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The 1964 GTO is the one that started the whole Detroit Musclecar craze--but it almost never happened. GM's corporate policy wouln't allow such a lightweight car with such a huge engine, but Pontiac "finessed" the rules by making the GTO an option to the Tempest Le Mans. The cost of this option? Oh, about two hundred bucks.

Gran Turismo Omologato - 1964 Pontiac GTO

In the early sixties these two words meant the most powerful engines of any American car. This all-out assault on the speedways of America made Pontiac GM's "We build excitement" car company.

1959-1963 Pontiac Super Duty

Built for the superspeedways, but available at your local Mopar showroom, the 1969 and '70 Dodge Daytona and the 1970 Plymouth Superbird were the essence of what the Musclecar was (and is) all about.

Mopar's Winged Wonders - Dodge Daytona & Plymouth Superbird

The 426 Max Wedge and Hemi Plymouths and Dodges blew away everyone in the NHRA Super Stock classes, and gave Chrysler Corporation a head start over Ford and Chevy in the Musclecar wars.

Classic Muscle! - Mopar Super Stockers

From within Chrysler Corporation's engineering department came a group of car crazies who just wanted to go drag racing. They built a racing team that is legendary today.

The Ramchargers

American Muscle Car is a weekly television show on Speed, 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 1967 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.

All Episodes of American Muscle Car

Season 1

Gran Turismo Omologato - 1964 Pontiac GTO

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/30/2003