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The Dodge Challenger first hit the streets 50 Years ago ...pg 16
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Shelby GT500 We got the chance to drive the most powerful production Ford ever made ...pg 10
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Dodge Introduces LimitedProduction Challenger 50th Anniversary Edition
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hen the Dodge Challenger hit the streets for the first time way back in 1970, it had the unique advantage of offering a wide array of powertrain options much like it does today. In order to celebrate 50 years since its introduction, Dodge announced a special, limited-production 50th Anniversary Edition late last year at 2019 AutoMobility LA. The special edition will be available on the Challenger GT RWD, R/T Shaker, R/T Scat Pack Shaker and R/T Scat Pack Shaker Widebody models. To celebrate its colourful history, Dodge is focusing on what has made the Challenger what it is today, including high-impact paint exterior colours, Shaker hood scoop, hot wheels and custom touches on the inside. A body-colour Shaker hood scoop is standard on all 50th Anniversary V8 models which marks the first time the Shaker hood will be made available for a Widebody model. In addition to an immediate appearance upgrade, the functional hood directs cooler air back into the 5.7L or 392 Hemi V8 engines which results in more power. Each 50th Anniversary Edition will have a custom look thanks to a standard Satin Black hand-painted hood and black-wrapped roof and deck lid. 50th Anniversary logo badges appear on the grille and spoiler in a new Gold School finish. In addition, MUSCLE CAR PLUS MAGAZINE FEB/MAR 2020
Gold School wheels are featured on the anniversary models with a 20-in diameter and various widths depending on the model. Inside, the limited-edition model features many 50th Anniversary upgrades from everything like the instrument panel, start-up screens and gauge faces to the door bolsters, floor mats and Nappa leather and Alcantara suede performance seats. Finally, to commemorate the original model year of the Challenger, there will be 70 numbered units of each of the four models available in each high-impact colour. The vehicles will be identified by a unique badge inside that brands each one “x out of 70.� Orders for the special edition models began in December for early Spring deliveries.
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Ford Offering Limited-Edition Shelby GT350 and GT350R Heritage Edition Package Noted race car driver and engineer Ken Miles made the Shelby GT350 an instant legend when he drove it to victory at Green Valley Raceway in Texas on February 14, 1965. To honour this achievement 55 years later, Ford is offering a new limited-edition 2020 Mustang Shelby GT350 (and GT350R) Heritage Edition Package. The cars are made available in classic Wimbledon White with Guardsman Blue side and over-the-top racing stripes. Additional Heritage Edition cues include front and rear exterior badges and unique dash badge, while all GT350R models feature all-black seats with red accent stitching. This special edition model comes just a year after the GT350 saw a whole bunch of upgrades come its way including revised front chassis for improved steering plus revised anti-lock braking and MagneRide tuning for optimized aerodynamic components. The 2020 Mustang Shelby GT350 has a starting MSRP of $60,440 ($73,435 for GT350R) with the Heritage Edition Package available for $1,965.
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Auto Value Calgary World of Wheels The 2020 Auto Value World of Wheels presented by IVR is coming to Calgary, Alberta at the BMO Centre February 21-23, 2020. Over 250 of the country’s best custom vehicles will be attending and the show will offer something for every enthusiast with everything from customs and low riders to bracket racers and bikes. Feature events will include a Battle of the Techs, Vintage Alley, Pin-Up Girl and Greaser Boy Contest, a Resto-Mod Challenge, Club Displays and much more. In addition, the 25th Annual Jim Leslie Award will be presented. Special guests of the show this year include John Schneider form the Dukes of Hazzard on the Sunday from 1pm-4pm, NASCAR legend Tony Stewart on the Saturday from 12pm-2pm and Marvel’s Black Panther on Sunday from 11am-5pm. For more information please go to www.worldofwheels.com
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A Lot of Power
The all-new 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is the most powerful production Ford ever made
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60 horsepower. Think about that for a second. That’s more than the McLaren F1. It’s more than the Viper SRT. More than even a modern NASCAR makes, and that’s taking into account the power levels before the new regs kick in for 2020. In short, it’s a whole heck of a lot of power and it makes the 2020 Shelby GT500 the most powerful production Ford, ever. Yes; that includes the ultra-rare GT. It sure looks like it, doesn’t it? A glance at the massive, gaping maw that is the radiator and the huge hood bulge all point to the GT500 being the meanest Mustang to ever roll off the line and as we’ll soon see, you can make it look even meaner if you so wish.
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Fed to the fat rear tires through a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic (your only choice – according to the Shelby’s engineers, that’s the fastest way to go and that’s all there is to it), it will get you from 0-100 km/h in about 3.5 seconds, on to a top speed of 180 mph. “Whoa, whoa, whoa hold ON!” I hear you saying. “Didn’t Ford make a big deal about how the last GT500 could crack the 200 mph barrier? What’s with this 180 mph nonsense?” That they did, but the new car has been restricted to 180. Our guess is that with that kind of power, and given the right amount of tarmac, it can do a lot more than that.
Unfortunately, the Angeles Crest Highway north of Los Angeles where we had been dispatched to put the new Shelby though its paces – glorious that it is -- doesn’t really provide the kind of straights required to test top speeds. Indeed, Ford had us there to see how the latest GT500 could perform on the tricky, off-camber and sometimes slippy curves this wonderful ribbon of road presents. So it was written that Ford needed to make sure that the GT500 wasn’t just going to be a drag-strip demon. It needed to handle because there’s a brand-new mid-engined Corvette on the horizon and if the Shelby was going to keep up, it would need more than a big, honkin’ supercharged V8 to do so. To wit: magnetic dampers are standard on the GT500 as are super-sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires. If you need even more grip than that, there’s an optional carbon fibre track package that provides super-light carbon wheels – they lower total unsprung weight by 90 kg - and massive carbon rear wing. Remember that “make it look meaner thing” we talked about earlier? Yeah, that should do it. The aggressive front splitter, meanwhile, helps the GT500 use wind to its advantage to hunker down, clutch the surface below and keep you surging forward. Keep you surging forward, that is, accompanied by one of the biggest bellows you’ll find in the muscle car market. There are multiple exhaust settings but in a car like this – and with canyon walls like these – you have to select “Sport” or “Track,” right? I mean, performance car, drag car, show car or whatever you want to call it, a Mustang needs to sound a certain way. With the GT500, that sound is something like a cross between a NASCAR – you know, one of those world-class racers that actually have less power than this -- at the low end, and Jurassic Park’s T-rex at the top end. You can
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quiet it down, but I know I’d only be doing that in and around my inputs. It’s a much more aggressive rack than you’d think someneighbourhood. Anywhere else, it’s loud exhaust for me. thing with a big, heavy V8 up front would have, but considering the marching orders the Shelby had, the steering had to follow My goodness, is it quick. Indeed, those paddles are necessary suit. I must admit; at first, I thought any comparisons made with because I found myself regularly flicking one even before it the new Corvette would really be just based around the fact seemed the last gear had engaged, so furious is the accelera- these two happen to be the newest sports cars from two of the tion. You’re pinned back in the (optional) Recaro racing seat oldest rivals in the game. as the world around you blurs, and you do your best to keep computing all the obstacles and turns the Angeles Crest throws The way the GT500 handles, however, suggests that this really at you for miles and miles. could be more than an exercise in simple power one-upmanship. The way this latest Mustang feels so light on its feet, and so The steering wheel itself is big but wrapped in Alcantara suede nimble through its corners that you have a hard time fathoming so the grip is good, and the front end responds well to driver how they can fit so much engine up there and not destroy the
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handling aspects, is an engineering feat rarely seen at this level. I have not yet driven the Corvette but I will do so soon, and I am eager to see just how different it feels from this. Even more remarkable than that are the brakes; six pistons up front and four at the rear and while a ceramic disc option is not available at this juncture, these babies bite so hard that you can see why a ceramic option is easily forgotten. Perhaps those that plan on tracking their GT500 a lot would go this way, but for most, the way these perform will be more than enough. Since the GT500 is so darn fast – and gets going so darn fast so darn quickly – having brakes like this really does provide good peace of mind. The Shelby GT500 overall, though, provides a whole heck of a lot more than that. It provides power, panache, legend and an indisputable sense of occasion few cars today can match. In short, it provides everything any red-blooded car enthusiast could hope for. Not only that: with the impending arrival of the Mustang Mach-e EV CUV thingy, it serves to show that the Mustang will still be a sports car, through and through.
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50 Years!
2020 marks exactly 50 years since the Dodge Challenger was first introduced in 1970 Story and photos by John Gunnell, additional photos courtesy of FCA Canada
The Challenger shared Chrysler’s short-rear-deck, long-hood platform and “E” body with the third-generation Plymouth Barracuda, but the two had differences, too. The Dodge Challenger’s he Dodge Challenger bowed 50 years ago, and though it has wheelbase was two-inches longer and it had more interior come and gone, it came back and is still with us today. The room. Gen I Challenger lasted only through the 1974 model year, but it still became one of the most famous muscle car nameplates The Dodge Challenger was originally offered as a two-door in history. Collectors have sold some of the rarer Challenger hardtop or convertible, in base, SE (Special Edition), R/T (Road/ models for six-figure prices. This article takes a close look at Track) and T/A (Trans-Am) trim. We are going to talk about some of the hotter model-options Dodge offered below. the 1970 Challenger and the desirable first-year models.
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Driveline choices for various engines included Chrysler’s TorqueFlite automatic transmission and a three- or four-speed manual gearbox, which could be equipped with a Hurst “pistol-grip” shifter. Challengers with 383-440 or Hemi V8s could be ordered with a heavy-duty Dana 60 differential that included limited-slip.
Mopar’s awesome 440 Six-Pack engine in a 1970 Challenger. 16 MUSCLE CAR PLUS MAGAZINE FEB/MAR 2020
To a large degree, the Challenger is the “pony car” that came to the party late (five years after Ford’s Mustang) so it was aimed primarily at the enthusiast buyer who was interested in how well the car performed. Even some of the Mopar paint colours said “performance.” They included Plum Crazy metallic purple and HEMI Orange, with “bumblebee” tail stripes that came up the rear fenders and over the deck lid. Challenger buyers could add twin-scooped hoods, “shaker” hoods and rear deck spoilers.
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To promote the Challenger’s awesome options, it was seen at many road racing courses and drag strips. A limited-edition T/A version was released to the public in order to homologate that model and make it “legal” for Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Trans-Am racing. The T/A was one of the first production vehicles to offer different size tires in the front and back; size E60 x 15-in. front and G60 x 15-in at the rear. Race driver Sam Posey piloted a ’70 Challenger backed by Ray Caldwell’s Autodynamics Race Shop. While he didn’t take any flags with the No. 77 car, Posey finished fourth overall in Trans-Am series points. Dick Landy and Ted Spehar drag-raced Challengers in the National Hot Rod Association’s (NHRA) new Pro Stock class. In 1970, the HEMI Challengers (along with their ‘Cuda cousins) just about ruled that class.
A Challenger with the air cleaner removed from the 440 Six-Pack V8.
For the 1970 model year, just over 83,000 Dodge Challengers were sold. As promised, here are some detailed rundowns on and track” use of the car. The R/T package included everything three of the hottest Challengers: on the base Challenger’s equipment list, plus a 383-cid V8 with a four-barrel carburetor, an electric clock, a Rallye gauge 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 In writing about the ’70 Challenger R/T, Car Life magazine cluster for the instrument panel, front and rear Rallye suspenposed the unusual question, “What do you call a car with a 440 sion hardware with a sway bar, heavy-duty front and rear drum Six-Pack, four-on-the-floor, purple metallic paint and an urge to brakes, F70-14 fibreglass-belted black sidewall tires with raised white letters, longitudinal tape stripes or bumblebee stripes and challenge the world? Genghis Grape? special R/T exterior ornamentation. The new-for-1970 Challenger was an answer to the Mustang, Camaro, Cougar, Firebird, Javelin and Barracuda. The sports The 440-cid Magnum V8 was an option for the R/T. The stancompact came in three body styles: two-door hardtop, formal dard version of this overhead-valve V8 was a $250 option. A coupe and convertible. All featured a low, wide look with a full- dual exhaust system with reverse-flow mufflers was standard. width. The body sides had the familiar “Coke bottle” profile with A 375-hp version of the 440-cid V8 with a hotter cam was $113 raised rear fenders tapering at the tail end. Two large, rectan- additional. There was also a “Six-Pack” version with three Holley two-barrel carburetors. gular tail lamps nearly filled the entire rear beauty panel. For high-performance buffs, Dodge offered all three body styles Dodge built a total of 14,889 Challenger R/T two-door hardtops, in the Challenger R/T format. The terminology suggested “road which had a base price of $3,266. The formal hardtop listed for
The Automobile Gallery in Green Bay, Wis., owns this 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T with the 390-hp 440-6 V8. 18 MUSCLE CAR PLUS MAGAZINE FEB/MAR 2020
An ad from 1970 for the Challenger
$3,498 and 3,979 were built. Naturally, the convertible was rarer. It had a $3,535 window sticker and a mere 1,070 were made. The Challenger convertible with the 440-cid 375-hp V8 could move from 0-to-60 mph in 7.1 seconds according to Muscle Car Field Guide. The quarter mile got covered in 14.64 seconds with a terminal speed of 97.82 mph. The Hemi-powered version of the hardtop was even faster. It did the quarter mile in 14 seconds at 104 mph.
even have to look pretty – but it did. That made it special in the muscle car market niche. The Challenger was the last pony car to arrive. By the time it showed up, all pony cars had a big advantage over the early ones - there was space for a big-block V8. Challenger buyers could add a 375-hp 440-cid Magnum V8 to the R/T model for
1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T Car and Driver magazine once described the muscular Challenger as “Lavish execution with little or no thought towards practical application.” That really summed up the Hemi Challenger. Nobody needed such a car to get to work or run out for a pack of cigarettes. In the winter (maybe even in summer) you could burn out a set of rear tires without moving an inch. The Hemi Challenger was a race car. It was really fast! It didn’t
just $130.55 or they could get a 390-hp version for only $249.55 more. For those who wanted maximum performance, the Street Hemi was also available for $778.75 extra. Hemi production included 287 hardtops (137 with four-speeds), 60 SE hardtops (23 with four-speeds) and nine convertibles (five with four-speeds). All Hemi Challengers were R/Ts. They could do the quarter mile in 14 seconds at 104 mph. And during the week, you could get to work on time or make a very fast run to pick up eggs and milk! 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 20 MUSCLE CAR PLUS MAGAZINE FEB/MAR 2020
1970 Dodge Challenger T/A The 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A was a kissing cousin to the Plymouth AAR Barracuda. Unfortunately, the “fish car” usually
1970 Challenger V8 Engine Options Dodge Challenger base V8 Overhead valve. Cast iron block. Bore and stroke: 3.91 x 3.31 inches. Displacement: 318 cid. Compression ratio: 8.80:1. Brake hp: 230 at 4,400 rpm. Taxable hp: 48.90. Torque: 320 at 2,000 rpm. Five main bearings. Hydraulic valve lifters. Crankcase capacity: 4 qt. (Add 1 qt. for new filter). Cooling system capacity: 16 qt. (with heater). Carburetor: Carter BBD-4721-S two-barrel
sees more of the limelight than its Dodge counterpart. The Challenger T/A was a fast machine that got up to 60 mph in six seconds. “Wild and woolly” describes the ‘70 Challenger T/A Sport Coupe. Chrysler let Dodge make 2,500 of them. The idea was to build enough to meet the requirements for racing the new Dodge pony car in SCCA’s Trans-American Sedan Championship series. The Trans-Am was a competitive venue for small-block-V8powered two-door hardtops and two-door sedans (coupes). Chrysler’s Pete Hutchinson used a de-stroked 340-cid V8 block
Dodge Challenger optional V8 Overhead valve. Cast iron block. Displacement: 340 cid. Bore and stroke: 4.04 x 3.31 inches. Displacement: 340 cid. Compression ratio: 10.5:1. Brake hp: 275 at 5,000 rpm. (290 hp in the Challenger T/A). Taxable hp: 52.20. Torque: 340 at 3,200 rpm. Five main bearings. Hydraulic valve lifters. Crankcase capacity: 4 qt. (Add 1 qt. for new filter). Cooling system capacity: 16 qt. (with heater). Carburetor: Carter Thermo-Quad AVS-4933-S four-barrel. Dodge Challenger optional V8 Overhead valve. Cast iron block. Displacement: 383 cid. Bore and stroke: 4.25 x 3.38 inches. Compression ratio: 8.70:1. Brake hp: 290 at 4400 rpm. Taxable hp: 57.80. Torque: 390 at 2,800 rpm. Five main bearings. Hydraulic valve lifters. Crankcase capacity: 4 qt. (Add 1 qt. for new filter). Cooling system capacity: 16 qt. (with heater). Carburetor: Carter BBD-4613-S two-barrel. Dodge Challenger R/T optional V8 Overhead valve. Cast iron block. Displacement: 383 cid. Bore and stroke: 4.25 x 3.38 inches. Compression ratio: 9.50:1. Brake hp: 330 at 5000 rpm. Taxable hp: 57.80. Torque: 425 at 3,200 rpm. Five main bearings. Hydraulic valve lifters. Crankcase capacity: 4 qt. (Add 1 qt. for new filter). Cooling system capacity: 16 qt. (with heater). Carburetor: Carter AVS-4376-S four-barrel. Dodge Challenger optional high-performance V8 Overhead valve. Cast iron block. Displacement: 383 cid. Bore and stroke: 4.25 x 3.38 inches. Compression ratio: 9.50:1. Brake hp: 335 at 5,200 rpm. Taxable hp: 57.80. Torque: 425 at 3,400 rpm. Five main bearings. Hydraulic valve lifters. Crankcase capacity: 4 qt. (Add 1 qt. for new filter). Cooling system capacity: 16 qt. (with heater). Carburetor: Carter AVS-4376-S four-barrel. Dodge Challenger R/T optional V8 Overhead valve. Cast iron block. Bore and stroke: 4.32 x 3.75 inches. Displacement: 440 cid. Compression ratio: 9.70:1. Brake hp: 375 at 4,600 rpm. Taxable hp: 59.70. Torque: 480 at 2,800 rpm. Five main bearings. Hydraulic valve lifters. Crankcase capacity: 4 qt. (Add 1 qt. for new filter). Cooling system capacity: 15.5 qt. (with heater). Carburetor: Carter AVS-4737-S four-barrel. Dodge Challenger R/T optional “6-Pak” V8 Overhead valve. Cast iron block. Bore and stroke: 4.32 x 3.75 inches. Displacement: 440 cid. Compression ratio: 10.50:1. Brake hp: 390 at 4,700 rpm. Taxable hp: 59.70. Torque: 490 at 3,200 rpm. Five main bearings. Hydraulic valve lifters. Crankcase capacity: 4 qt. (Add 1 qt. for new filter). Cooling system capacity: 15.5 qt. (with heater). Carburetor: three Holley two-barrel. Dodge Challenger R/T optional “Street Hemi” V8 Overhead valve with hemispherical segment combustion chambers. Cast iron block. Displacement: 426 cid. Bore and stroke: 4.25 x 3.75 inches. Compression ratio: 10.20:1. Brake hp: 425 at 5,000 rpm. Taxable hp: 57.80. Torque: 490 at 4,000 rpm. Five main bearings. Hydraulic valve lifters. Crankcase capacity: 6 qt. (Add 1 qt. for new filter). Cooling system capacity: 15.5 qt. (with heater). Carburetor: Two Carter AFB 3084-S four-barrel. 22 MUSCLE CAR PLUS MAGAZINE FEB/MAR 2020
1970 Dodge Challenger T/A with the 290-hp 340-6 engine. as the basis for a competition coupe that ran a small 305-cid V8, but cranked out 440 hp. Ray Caldwell—who worked for Autodynamics—built the aforementioned Challenger T/A that Sam Posey drove to fourth place in the SCCA standings. Street-ready T/As had the same snorkel-type hood scoop, sideexit exhausts and lock-pin-secured flat-black hood as all-out racing cars, but if you raised the hood you could see differences in the engine bay. The street version carried special underhood goodies including a 340-cid “Six-Pack” V8 with three two-barrel carburetors. Buyers had a choice of TorqueFlite automatic transmission or a four-speed manual gearbox. A ducktail deck lid spoiler was in the T/A package, along with heavy-duty underpinnings and a Sure-Grip differential. Performance axle ratios, semi-metallic front disc brakes, semi-metallic rear drum brakes, a specific black side stripe and mixed size tires were included. To get clearance for the dual exhaust system pipes with the fat rear tires, T/As were “jacked up” in the rear through the use of increased rear spring camber. T/As were good for 0-60 mph in six seconds. They could do 100 mph in 14 sec. and the quarter mile in 14.5 sec. An eight-page ad in Hot Rod magazine’s October 1970 issue showed a yellow and black 1971 Challenger T/A. However, no production-type Challenger T/As were made by Dodge in 1971. The model was available only in 1970.
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Captivating Cyclone
Bill Blackall’s 1968 Mercury Cyclone GT Story and photos by Cam Hutchins
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he ‘60s were the era of “Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday” but this clearly did not work for Mercury in 1968. That year certainly started off with a bang for the fans of Mercury, as their Cyclone GT was dubbed “the fastest car of that year.” According to many online sources including Wikipedia, the Cyclone GT had earned the title, because it set a world record speed of 189.22 mph (304.52 km/h) at Daytona. This is marketing gold, and sales of the newly named Mercury Cyclone doubled over the sales of the previous year’s Mercury Comet. But the facts are cruel. With the increased sales to just over 13,000 1968 Cyclones, it was still a fraction of Ford’s similar Torino GT that sold over 74,000 fastbacks and over 5,000 convertibles. No Cyclone convertible was offered in 1968, and the Cyclone Coupe sold abysmally at 1,368 units in 1968, according to Hagerty.com. But for a young Bill Blackall, fresh out of a stint in the Canadian Military as a linesman and now working for an up-and-coming electronics firm, Fridan business machines, the 1968 Mercury Cyclone GT was perfect. He was driving a Rambler Rebel and had his heart set on an AMX with a 390 and 4-speed. Before pulling the pin on the AMX, he went to see a buddy who was the sales manager at Totem Mercury Sales Ltd., the Lincoln-Mercury dealership on Marine Drive in Vancouver. He was shown the sales brochure for the Mercury Cyclone and was sold on the looks and that it had a backseat. The AMX had no back seat and the Cyclone not only had the 390, it would much better suit a young fella’ thinking of getting married. The whole family deal seemed a long way off, but he liked the Cyclone enough to want one....but his buddy at Totem said none were available. Fate prevailed and on his way to a service call in 24 MUSCLE CAR PLUS MAGAZINE FEB/MAR 2020
car was spartanly equipped with a remote driver’s side mirror, and pushbutton AM radio with the dual rear deck speakers. It had vinyl buckets and carpet, a pretty bare bones car, but like almost all cars like this of the era, Blackall had an 8-track player installed under the dash. The hood scoop with turn signal indicators was added by Blackall. In early 1969, his wedding photos show the car all decorated up, sans the hood scoop. Blackall was moonlighting at the gas station by the Blue Boy Hotel in South Vancouver and ordered the parts from Totem Sales and installed the scoop himself. The car even came equipped with the two-barrel carb instead of the four-barrel, and with hubcaps. It was a Cyclone GT with the additional badging and stripes and upgrades to the suspension. Shortly after buying the car, he was sent to school by his employer to learn about their extensive line of products. The school was located just north of San Francisco in San Leandro. Many weekends, he would leave school Friday afternoon and drive till 3a.m. to get home to visit his girlfriend. Then repeat the process Sunday afternoon in reverse to be back in school in California by 8 am..
Maple Ridge, he saw a Competition Orange Cyclone GT on the raised display at Metro Motors. He had a mobile Marine phone in his Rebel and called to say he was going to be late. He bought the Cyclone GT on the spot, or as “on the spot” as can be, with arranging a bank loan and trade-in of his Rebel. Blackall did call his buddy at Totem to have the car transferred, but Metro did not The girlfriend became his wife in 1969, and Blackall went into real want to release the car. estate and drove the Cyclone as his business car until he bought Two days later, he took possession of his 1968 Mercury Cyclone an LTD in 1973, and the Cyclone became his wife’s car. In 1980, GT with the 390 V8 and three speed automatic transmission. This he sold the Cyclone GT to a friend of Blackall’s younger brother,
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Chris Murray who lived in Steveston. Years later, with the failure of the transmission, the car was parked beside Murray’s house and started its long process of decay. Moving on from the Mercury, Blackall was going all out working in Real Estate and still had his ‘46 Ford that he bought in Ottawa while in High School. Dropping by to visit Murray in 1998, he decided he wanted the car back. He wrote a cheque for the $1,000 Murray had bought the car for in 1980 and said, if you cash the cheque, that car is mine again. Having it towed home, Blackall thought it would be a great project for his son Bryan and him to rebuild it. It was really too far gone to try to restore, but his son merrily went about dissembling it with little regard for carefully keeping all the parts. The project stalled for years until Blackall decided to finish the project, but a unibody car is not so easy to repair; many of the rusty parts are part of the structure that keeps the car strong and safe. He wisely took the Cyclone to his friend Bill Grover, owner of W.S. Grover Auto Body in Richmond, who had painted his ‘46 Ford for him. He asked him to restore the car for him, as the rust had ravished the car and it took lots of work to complete the restoration. Lots of the body panels were started with Torino panels and heavily modified to fit the Mercury. All the mechanical parts were rebuilt and the engine got a new fourbarrel Holley carb and manifold. The interior got a new headliner and carpets, but the door panels and seats were repaired. Some of the glass is still original but the windshield has been replaced. The wheels with hubcaps were upgraded to the optional wheels available in 1968 for owners that could afford them. The wheels were optional on the Montego and Cougars as well. Many parts were sourced from Dearborn Classics and some mechanical parts were from Ford. The car was finished in June of 2013 and Blackall drives it on Veteran plates and uses it for promotional purposes for his Real Estate business. Collector plates are being 26 MUSCLE CAR PLUS MAGAZINE FEB/MAR 2020
considered for the future, but Blackall likes to be able to drive his car whenever he wants for advertising. The car does not have air conditioning and Blackall regrets not adding it during the restoration. The car rides very well and the front disc brakes do a good job stopping the approximately 3,500 lb car. The 1968 Mercury Cyclone GT was available with engines ranging from 302 cu in V8s up to 428 cu. in. offered mid way through 1968. The horsepower range was from 210 bhp on the 302 all the way up to 390 bhp from the available 427. This car came with the 390 2-bbl with 265 bhp but with the 4-bbl it is rated at 325 bhp, only 10 horsepower off the 428 cu. in. with 335 bhp. Almost certainly the manufacturer was playing games downplaying horsepower numbers to foil the insurance companies. The slow sales probably did a lot to see the demise of the Cyclone GT after just a few short years. Blackall drives his car as often as he can and it is his go-to car for long trips. This includes trips throughout the Pacific Northwest, Calgary, Edmonton, and numerous trips to the interior. For some reason he has no plans to pack up at noon and drive all night to California, but he has the perfect ride if ever he decides to!
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Nothing Like Being There
Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals starts second decade Story and photos by John Gunnell, additional photos courtesy of Tom Ostrowski
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ob Ashton and his crew at the headquarters for the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals S how found it necessary to kick into gear a bit earlier for their 2019 event. They had car collectors willing to commit to exhibiting very early, especially those who wanted to be in one of the Premier Unveiling spots. “We are honoured and humbled to be the place for enthusiasts and restoration shops to showcase their latest build,” said M CACN Managing Member Bob Ashton. “If there is any event that draws attention to a primo muscle car or Corvette, it’s the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals (MCACN).” The 2019 show took place Nov. 23-24, the weekend before U.S. Thanksgiving. Five big Chicago hotels were needed just to host show participants. MCACN is always held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center not far from O’Hare Airport. The venue is directly connected to several of the giant hotels by convenient skywalks.
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Last year Ashton had promised that the 2019 MCACN would include more vehicles from Canadian owners. He kept his word. Ashton said that there were “more than 20” cars at the show that came from Canada. They included a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Road Runner convertible from Ontario that was part of the show’s “Unveilings” of freshly-restored cars. Another Canadian entry was a 1972 Pontiac GTO H/O edition, that also hails from Ontario.
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The MCACN Invitational Displays for 2019 were designed to keep things fresh by hosting some very special vehicles. Each year, some entirely new displays are planned, while a few very popular displays—including Barn Finds and Hidden Gems—return year after year. Specific 2019 presentations included a Ford and Mercury Total Performance display that spotlighted the rarest and best Boss Mustangs on the right and the hottest Mercurys—like Cougar Eliminators and CJ and SCJ cars--on the left. The Ford-Merc display featured several Premier Unveilings.
Services. This one chronicled the history of Pontiac’s hottest “round-port” GTOs, which were marketed from 1965-1972. Mattison said he will return to MCACN 2020 to host a Ram Air Firebird Invitational. Chevelle enthusiast Dan Vasic hosted another special display called the Chevelle Post Sedan Invitational. The Chevelle sedans (some people call the two-door versions coupes) are among Vasic’s all-time favourite cars. The two-doors had low production totals and are rare today. Vasic featured five cars in this grouping.
A second special display—the Ram Air Pontiac GTO Invitational—was hosted by Jim Mattison of Pontiac Historic Another 2019 MCACN attraction was the A12 Super Bee Olds 442 was one of many as-found and Barn Find cars at MCACN.
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and Roadrunner Reunion. With it being a 50th anniversary year for these 1969 Mopar 6-pack and 6-barrel beasts, MCACN decided to feature them in 2019!
Chrysler’s 1970 “High Impact” colours still have a lot of impact at shows.
’69 Torino Cobra Sports Roof was bright red.
Other highlights of the 11t h MCACN event included an exclusive “Vintage Certification Program” sponsored by American Performance, LLC; a “Corvette Central Triple Diamond” display and competition; a “Pinnacle Certification” program for prime Shelbys and Mustangs (sponsored by Titan Lifts); the popular “Barn Finds a nd Hidden Gems” exhibit and a “Hot Muscle Bike” show-within-a-show sponsored by Koolstuff. “If there is one thing I have learned over the years, it’s that to keep the all-important spectators coming back, we need to present a new show every year,” said Ashton. “I think we did exactly that for the past 10 years. We have been very fortunate to be able to do this, as many other shows a re the same year after year, which is fine, but not for us.” Ashton said he was excited about kicking off the second decade of the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals. “We appreciate the continued support, whether from participants or spectators,” he said. “As always, we ask that people help us spread the word, because there is nothing quite like actually being at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals.”
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Draggins Rod & Custom Car Show history - a history that he did not really expect. A history of owners who believed the car should stay in Canada regardless of price. Under Kurtzinger ’s eagle eye, the car was restored, using as much and as many of the original parts as possible. When the car was entered in the Chicago Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals, Kurtzinger left with a series of “Best” trophies and a 997 (out of 1,000) point Concours rating. Not bad for a Prairie Boy working in his shop with the help of a few friends. Kurtzinger now intends to display the car locally at Auto Shows in Saskatchewan. The Draggins Car Club, inducted into the Canadian Hot his year, on Easter Weekend (April 10th and 11th), get Rodding Hall of Fame, have been a supporter of local up off the couch and come to the 60th Annual Drag- Hot Rodders and car enthusiasts by constantly updating gins Rod and Custom Car Show in Saskatoon. Featured this year is a 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner that is pretty much the rarest Roadrunner on the Planet! Story by Charles Renny
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Current owner Tracy Kurtzinger, from Dana, Saskatchewan, had heard rumours about a 1970 Hemi Roadrunner convertible in Canada for years. Depending on the source, there were either three or four Hemi Roadrunner convertibles made in 1970. Only one was destined for Canada! One day he decided to track the car down. The rest is Canadian Barn Find History. In 2016, Kurtzinger found and purchased the car. He also traced the car’s
their show and often showcasing popular local vehicles. The Draggins have given back to the community in many ways, and their prime activity is helping to fund the Saskatchewan Abilities Council with the proceeds of their show and other activities. In addition to Kurtzinger, there will be more than 200 other storytellers, all willing to tell you the history of their pride and joy! 34 MUSCLE CAR PLUS MAGAZINE FEB/MAR 2020
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FEATURE: MAN-A-FRE INDUCTION SYSTEMS
This is a restored small-block Chevy Man-A-Fre.
What’s Old is New Again
Story and photos by John Gunnell
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“ an-A-Fre” was the name of a high-performance induction system that was marketed in the early- to mid-1960s and used on various engines, but primarily Chevrolet’s small-block and bigblock V8s. The name meant “Manifold-Free” and the hardware itself was a direct port fuel-injection system with a carburetor plate replacing an intake manifold. It’s likely that no one today knows as much about Man-A-Fre carburetor injector systems as Dave Petersen of Waukesha, Wis. Petersen has restored a number of Man-A-Fre setups including a very rare big-block Chevy V8 Afterburner injection system. The Afterburner predicted today’s direct-port nitrous oxide injection. Fuel bosses were pre-spotted by the factory and optional Afterburner solenoids and plumbing were employed. The Man-A-Fre system was developed by Robert Patrick who started out in Atlanta, GA. Patrick had carburetor plates made by different foundries. By 1963, Harold Graves refined the castings a bit and moved Man-A-Fre to Canoga Park, Calif. The main part of a Man-A-Fre kit was the aluminum plate that set four carburetors over the intake ports. Customers could buy a plate with built-in injectors or with carburetor mounting pads. In Option 2 they could add injector carburetors that worked just like the built-in injectors or get Man-A-Fre modified carburetors. Man-A-Fre also sold Afterburner setups and all needed parts such as custom-made ball-bearing linkages and fuel blocks. The first Man-A-Fre systems were offered for 265-, 283-, and 327-cid Chevy engines, but they could be adapted to other V8s. The injectors could be used with any carburetor or manifold. With the 9-lb. plate and four two-barrel carburetors installed, there was one carburetor barrel supplying each cylinder of a V8 engine. 36 MUSCLE CAR PLUS MAGAZINE FEB/MAR 2020
Dave Petersen has restored a number of Man-A-Fres.
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All the small parts were individually restored and laid out like this.
The rarest big-block Chevy Man-A-Fre was pretty nice even before it was restored. Man-A-Fre modified Rochester two-barrel carburetors with trimmed arms and built-in Afterburner injector nozzles. Graves preferred the large three-inch diameter Rochesters (1-3/4-in. bore size) used on ‘57 Pontiacs. He added custom arms so they could operate close together. He also tweaked carbs with built-in injectors. A balance tube cast into the plate prevented any one cylinder from scavenging too much fuel.
passion,” Petersen explained. “A Man-A-Fre is something I saw when I was a kid and I became fascinated with them.” Petersen started by restoring a SBC version, but he says his biggest find was his big-block Man-A-Fre with Afterburner. This unit was put in a duffle bag in 1969 and kept there for 47 years, before Petersen bought it.
Graves also reworked Olds Rochester and Chevy truck carburetors. Four truck carbs provided a total of 7.50 sq. in. of venturi area. Graves also supplied carb adapters. With no manifold passages, Man-A-Fres could fit under a Corvette’s hood with no clearance issues. The system looked great when a muscle car owner popped his hood.
That big-block Chevy Man-A-Fre system with Afterburner was originally a 1967 build. It has 1958 Pontiac large-bore Rochester 2G carbs. The man who bought it was from western Iowa. He raced it on a Corvette for a year-and-a-half. In 1969, he went to Viet Nam. He planned to put the unit on a big-block-powered ‘57 Chevy, but never did. When Petersen got the rare Man-A-Fre it was complete, untouched and beautiful.
Dave Petersen restored several different types of Man-A-Fre, researched company history and hooked up with a former ManA-Fre employee named Tim Bowman, who told him he wanted to share his knowledge with enthusiasts and collectors. “It’s a
Petersen’s SBC unit took him a long time to restore. “There were days when I spent lots of time just tracking down people who knew about these systems and I think that doing that was one of the most fascinating parts of the project,” he told Muscle Car
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Here we see the start of the re-assembly of the rarest Man-A-Fre system.
1957 Rochester 2G large-bore carburetors. Two outlets on the Afterburner upper fuel log have a copper fuel line running to each injector. Also, the injectors are arched downwards so that they spray fuel directly into the venturis. Dave’s restoration of this “rarest” Man-A-Fre Afterburner design was over by December 2017. Zinc, Inc. in Slinger, Wis. and
Plus. “That’s how I wound up getting in touch with Tim Bowman. I was on the phone with Bob Kunz, a carburetor guru from St. Louis who’s been rebuilding carburetors for 42 years. He gave me Tim’s email and told me that I should send him a message. Bowman worked for Harold Graves and had done the final assembly on my Man-A-Fre.” After the first one, Petersen found other units to restore. He did his first big-block-Chevy Afterburner model in August 2017, then restored a big-block-Chevy Man-A-Fre with another type of Afterburner system. Some people say the third unit was never made, but Petersen found a photo of it in a Jan. 1965 Hop-Up magazine article. He considers it rare. It uses four specially built
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The rare big-block system fully restored and reassembled looks gorgeous. Huth Ben Pearson International, LLC, in Hartford, Wis., were very helpful with this project. This system was also stored many years. It came from a Washington state racer who stored it for 40-45 years. No one can deny it’s in the right hands now, because Dave Petersen made it look new again.
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