My Top 15 List of Muscle Cars from the 60's & 70's (in no order)

            My Top 15 List of Muscle Cars from the 60’s & 70’s (in no order)

1. 68 AMC Javelin AMX 390 ci picture
2. 71 Buick Skylark GSX 455 ci picture
3. 68 Nova SS 396 ci picture
4. 70 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 ci picture
5. 69 Chevrolet Corvette ZL1 reported to produce 560 +bhp picture
6. 69 Chevrolet Camaro 427 ci picture
7. 69 Dodge Dart 440 ci Six Pack picture
8. 69 Dodge Charger Daytona 426 ci Hemi picture
9. 70 Pontiac GTO Judge 455 ci picture
10. 70 Plymouth Barracuda 440 ci Six Pack picture
11. 69 Plymouth Road Runner 440 ci Six Pack picture
12. 68 Dodge Super Bee 440 ci Six Pack picture
13. 69 Ford Mustang BOSS 429ci picture
14. 68 Ford Shelby GT500 KR 428ci pcture
15. 71 Dodge Challenger R/T 426 ci Hemi picture


ci = Cubic Inches, which is the way in which American automobile manufactures measure the size of an engine refers to “the volume swept by all the pistons inside the cylinders of a reciprocating engine in one single movement from top dead center to bottom dead center.” ("Engine Displacement")

bhp = brake horse power, which is the standard way to measure the “actual or useful horsepower of an engine”.  ("Free Dictionary by Farlex")  

horsepower = 550 ft lb per second, where a foot pound “is the energy transferred on applying a force of one pound force through a displacement of one foot.” ("Foot-pound (energy)")

Hemi = an internal combustion engine where “the roof of each cylinders combustion chamber is of hemispherical shape.”

Six Pack = refers to Chryslers use of three double barrel Holley carburetors

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Sources
      "brake horsepower." The Free Dictionary by Farlex. The Free Dictionary, n.d. Web. 26 Sep 2013. .
      "Engine Displacement." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 07 Sept 2013. Web. 26 Sep 2013. .
      "Foot-pound (energy)." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 16 Jul 2013. Web. 26 Sep 2013. .
      "Hemi engine." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 09 Sept 2013. Web. 26 Sep 2013. .