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It was during the late fifties that Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Ken Pickering and Zora Duntov got together to create a roadster for Oldsmobile. And together they came up with several showcars that were daring and breathtaking and challenged the Oldmobile aesthetic. But, due to the poor sales of the Corvette, the car which inspired these GM Concepts, the F-88 project got shelved at the conceptual phase. However, before that time, four very unique Oldsmobile were manufactured. At the 2005 Barrett-Jackson Auction, the sole surviving F-88 concept car sold for $3,240,000 USD. The General Motors concept car enjoyed a very fierce bidding war to become the highest selling car ever at the Barrett-Jackson auction (at the time).

The Chevrolet Camaro was introduced in North America by General Motors at the start of 1968, with the sole purpose of competing with Ford Mustang. The Camaro was strongly advertised on stations that appealed to the young generation. Although it was a compact car (by the standards of the time), the Camaro soon came to be known as a pony car. It was considered to be touring car, a sports car, or a muscle car. The car shared platforms with the Pontiac Firebird, also introduced in 1967. Production of both cars stopped in 2002 but the Camaro re-entered production in 2009.

The Camaro was the flagship for Chevrolet, and remained one of its most popular models for a very long time. If its frequent inclusion in automotive enthusiast magazines is any indication, the Chevy Camaro is one of the most popular cars for modification in automotive history.

From 1966-71, Dodge accommodated the massive Hemi engines into small E-Bodies and the 1970 Hemi Cuda is widely accepted as one of the quickest and most sought after of these. The company made only 652 units, including 14 convertibles. The cars became a scarcity as due to the extra $900 it cost to build one, nearly a third of the standard purchase price. At $250, the 390 bhp 440 V8 became the norm and made the Hemi Cuda an exception.

The features in the 1970 Barracudas included rallye wheels, a range of exciting colors such as Plum Crazy, pistol grip shifters, hockey stick sport stripes, hood pins and a variety of other comforts. But of all the options, the R-code steet Hemi 426 was it, the most legendary muscle car engine ever made. It produced a maximum output of 425 bhp through the solid 727 Torqueflight automatic and a 3.55:1 Sure Grip rear axle. That is, unless the car was one of the 284 that got a 4-speed manual. The 1970 Barracudas had a classic shape, tire-shredding American power, limited production and huge popularity a 1970. Changes for the 1971 Barracudas were kept to the lowest and included a more complex 6 inlet grille design and fender gill louvers.