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Graveyard Carz is an American automotive reality TV show made on location in Springfield, Oregon that restores the late 1960s/early 1970s Mopar muscle cars. Their shop motto is "It's Mopar or No Car". As of July 28, 2020, the show is in production for a 15th season on Motortrend, formerly Velocity. [1]
The Plymouth Road Runner (or Roadrunner) is a mid-size car with a focus on performance built by Plymouth in the United States between 1968 and 1980. By 1968, some of the original muscle cars were moving away from their roots as relatively cheap, fast cars as they gained features and increased in price.
Basic-trim mid-size muscle car Duster: 1970 1976 Chrysler A platform: 1 Two-door sports car Superbird: 1970 1970 Chrysler B platform: 1 Two-door race car / muscle car Cricket: 1971 1973 Subcompact car, rebadged Hillman Avenger: Colt: 1974 1994 6 Compact / subcompact car, rebadged Mitsubishi Mirage: Trail Duster: 1974 1981 Chrysler AD platform ...
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It has also been speculated that a motivating factor in the production of the car was to lure Richard Petty back to Plymouth. [5] Both of the Mopar aero cars famously featured a protruding, aerodynamic nosecone, a high-mounted rear wing and, unique to the Superbird, a horn mimicking the Road Runner's signature "beep, beep." [6]
The 440 Six Pack was down to 385 hp (287 kW), but the Hemi was still rated at 425 hp (317 kW). Due partly to rising insurance rates on muscle cars, sales dropped to fewer than 3,000 units in 1971 (2,942), and only 30 cars were equipped with the Hemi engine, which was discontinued after this year. [5]
The Super Bee was available as a 2-door coupe or 2-door hardtop. Chrysler displayed a convertible with Super Bee stripes at car shows in 1968, but never offered it as a production model. The Dodge Super Bee was a limited-production muscle car from 1968 through 1971. The original Super Bee was based on the Dodge Coronet, a 2-door model, and was ...
An aggressive "shark tooth" grille was offered on the fastback Duster 340 and new-for-1971 Duster Twister models. The Twister was a "performance appearance package" produced in response to increasing premiums on muscle cars, many of which were calculated using the vehicle's power-to-weight ratio as an actuarial gauge. Despite the "dust whirl ...