American Muscle Car

American Muscle Car

infobox television
show_name = American Muscle Car


format =
runtime = 30 minutes
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network = SPEED Channel
first_aired = 2003
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American Muscle Car is a weekly television show on Speed (TV channel), produced by Restoration Productions LLC., about muscle cars. Each episode provides a timeline of each vehicle's history beginning with its first year of production to its most recent year of production. The show was initially designed to showcase traditional muscle cars such as the Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang, and Dodge Charger. It eventually added other performance vehicles such as the Shelby Cobra and the Chevrolet Corvette, and even began to focus on specific eras such as the Corvette Stingray. It even created a special dedicated to the last 1963 Corvette Stingray produced.

In 2006 season, the show's focus was expanded to include designers and engineers of muscle car era.

In 2007 season, the show's focus was expanded to include vintage races, powertrain components.

Controversies

In the episode "Bad boys: The Fastest Musclecar Engines", the show claimed that the vintage engines used were built to factory specs and tunings. This resulted in 1967 426 Hemi engine producing 820hp and 689lb-ft torque. However, Engine Systems Inc., the company that performed the dynamometer tests, reported that the motors were built as they would have been done in specialty dealers like Yenko, Mr. Norms, and so on. The parts used to build the replica engines came from specialty engine builders, and contained parts that did not meet factory specifications. engines. [http://www.stlouissrts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4839&p=37410]

External links

* [http://www.tvcarshows.com/ Restoration Productions LLC home page]


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