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Wham, Bam, Thank you, Trans Am
July 1st, 2020 Chris Phillip
The Smokey and the Bandit years may make the 1977-1979 Trans Ams the most famous of the feathered lot, but several years earlier, Pontiac refused to admit that the muscle-car era had ended with a special-order-only Trans Am that recalled the power and the glory of the 1960s. It was called the Super Duty 455, or SD-455, for short, and it gave the Trans Am the performance its name deserved. Each SD-...
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30 Minutes or Less
June 17th, 2020 Chris Phillip
In the not-so-prehistoric past, Chevrolet produced a no-frills sedan delivery vehicle to get durable goods from seller to buyer. In the Tri-5 trifecta ('55 to '57), 10,639 of these 2-door sedan delivery Chevys rolled off of the factory line to answer the needs of America's businesses. This extroverted example, listed by Ryno Classifieds seller Alf Peterson, is not for the quiet or shy types. Featu...
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Seeing Red
June 10th, 2020 Chris Phillip
If you're not the venerable type able to recall the hey-day of the original muscle-car era, the Dodge Charger is the sporty four-door performer in the brand's modern-day line-up with multiple engine choices up to a 707hp Hellcat engine. But back in the day, starting in '66 and revamped in '70, the Charger was a two-door powerhouse of a pavement pounder, which gave other street machines a run for t...
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Are You Ready to Mach and Roll?
June 2nd, 2020 Chris Phillip
What’s your definition of cool? Is it a classic second-generation Mustang restored to its new-car nicety, complete with a numbers-matching 351ci engine and three pedals on the floor? If so, this old-school Mach 1 from the first year of the ’70s is sure to set your pulse racing … maybe even to supersonic speeds as this Mustang model’s name aptly suggests. Offered by Ryno seller aeclassiccars, this...
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Rock Star Stock Car Looking for a New Driver!
May 12th, 2020 Chris Phillip
In the distant past, owning a NASCAR-spec stock car was as simple as going to your local dealer and checking off the right boxes for a new-car special order. Whether you then went racing for the checkered flag or just the next stoplight was all up to you. That’s what makes this ’63 Ford 300 R-code so special. Built on Ford’s full-size fleet-car model (a stripped-down Galaxie), the 427ci, dual Holl...
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Drop and Give Me Plenty (of Horsepower)
May 6th, 2020 Chris Phillip
Go ahead and stop us if you’ve heard this before. You bought a high-performance ride back in the ’80s or ’90s and now it seems Priuses have more credentials at the stoplight. Times sure do change. Now 500 or more horsepower is no longer the exception in the world of the muscle car. That brings us to the Ryno Classifieds pick of the week — this LQ9 364CI 525HP Complete Crate Engine from seller Best...
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Catch His Drift
April 28th, 2020 Chris Phillip
If you presupposed the sport of drifting was reserved only for low-slung Japanese imports and babe-laden action sequences in the Fast and Furious film franchise, then you owe it to yourself to check out this Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Drift Camaro offered for sale from Ryno Classifieds seller Stratton Chevrolet. Featuring a 427ci/675hp LS engine, A/C and heater delete, a 60-degree high-s...
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Bird, Bird, Bird. Bird is the Word.
April 21st, 2020 Chris Phillip
In retrospect, we should all be thankful Plymouth had a promotional partnership with Warner Bros. Cartoons and not the Children's Television Workshop. Why? Can you imagine if the iconic 1970 Plymouth Superbird had Big Bird on its mile-high rear spoiler instead of Wile E. Coyote's arch nemesis, the Road Runner? That brings us to the super retro cool and over-the-top style of this Big Bird-colored 1...
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Before Lil' Red Corvette There Was Lil' Red GTO
April 15th, 2020 Chris Phillip
What's not to love about a classic first-generation Pontiac GTO loaded from the factory with all the right stuff. This tasty example, featured on Ryno Classifieds, from long-time seller Sterling Motors, pushes all the right buttons with the Ryno editorial team. Of course, 1966 is the third year of the GTO and the best selling year of the GTO ever. You see, momentum for the GTO really built up fast...
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Burt Reynolds' Legacy Lives on with Bandit Movie Cars
April 13th, 2020 Chris Phillip
It's amazing how a simple offer to fix Burt Reynolds' roof about five years ago has led to one of the biggest movie car buying and selling businesses in the United States. That's the humble-beginning backstory of Bandit Movie Cars, which was owned by Smokey and the Bandit star Burt Reynolds and his friend Gene Kennedy. With Mr. Reynolds passing in 2018, Kennedy is bringing Mr. Reynolds' love affai...
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