American Muscle Car
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| American Muscle Car | |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Network | Speed Channel |
| Release | 2003 |
American Muscle Car is a weekly television show on Speed (TV channel), produced by Restoration Productions LLC., about muscle cars. Each episode provides a timeline of each vehicle's history beginning with its first year of production to its most recent year of production. The show was initially designed to showcase traditional muscle cars such as the Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang, and Dodge Charger. It eventually added other performance vehicles such as the Shelby Cobra and the Chevrolet Corvette, and even began to focus on specific eras such as the Corvette Stingray. It even created a special dedicated to the last 1967 Corvette Stingray produced.
In 2006 season, the show's focus was expanded to include designers and engineers of muscle car era.
In 2007 season, the show's focus was expanded to include vintage races, powertrain components.
Controversies
In the episode "Bad boys: The Fastest Musclecar Engines", the show claimed that the vintage engines used were built to factory specs and tunings. This resulted in 1967 426 Hemi engine producing 820 hp and 689 lb-ft torque. However, Engine Systems Inc., the company that performed the dynamometer tests, reported that the motors were built as they would have been done in specialty dealers like Yenko, Mr. Norms, and so on. The parts used to build the replica engines came from specialty engine builders, and contained parts that did not meet factory specifications engines.[1]
Note
The full name of Trans Am is given as "Trans American Sedan Racing Series". This is incorrect. The actual name of Trans Am is the "Trans American Sedan Championship".
Episodes
- Season 1
- S01E01 - 1964 Pontiac GTO
- S01E02 - 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge
- S01E03 - 1953-62 Chevrolet Corvette
- S01E04 - 1967-69 Chevrolet Camaro SS 396
- S01E05 - 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt
- S01e06 - Ford Mustang Shelby GT-350
- S01e07 - Buick Gran Sport
- S01e08 - 1969-71 Hurst Oldsmobile 442
- S01e09 - Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 & SS 454
- S01E10 - 1961-64 Chevorlet Impala 409
- S01e11 - Plymouth Hemi Cuda & Dodge Hemi Challenger
- S01e12 - 1968 Chevrolet Nova SS 396