June 2022

Hemmings Muscle Machines

The Ultimate All American Performance Car Magazine.

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Continuing Education
From an early age, I was interested in learning how various things worked, and naturally that curiosity was often focused on cars. Even before I was done with elementary school, I tried to get my hands on books that showed how the various systems of
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Hemmings Muscle Machine
Jonathan Shaw, President Terry McGean, Editor-in-Chief Mike McNessor, Editor, Hemmings Motor News Mike Austin, Director of Digital Content, Hemmings Daily Kurt Ernst, Managing Editor Matthew Litwin, Senior Editor Mark J. McCourt, Senior Editor Dav
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Production Line
Cadillac’s 2022 CT5-V Blackwing is as track-ready as any street-legal, leather-lined, five-passenger sedan can be. Consider: There’s a supercharged, all-aluminum 6.2-liter (376-cu.in.) V-8 rated at 668 horsepower and 659 pound-feet of torque under th
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Backfire
Mr. Moody’s 1968 Barracuda (“Reborn to Race,” HMM #221) is a sleeper. Looks “stock as a stove,” but my whiz-bang power-speed calculator tells a different tale. Rhett’s blast down Maryland International Speedway at 11.76 seconds at 116 mph shows that
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Letter of the Month: CJ Memories
“I enjoyed the article on the ’70 Cyclone 429 SCJ (“The Muscle Mercury,” HMM #221). I had a ’70 Torino 429 CJ with P/S, P/B, A/C, and C6 automatic. My father ordered the car new from Metz Ford in Farmington, Illinois, in March of 1970. He had always
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The 11-second Tow Car
IS IT BOASTING IF YOU CAN BACK IT UP? “We think so much of our Phase III Supercars that we guarantee they will turn at least 120 mph in 11.50 seconds or better with an M/P-approved driver on an AHRA or NHRA-sanctioned drag strip. Phase III Supercars
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1969 Baldwin-motion Chevelle Phase III
Block type...............Chevrolet Mark IV “big-block” OHV V-8; cast-iron block and heads Displacement..........................................................................................................427-cu.in. Bore x stroke..................
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Impulse Buy
DON GAINEY admits he really didn’t need a new car in June of 1969, as he found himself travelling through Tucson, Arizona. The native South Carolinian, then serving in the United States Air Force, had earlier been stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force
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1968 Ford Torino Gt
Baseprice.....................................................................................................................$2,747 Options on car profiled............................... 390-cu.in. (325-hp) V-8; four-speed manual transmission; 3.00:
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Owner’s View
Ididn’t set out to find a muscle car; I guess you could say it found me. But rather than abuse it, I needed it to be as reliable as my ’59 Fairlane had been. Over time, it became a very big part of our family, so when I parked it in 1991, I knew almo
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Better Than Perfect
THE Z/28 LIKELY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. The Camaro sub-model, called out on the window sticker as the $506.60 “Special Performance Equipment” option and with a name taken straight from its Regular Production Order code, was created in 1967 with an eye
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1969 Chevrolet Camaro Rs Z/28
Baseprice.....................................................................................................................$2,727 Options on car profiled.........................tinted glass; front and rear floor mats; door edge guards; black viny
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1970 Dodge Challenger T/a
Like the 10 (!) other engines available under the hoods of 1970 Challengers, the “J”-code V-8 is famously durable. Factory mechanical specifications for the T/A can be found online at the 1970 Hamtramck Registry, which hosts the original Technical Se
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Parts Prices
Air cleaner lid, Six Pack..........$125 Brake disc rotor ......................$108 Door skin ................................$230 Leaf springs, heavy-duty lower (pair)..........$165 Muffler straps (pair).................$60 Radiator.......
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Science Friction Better Brakes On A Budget
WHEN MUSCLE CARS WERE FIRST conceived, the focus was on eyeball-flattening acceleration, with little consideration given to the idea of slowing down those ground-bound missiles. Although Pontiac was the first to effectively deploy the muscle car con
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Running On Empty
THIS ’69 CHEVELLE IS A GREAT DRIVER. IT’S classy, comfortable, and reliable… for the most part. But, after more than 50 years of service, a non-functional gas gauge shouldn’t be a surprise. Staring at a fuel gauge that refused to budge from the midpo
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BRAKE-ing TRADITION
We realize that not everyone wants to run oversized wheels on a classic car, and so does Baer. So, for those who insist on retaining the 15-inch (and even 14-inch in some cases) wheels for stock appearances, or even because a Day Two build demands it
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Ask Ray
Q: I have read two articles lately on engine builds: One was the Ford 351 Cleveland build in HMM (“Overachiever,” February 2022, # 222) and the other was a big-block Mopar in Hot Rod magazine. Both engines were built using flat-tappet camshafts, and
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Swap Meet
Q: I’m looking for a Stromberg two-barrel carburetor mount, which I will be installing on the 250-cu.in. inline six in a 1970 Ford Mustang. What adapter plate will I need to convert my single-barrel manifold to accept the two-barrel four-bolt mountin
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Gear
Waste makes haste. That’s the beauty of a turbocharger, whose impeller fan blades harness exhaust gasses to shove fresh air into the engine. The unmistakable snail-like shape of a turbocharger, with its visible central impellers, inspired this clever
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The Goods
Blasting cabinet owners know that choosing the right media for your project is essential. These finely graded glass beads are ideal for use in any abrasive blaster cabinet for the purpose of general parts cleaning. The beads have a grit size of 60-80
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Barrett-jackson, Scottsdale
IF YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO Scottsdale in mid-January for auction week, you ought to put it on your bucket list. The number of simultaneous sales conducted has ebbed and flowed over the years for various reasons, but the one constant is the company that
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June Events
3-5 Carlisle Ford Nationals Carlisle, Pennsylvania • 717-243-7855 5 Long Beach Hi-Performance Show & Swap Meet Long Beach, California • 800-762-9785 Sumter Swap Meet Bushnell, Florida • 727-848-7171 9-11 MecumAuctions Tulsa, Oklahoma • 262-275-505
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Auction News
RM Sotheby’s released the final figures from its annual Amelia Island auction, reporting total sales of more than $46.6 million and a sell-through of 89 percent. One of the American performance cars to change hands was a 1985 Chevrolet Camaro IMSA GT
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Gooding Geared Online Scottsdale Results
The January edition of Gooding & Company’s Geared Online auctions achieved total sales of more than $6.9 million, with an 88 percent sell-through. One of the cars to find a new home was an original 1967 Corvette coupe. Unrestored and finished in Marl
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Up Next
Mecum returns to Tulsa, in the Sooner State, with an anticipated docket of more than 1,000 cars. Last year’s auction exceeded $21.2 million in total sales, with 539 cars changing hands to deliver an 82 percent sell-through. American muscle and high-p
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Legend
RESERVE: Minimum price owner will accept SELLING PRICE*: What the vehicle sold for, inclusive of buyer’s 5-percent fee (*sold as a Make Offer listing following the live auction) RECENT MARKET RANGE: The low-to-high value range for the vehicle based o
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Hemmingsauctions.com
HEMMINGS AUCTIONS IS OUR LIVE, ONLINE AUCTION site staffed by customer service professionals ready to help bidders and sellers with any questions. A wide variety of classic and specialty vehicles from all eras are up for bid. Auctions run for two wee
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Part Of The Family
I have been a regular attendee of a very large automotive swap meet and car sale here in Southern California for almost 50 years. It has been both good and bad to me. I’ve bought and sold cars and parts, but all the while something else was happening

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