American Muscle Car

Season 3

American Muscle Car is a weekly television show on Speed, 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.

14 Episodes

  • America's "Other" Sports Car - Ford Thunderbird
    E1
    America's "Other" Sports Car - Ford ThunderbirdWhen it was introduced in 1955, the Thunderbird took America by storm, and it even outsold the Corvette by a margin of 13 to 1!
  • Go-Fast Pickups - Chevrolet El Camino & Ford Ranchero
    E2
    Go-Fast Pickups - Chevrolet El Camino & Ford RancheroSomewhere inside Ford and Chevy, someone thought a half-car/half-pickup truck was a good idea. As it turned out, it was a great idea, and with big-block engines, the El Camino and the Ranchero were memorable muscle machines.
  • Supercar - The COPO Cars
    E3
    Supercar - The COPO CarsThese cars were called "COPOs," for Central Office Production Order. If you knew the right numbers, you could order a street-legal Chevrolet racecar direct from the factory!
  • The Mako Shark & Beyond - 1968-2001 Corvette
    E4
    The Mako Shark & Beyond - 1968-2001 Corvette47 years old and still going strong! America's first sportscar is still getting better, through five more generations, and a few "ultra" cars, like the C-5 and the Z/06 Corvette.
  • Introducing the Hemi - Chrysler 300
    E5
    Introducing the Hemi - Chrysler 300Chrysler 300s were expensive and luxurious, but thanks to the Hemi engine and the big bad Max Wedge, they were the fastest things on the road and the early NASCAR tracks.
  • The Ramchargers
    E6
    The RamchargersFrom within Chrysler Corporation's engineering department came a group of car crazies who just wanted to go drag racing. They built a racing team that is legendary today.
  • No Pony Cars Here, Thank You - Dodge Charger
    E7
    No Pony Cars Here, Thank You - Dodge ChargerInstead of another "Pony Car," Dodge chose to make an upmarket full-size rocket called the Charger. Today, Chargers are some of the most beloved musclecars ever made.
  • The "Other" Snake - Dodge Viper
    E8
    The "Other" Snake - Dodge ViperCurrently the cream of the crop of Detroit's supercars, the Dodge Viper has earned fame and respect as a world-class sports racing car.
  • The Boss - Boss 302 & 429 Mustangs
    E9
    The Boss - Boss 302 & 429 MustangsThe "ultimate" Mustangs - The Boss 302 was the class act in Trans Am racing, and the Boss 429 was simply the most overpowered Pony car Ford ever made...and that's saying something!
  • Race-Bred - The Saleen Mustangs
    E10
    Race-Bred - The Saleen MustangsSaleen started in the eighties, road-racing 5-liter Mustangs. Saleen Mustangs are now the most feared road racers in endurance racing competitions, and on the street.
  • Performance By Hurst - The Hurst Cars
    E11
    Performance By Hurst - The Hurst CarsFrom wild, crowd-pleasing drag race exhibition cars, like the Hemi Under Glass, to the Hurst Olds Indy Pace Cars, every car produced by Hurst became an instant classic.
  • Street Legal - The SLP Cars
    E12
    Street Legal - The SLP CarsToday's Super Sport Camaros and Firebird Firehawks built by SLP outperform the sixties musclecars in every way, from handling and comfort to safety and straight-line acceleration.
  • Dart GTS - Dodge Dart GTS
    E13
    Dart GTS - Dodge Dart GTSA car which succeeded wonderfully following the original musclecar concept - find the lightest body you can, put in the biggest engine you've got (even the Hemi!), and hang on!
  • Beep-Beep - Plymouth Roadrunner
    E14
    Beep-Beep - Plymouth RoadrunnerChrysler Corporation finds a whole new image and a whole bunch of new consumers watching Saturday morning TV. The Roadrunner's owners just love the little horn - and the big engines!

 

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