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1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS

Lord help us, we’re back to Chevrolet. While the Corvette is undoubtedly the most famous Chevy ever created, the pinnacle of the muscle car hierarchy is occupied by the Chevelle SS. Powered by a rambunctious rocket of an engine, the LS6, this car gave you displacement by the bucketload. The engine was a 454 cubic inch big-block V8 which put out 450 horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque. A quarter-mile drag race could be handled in around 13.2 seconds, and at 106 mph. To call this car powerful, especially for the time, would be an understatement.

If you wanted this LS6 power, it didn’t come cheap, but then, great things barely ever do. You had to stock up on mandatory ‘options’ to grab one, including accents, dual exhaust, and front disc brakes. All the options plus the engine cost around a grand, but by God it was worth it. It looked the part too, a mean, muscular machine with big wheel openings, just the right amount of chrome and a blacked out grille. At the time when it truly mattered, this was the king of muscle cars.

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