The Hurst Olds Story, Part One
The story goes that Oldsmobile needed an image boost. Yes, Olds had the stalwart 442, but sales lagged behind the Pontiac GTO and Chevrolet Chevelle SS. To fight back, [...]
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Muscle Car Ads That Raised a Few Eyebrows
The Horsepower Wars during the 1960s and early 1970s produced some of the finest muscle cars ever created. And, at times, the Big Three used some pretty risqué means to [...]
John DeLorean and the Pontiac GTO
The Pontiac GTO is considered by many to be the car that started the muscle car revolution in the early 1960s. The GTO was the brainchild of Pontiac madmen John DeLorean, [...]
Lee Iacocca and the Ford Mustang
When looking back at the history of the Ford Mustang, it’s difficult to overlook Lee Iacocca’s influence on the development of Ford’s iconic pony car. To understand [...]
The Class of 1970: The Pinnacle of Performance
Ask any muscle car fan out there and chances are, you’ll hear that 1970 was the landmark year for the muscle car. Horsepower and torque numbers were through the roof and [...]
Fifty Years of the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
If John DeLorean had his way back in the late 1960s, there might not have been a Trans Am. Seems DeLorean was more interested in promoting and building his radical Banshee [...]
Ten More Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About The Dukes of Hazzard
Those good ol’ boys from The Dukes of Hazzard kept many of us entertained on Friday nights for seven seasons. Fightin’ the system ain’t easy, but the Duke boys made it [...]
The Mystique of the Pontiac GTO: Part 3
The Pontiac GTO’s last two years of production are some of its most controversial. With the introduction of the Grand Am and with rising sales of the Firebird and Trans Am, [...]
Ten Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard first aired on CBS television on Friday January 26, 1979. It was originally intended to be a mid-season filler for Captain America, with only nine [...]
The Dukes Of Hazzard 40th Anniversary Filming Locations Lookback, Part Five: High Octane
This is the fifth in our series of looking back at the Georgia filming locations for The Dukes of Hazzard. It’s a little known fact that only the first five episodes from [...]
