My Dad bought a 69 Dart GTS 340 and said he could abuse that car hard with its 3 spd automatic black interior the dodge white body and black GTS strip around it.brand new in 69 .

11:01 Holy Crap!

Got a l88 in mine it’s insane. It’s from a corvette 69

Wow, that was so close. I love both cars.

Buick demonstrates torque wins races, HP sells cars.

keep up the sillines the video was great as always to many crab asses out there sit back and enjoy these videos the guy too alot of time to make for our entertainment

My 1967 American with a transplanted drivetrain from a totaled 1968 Javelin fooled many mainstream muscle cars back in the very early 1970's. We used to call it the glow factor. Because you felt so warm inside when you smacked a Camaro or Mustang because you knew they were pissed getting beat by a Rambler. 343 with a little headwork. Edelbrock intake with a 650 dual line double pumper. Crane cam, Schiefer clutch, 3.54 gears, Lakewood slapper traction bars because of the horrible wheel hop without them. Had to have the driveshaft shortened because the Javelin had a 109- inch wheelbase whereas the American had a 106 -inch wheelbase. Local machine shop connected to a speedshop did the headwork and the driveshaft for me.

If I was that Chevelle guy I would not be cluking to much because that AMX was much more impressive. I was pulling for that AMX the whole way down.

SA 454

The Plymouth Duster was going to be called the Devil but the brass at Plymouth said NO WAY !

6:32. Wth. Looks like Buick was way in lead

win or lose both cars win

a12 is my dream car. beautiful

To be honest both would be nice to go get a pizza in

Both awesome cars

Nice 1/4 mile times. Camaro didn't get off the line.

Breaks my heart to see such an underpowered Chevelle SS454. Lost to my mom's boat.

i have ownede pontiacs all my life and my friends even call me pontiac pete but that g8 is a chevrolet with pontiac emblems on it your videos are always great but gm should have never dropped oldsmobile and pontiac for a saturn????? lol

It's been 6 months. What's happening?

This editing 😂

In 69 I bought a r r 383 then built it to make 425 hp sure wish I had ut back,but in 71 economic took a shit and count afford to keep it.

Like the GTO thew Best

I used to drive a GS 455 (not stage 1) and, like most people at the time, thought HP determined 1/4 mile times. That’s when I learned about the secret of Buick: Torque. It was a fun car to drive and I’m glad that I survived as a teenager. 😅

I a fan of Buicks glad to see it won all 3 races

Both iconic cars no matter who won!

Those 340s were a gem.

Back in 1978 in high school I almost bought a dodge demon dart for my first car. Thankfully I ended up buying a Pontiac 69 GTO. 400 , auto with 3.55 gears. Way better looking car with plenty of power. A guy at my high school had a 1970 340 Duster. He had a small cam, headers, thought it was fast. We lined up many times.,I beat him by 5-6 car lengths every time. Then raced his friends 69 Road Runner with a 383 , auto and 391 gears. Beat him by 3 lengths. Mopar or no car I will always take a Pontiac. I still have one today.

Sure, the ‘Cuda is all stock.

What was your lightest car raced here? Maybe early Mustang?

Both awesome machines

I love it

Ford Chevy and dodge agree 450 HP But all of them had motors over 500 HP

Daddy came back from the service with a man from Alabama He had that Torino and that car was fast 429 cobra jet

BONE STOCK lol ... mopar guy but the chevy is a screamer... built to blow away all stock cars

To put it in perspective, $200 was roughly 2 and a half weeks average pay in 1970.

A12😮 ITS ov'A

I’ll take either one!!👍👍

I think if the AMX had slightly taller gears, she might have even ran a little better. That 390 winds up a lot quicker than the longer stroke 455 and was getting out of it's power band a little early from what I observed. If I remember correctly, AMC had a 3.73 diff option, but it was a Dealer install option. If you bought an AMX new, the next taller gear ratio from the 3.91 was the 3.54. Compression Ratio also had a factor. Those extra 65 cube's weren't sqeezin' as hard as that 390. That's where that torque comes from. If the Firebird was against a '72' Javelin AMX, 401/4 speed, at 8.5 C/R, the Firebird would have womp it all day long. If the AMX was against a '70' 400 c.u. Firebird, I think it would lose that race as well. I grew up in Kenosha Wi. so I've always been partial to AMC products and you can make em' run with the best of them. It just cost's more. Back in the '70's a performance cam & lifters for a small block chevy was under a hundred bucks, while the cam alone for my 401 was over 150 bucks. Overall I think AMC's are underrated. I had a '72" Ambassador 4dr sedan, 360/4bbl/duel exhaust that completely destroyed a (new at the time) '85' Iroc Camero from a dead stop. To this day, I always think about how that guy must have felt about getting his ass kicked by a "Rambler". Any AMC fans in my area, drop me a line. I'd love to shoot the shit. Best regards fellow gear heads.

I guess I don't know what a coup is. I believe that all Dusters were coups. 2 door. Hard top. They didn't make any convertables. 340 wedge, 727 torque flight, 323, 8 and 3/4 rear end that I would swap for a 454 gear when going to Bean Blossom eight mile drag strip. I owned three of them back in '80 to '84. Good times!

Given identical torque ratings I think the shorter final gear ratio gave the advantage here to the Buick. Plus those tires on the Chevy are crap

I love how mopars little 360s and 340s brawl with big block Chevys and fords like little minions

Ive watched a few of these now and it appears that the right lane tends to be a bit slower than the left. Appears to be.

You just can't give up 26 ci to a hemi and win. Still solid performance... from both cars. Dipping into the 11s in the Cuda got me a little sticky below the belt too...

I knew a few guys who worked with the big Hemi at the proving grounds. They said the 426 would dyno at 500 hp all day long. I have to believe the same would have to be true with the Chevrolet 427. Those Chrysler big blocks had the hole shot, but big block Chevrolets sure could make high end power.

And that is why ALL top fuel and funny cars are based on the 426 HEMI!

If the Camaro had a cowl induction hood for raceing it would have been even faster. Beautiful car!

Awesome, thx

My father had a brand new 68Z 28 crossram cow induction JL8 brakes . He was associated with Bill Jenkins and Dave Strickler. Set a record at the local dragstrip PID for 11.97 But didn’t back it up.

I was bright I thought the Buick would do it. I figured traction would be critical

Yeah, that was a no brainer. The Camaro had the added luxury of not having to cut the light.