974 Trans Am as a stablemate to the Formula. The 1970-’73 Formulas are significantly less costly than
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Exercising Moderation
NOT ALL BUILDUPS HAVE TO ORIGINATE WITH A rusted-out hulk, a pile of parts, and a dream. Sometimes even a finished ride can reap the benefits of a new owner’s imagination. For instance, Steve Curry of Goodyear, Arizona, craved an early 1970s Firebird
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Ask Ray
Q: About 25 years ago, my neighbor had a mucked-up engine and oil light problem on an old police cruiser his brother had bought at auction. He changed the oil many times to no avail and asked me what I would do. I advised him to remove the pan, clean
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Living The Dream
I GREW UP IN WHAT WAS THEN rural New Jersey. Most of my friends lived on family farms. Many purchased high-performance cars right after high school. Owning a car of my own was out of the question, as a college education was non-negotiable in my famil
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Specifications
Block type...........................................................................................Pontiac V-8; cast-iron Cylinder heads .....................................Pontiac casting #96; cast-iron, 2.11/1.77-in valves Displacement..........
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Product Test: Gearwrench Ratcheting Flex Flare Nut Wrench Set
Anyone who works on cars is always on the lookout for the next tool to make some job easier, often thinking about a specific task that might have been painless if the right tool had been at hand.That’s sort of what was running through our minds when
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The Goods
CLASSIC INDUSTRIES • 855-357-2787 • WWW.CLASSICINDUSTRIES.COM • $64.99-$129.99 After a lifetime of engine bay maintenance, hood latches can start to wear out. New latches for your 1966-’79 Chevy II/Nova are now available to replace your aging origin
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Mecum Kissimmee 2020
IT WAS JANUARY. That meant the New Year’s Eve hangovers had finally dissipated and collective minds had swiveled back toward normal concerns, like cars of the past. That’s why Mecum’s first sale of 2020 was so significant. The Midwest auction giant’s
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Scottsdale Snippets
The January juggernaut in the collector-car auction world that is Scottsdale has concluded with results available from several auction houses. Here is a small sampling of high-performing muscle cars that were successfully sold. Look for more in-depth
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Up Next
May will be a busy month, with an increase in auctions around the country. Three events will take place in Indiana, including two from RM Sotheby’s — the first set for Elkhart on May 1-2. An early look at the consignment list shows this beautiful 196
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The “Winner-nationals”
By the time this column reaches you, the 2020 NHRA season will have already begun with one of the sport’s longest-running and most historic national events, the Winternationals in Pomona, California. That famous quarter-mile at the Los Angeles County
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CRUISIN’ & RACING
Elkhart, Indiana 519-352-4575 Nocona, Texas 504-264-2277 Canfield, Ohio 330-477-8506 White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia 877-935-0426 Lawrence, Kansas 785-843-2222 Rhinebeck, New York 845-758-3357 (6-9 p.m.) Dowling Park, Florida 386-658-5933 Chatswo
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Going Shopping
Strange things happen when you put several hardcore car people together at an automotive swap meet. They become like sharks in a feeding frenzy, ready to bite onto anything tasty for their respective muscle cars. At a venue like this, there is no suc
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The Mustang And Its Mighty Mills
MUSTANGS HAVE ALWAYS RUN the gamut from stylish commuter to performance car, with various levels of seriousness depending on the public’s appetite for such things. When it first arrived in April 1964, its Falcon basis was evident based on the equipme
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All Discussions In This Column
regarding repairs, conversions, parts swaps, etc. are offered as suggestions. Performing any such work should be accompanied by thorough research to verify proper parts compatibility and procedures to achieve a safe, functional result. We welcome a
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Gear
THE BUSTED KNUCKLE GARAGE • 928-708-0897 WWW.BUSTEDKNUCKLEGARAGE.COM • $39.95 The automotive world seems to have gone fully automatic, and with it, modern life feels like it’s creeping along in drive, requiring no input and out of our control. That’
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Swap Meet
Q: I am looking for larger front disc brakes for my 1979 Malibu on the cheap. I am wondering if a spindle from a 1989 Caprice would fit onto a 1979 Malibu, so I can use the 12-inch rotors and the larger brake setup. Wes Whittington Via hemmings.com

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