Best muscle car of the 70's

[Yankee Traveler]

But to be fair, when people talk about 70's muscle, it's almost always in the context of low compression.
There were some cars from 1970 that were hardcore, and ford and chrysler went through 1971 with some high compression cars, but really, I would group those cars in with the 1960's muscle.

No GM car after 1970 had high compression, and nothing past 1971 for ford and dodge.

The best low compression muscle car ever produced was the 1973 SD455 Trans Am. Nobody came close to it and in fact everybody else abandoned the market entirely with some truly pathetic drive train combinations.

I will not disagree.

 

[shopson67]

If I could pick any 70's muscle car...it would have to be a '71 Cuda. Color is negotiable lol, but triple black is tough to beat. Wouldn't even need to be a hemi car; 440/6 would be just fine...

 

[Rex Racer]

The AMC Machine was very cool.

It had under its hood a 4.6-liter V8 producing 340 horsepower.

My older brother had a 67 AMC Rebel ragtop that was basically a souped up Matador like those in your photos. His had a 390c.i. V-8 and was a real live maintenance hog.

 

[Rex Racer]

But to be fair, when people talk about 70's muscle, it's almost always in the context of low compression.
There were some cars from 1970 that were hardcore, and ford and chrysler went through 1971 with some high compression cars, but really, I would group those cars in with the 1960's muscle.

No GM car after 1970 had high compression, and nothing past 1971 for ford and dodge.

The best low compression muscle car ever produced was the 1973 SD455 Trans Am. Nobody came close to it and in fact everybody else abandoned the market entirely with some truly pathetic drive train combinations.

When you popped open the hood of a 70's muscle car and saw a large coffee can with hoses running in and out of it next to the motor you knew that the only muscle present were the ones in your arms.

 

[outofyourmind]

This one would give the 73 Trans Am 455 Super Duty a run.

1971 GTO 455 HO
Had some special factory heads.
Ordered right and taken home and set up right, this thing would do low 13's out of the factory