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Chevrolet included the SS396 package as on option on all the Chevelle models. And in this year, the entire range of Chevelles got new styling which included the tail lamps. The SS396 has come up with three different options of 325, 350 and 375bhp engines to choose from. Later during the end of 1969, in order to meet the new emission standards, the 396cubic engines were replaced by 402 cubic engines. But there were still complaints in the handling and the 4-speed transmission. On the interest of the drag racers, Chevelle has manufactured many limited edition models under the name COPO Chevelle. And this SS 1969 model has gained high reputation for Chevrolet in the muscle car industry.

Gm has got a new edict this time that made all the muscle car’s performance drop down. Till this year, there were constant efforts from Chevrolet to bring the most powerful engines to the muscle cars. But the GM’s edict was that unleaded fuel has to be used to meet the emission standards. And now, the standard engine is 350V8 which has a single exhaust. 400cid engine of the well know 3296 was renamed as “Turbo jet 400″ that dropped its 3500bhp to mere 300bhp to meet the new standards. A single headlight was designed for all the Chevelle cars. The buyers also have an option for hood stripes and cowl induction hood. Among all the models of the Chevelle, no car carried a badge other than “SS” except the LS5 model, which has a “SS 454″ badge on it.

Even in this year, the performance fans still laid in disappointment. This year saw the end of Chevelles. The journey of the conqueror which fought for almost a decade in the muscle car industry has come to and ends in this year. In this year, there was a complete redesign of the Chevelle and a sharp drop down in the performance of the cars.

The performance of the Chevelles continued to fall down in this year too. Chevelles had to drop down their bhp of the engines. Even the already reputed SS models had to cut down in the bhp due to the GM’s strong edict that all engines had to be reported with their net engine ratings. This made Chevrolet to make changes to its 350V8 to 175bhp, the 402 to 240bhp and the worse, the 454 to 270bhp. No more performance car was ever manufactured during those years.

This year, Chevrolet introduced the most powerful Chevelle of all time. This was possible because Gm has lifted it’s ban on engines larger than 400cid in midsize cars. And it was dues to this ban, Chevelle could not make a powerful muscle car till then. The new LS5 has a 454cid rated at 360bhp. And the optional choice for the enthusiasts is 450bhp. This had solid lifters, 4bolt mains and 11.25:1 compression. In this year, Chevrolet dropped the 325bhp and made the 350bhp as the standard at the entry level cars. The LS6 450 could reach 0-60 in 6.1seconds and a quarter mile in 13.7s @ 103mph.

We all know by now that some of the most popular cars of all time were the muscle cars. They’re fast, they’re powerful and they’re certainly more than attractive to the eye so that’s why most people actually love the muscle cars.

So, without too much further introduction here’s our Top muscle cars list :

1970-1971 AMC Rebel and Matador The Machine
1970-1974 Buick GSX
1965-1973 Chevrolet Chevelle SS
1966-1974 Dodge Charger
1968-1971 Dodge Super Bee
1969-1970 Dodge Charger Daytona with nose and goalpost wing
1966-1969 Ford Fairlane GT, GTA, and Cobra
1968-1974 Ford Torino (GT, Cobra, and Talladega)
1966-1972 Mercury Cyclone
1970-1971 Mercury Montego
1968-1971 Oldsmobile 442
1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass “Ram-Rod” 350
1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass W-31
1967-1971 Plymouth GTX
1968-1974 Plymouth Road Runner
1970 Plymouth Superbird with nose and goalpost wing
1964-1974 Pontiac GTO
1969 AMC SC/Rambler
1971 AMC Hornet SC 360
1963-1974 Chevrolet Nova SS
1968-1976 Dodge Dart GT, GTS, Swinger, and Demon
1970-1976 Plymouth Duster

If you’ve got anything you would like to be added to the list, just let me know by using the form below. Thanks!

Hi and welcome to my American muscle car gallery page, here you will find a wide range of vehicles ( all muscle cars, of course ) ranging from 1969 american muscle cars to nowadays autos.

During my youth, I’ve owned a few of these models and some of the muscle car screenshots present here were actually taking by me a long time ago ( I’m not going to say which ones )… and that’s about it.

Bottom line, I hope you’ll enjoy our American muscle car gallery and feel free to download any of these muscle car wallpapers as you wish.

Mopar, one of Ford’s strongest competitors in the early 60′s, has been producing good looking muscle cars ever since; the Mopar Muscle cars include the Dodge, the Chrysler and the Plymouth.

Here’s a short break-down of some mopar muscle cars :

• 1962–1965 Dodge Dart 413/426 Max Wedge/426 Hemi/Plymouth Fury 413/426 Max Wedge/426 Hemi
• 1965–1970 Dodge Coronet/Plymouth Belvedere 426-S
• 1966–1967 Plymouth/Dodge intermediates with 426 Hemi
• 1969 Plymouth Road Runner/Dodge Super Bee 440 Six Pack
• 1966–1974 Dodge Charger
• 1968–1971 Dodge Super Bee
• 1969–1970 Dodge Charger Daytona with nose and goalpost wing
• 1967–1971 Plymouth GTX
• 1968–1974 Plymouth Road Runner
• 1970 Plymouth Superbird with nose and goalpost wing
• 1968–1976 Dodge Dart GT, GTS, Swinger, and Demon
• 1970–1976 Plymouth Duster
• 1964–1974 Plymouth Barracuda aka ‘Cuda

Considering the fact that all of these American muscle cars are going to soon enough get a picture in my American muscle car gallery, having them ordered by their corresponding time period makes it even cooler.

Next off I’m going to update the 1969 american muscle car gallery with a few more pictures and phrases about the all mighty muscle cars. Stay tuned people.

The late 60′s were a great period for the american muscle car history and some cars of that period became a symbol, these cars were so great that I decided to post some pictures of them in here. So, without too much talk here are some of the late 60′s american muscle cars.

The 1969 AMC SC/rambler

With it’s very distinctive red stripe, the AMC did their foremost best to get into the muscle car races and even succeded with their V8 engine powered cars that could develop almost 425 lbs of torque.

The 1969 Chevy Camaro “Pace Car”

In 1969, the Chevy Camaro was chosen as a “pace car” at the legendary muscle car competition, the Indy 500. Only a limited number of cars was sold to the public

The 1969 Chevy Camaro SS

The Chevy Camaro SS has the special SS hood which also covers a V8 engine, with a horsepower ranging from 325 to 375 ( 325, 350 and 375 ). At that time, this car was selling like crazy because of it’s looks and driving capabilities.

The 1969 Chevy Chevelle Malibu SS

The Chevy Chevelle Malibu SS was available as well with a V8 powered engine and with HP of upto 375.

The 1969 Dodge Super Bee

The bumble bee stripes and the hood scopes it used to come with made it stand out from the crowd in 1969. Also, these unique features were making it different from the Dodge Coronet, the car it was based on.

This is part 1 of our 1969 American Muscle Cars and I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I did. I’ll add some more pictures in here soon enough as the gallery isn’t yet done. Feel free to comment, actually – please leave a comment.

The American muscle car principle took life at first from people’s desire of having a car that isn’t just for basic transportation. Since the first muscle car was produced, in the early 60′s, people have always been thinking of new ways to make them faster and better. This soon became an art, an art that was fine tuned in the late 60′s by the major car companies of that time.

A leader of the American muscle car market was the 64 1/2 Mustang GT, amongst many other cars, cars that only upped the competition challenging the muscle car manufacturers to make them faster and better. Such an unique period in the American history, the 60′s American muscle cars were the symbol of something greater and bigger – and a living proof is the fact that these cars are still sought after more than 30 years later.

Some of the big block cars of that time were: 429 Mustang, Shelby 427 Cobra, 426 Hemi Cuda, Boss 429 Mustang, 440 RoadRunner;and let’s not forget some of the smaller engine sized cars, like: 351 Mustang Mach 1, Z28 Camaro, Boss 302 Mustang, 340 Duster ( you can find pictures with all of them on our American muscle car gallery section ).

A reason, possibly the biggest, for these cars to be built with such powerful engines at that time was based on the fact that young people will soon start wanting one of those – and the American muscle car the youthful baby boomer public wanted to order a car like the car manufacturer planned. companies of that time were right. In the early 70′s,

Another reason these cars were produced was to support and advertise the Series II and Trans Am racing events that started in the mid 60′s. Muscle car manufacturers started pumping out new and improved models faster than ever – and so the muscle car war continued till the car insurance costs and the oil crysis slowly killed the market.

As far as the American muscle car history goes, the demand for powerful muscle cars hasn’t died, in fact in the early 70′s when the oil crysis settled down, muscle car manufacturers started offering special cars that could be called muscle cars, cars like: Mustang GT/Cobra, Mitsubishi 3000 GT, Viper, Camaros and the Trans Am Firebirds.

As far as car history goes though, the true Muscle cars came out of the 60′s and early 70′s.