AMERICAN MUSCLE CARS in the land DOWN UNDER

We Aussies are huge fans of American Muscle Cars and there is no shortage here in the land down under. Join Glenn Everitt as we check out one particular Australians collection and his passion for everything automotive that's made in the USA! Even better, we also get to drive an awesome Plymouth Superbird tribute!

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Seen a NASCAR spec 426 twin four barrel cross-ram intake hit 880 something horsepower 840 torque IIRC. The TV show did _all_ the American well known engines, 409 427 428 455 along with a few others, and with all of them the that sweet sweet V8 exhaust roar was predominant in the dyno runs. *Until* they put the Hemi on... All you could hear was that suction pump mill pulling through those twin four barrels and ramming it through that tuned cross-ram. The rulebook for NASCAR & NHRA was written by the 426 Hemi. Or more correctly it was written by all the other manufacturers 😭 at the governing bodies because they couldn't get that much power even with that 7 foot long timing chain twin cam monstrosity that was built. There was even a dual distributor 426 design that was built just to make sure the competition knew their place. 4 of them built and ordered destroyed but one was saved. Still the champ. 8.9 at 151MPH turn key at a dealer. Just don't forget to buy the parachute before you leave the dealer so you can put your fully stock car on the track.😉 Mopar _is_ the Beast.🤘🏻😎

[@splender88]

Great video happy to see our Aussies friends also love American muscle cars. Interesting how people in other parts of the world view these cars and admire them as much as we do.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

We sure do. Thanks for watching and great to have you here.

[@gregparrott]

One of Chrysler's ads in magazines for their 440 six pack engine stated: "Nothing shrinks time and distance like cubic inches and good induction"

[@hamishfullerton7309]

A man after my own heart, the Plymouth road runner is my absolute favorite muscle car and 426hemi gee well and what a collection 🤪

[@gtnathan]

Great collection & a really nice, engaged enthusiast

[@gregparrott]

Nice collection! Having owned 5 Camaros in the 1967 to 1970 vintage, including one turbocharged, I thought I was pretty fast. But my biggest shock occurred when my boss casually informed me he had a Charger with a 440, six pack carbureted engine and 4 speed. Proof of power? - Dropping it to 3rd gear and flooring it at 80mph would briefly light the tires. Case closed.

[@timinla64]

Richard Petty’s actual Superbird went up for auction last year. It didn’t sell, but the final bid was $3.5 million. A numbers matching street hemi version can go for big $$$. I’d have to go with a replica too. Beautiful car, anyway!

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Imagine owning the Kings Superbird! Doesn't get much better than that!

[@BilgePump]

Turns out our cousins from the land down under are the best Americans 😮🇦🇺

[@cyclonecj4285]

Thanks Glenn. I love American Muscle. I'm a Ford fan but Mopar made some cool cars.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

My pleasure. I agree. They're a bit of a neutral brand Mopar, very well liked by everyone.

[@canadiantimberwolf1]

Oh and by the way, the front fenders on the Superbird are originally from the 69 I believe Cornet when they were building the Bird.

[@RollinBolders]

A Petty blue Super Bird with a 426HEMI And 4spd absolute Dream car…!!!

[@doctor_disco5623]

Probably the most appropriate place for Muscle cars beside the most of North America, and its half way around the world at the bottom

[@darrel021190]

That cap mate. Love it uss Missouri.

[@elcasho]

Cool video!

[@foahsdarb]

I rode by Randleman a month ago and showed my boy pettys old ride. When you go to Randolph co. NC you realize pretty quick its Mopar country.

[@stephenpublicover8818]

hey,on a t,v, show years ago ,i watched a dyno test a stock 426 heme at 852HP at 6200rpm!

[@canadiantimberwolf1]

Just to let you know, that Red TA was exactly like the one in another Burt Reynolds movie called Hooper about a stuntman setting a world record.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Thanks for sharing!

[@38skippers]

I used to love the Hot Wheels cartoons as a kid.

[@Adrian-ey5xp]

I'm so jeleous 😀

[@DeepseaSteve]

6.6 litre was not a 455 it was 403. I had a 77 in case you were wondering

[@philipgates988]

Don’t you mean it’s a 400

[@jamesybarra7947]

@@philipgates988 some came w 400 Pontiac some people ordered them w 403 oldsmobile some 350 oldsmobile, 350 chevy

[@jessicawells5145]

Is there a way to get in touch with Plymouth GTX owners there,I sold one in 98 that went down y'all's way,it was a blue 68 GTX that was solid out of hazelhurst mississippi.would just like to see the finished product

[@lobsterwhisperer7932]

The smokey and the bandit Trans-Am, is the best looking American muscle car, i was shocked to see how under powered the big block was in stock form.

[@monkeydui7241]

Yeah emissions regulations really screwed up the engine. They still went like a dream though

[@binxbolling]

Regulations castrated muscle cars in the mid-1970s.

[@canadiantimberwolf1]

Those Winged Warriors, when you drove them in the city, they were really bad. Those wings and nose cones did nothing except getting damaged by people who forgot the extra length on the front. They were meant to do over 100 MPH in order for all that equipment to do the job intended. No racecar in NASCAR history was ever baned for being unfair until the Daytona and Superbird showed up. Although recently there is an argument that FORD did a 200 MPH before the Superbird, but that is arguably arguable. The Richard Petty 43 was recorded at just over 200 MPH on the big race tracks.

[@bobwalther1154]

This guys knows his stuff. Onya for the USS Missouri hat. Cheers from St. Louis, Missouri.

[@stu6885]

7.456 L IS 455 Cubed 6.6L IS 400-403

[@amira__essamm]

How likeable is Brian !

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

He’s a great guy and very down to earth. Good mechanic too.

[@oscarwalton1188]

The rear wing isn't for down force it's a side to side stabilizer think of it as a tail rudder of a airplane it kept the tail from sliding out at speed

[@RollinBolders]

M O P A R you are with us, or you are behind us…!!!

[@Adrian-ey5xp]

I'm total mopar though..give credit to other models..brands..but can't beat a hemi

[@MrSwaggOn]

This guy has alot of money and time on his hands!

[@gregparrott]

The claimed spec. for the Trans Am seems wrong. By the time that particular Trans Am came out, it was MUCH weaker than earlier years. Also, he associated 6.6 liters with the 455. However 6.6 liters is 402 cubic inches. This was no match for Pontiac's "SD 455" engine of earlier years.

[@theboyzyes]

440 HI-PO was not a factory sticker...looks so wrong.

[@hackau]

You don't have to put it on yours. 😁

[@SteveRood1]

The 351 Cleveland is a small block engine NOT a Big block engine.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Hi Stefan, thanks for watching, he stated 'Big Port' 4V, not Big Block.

[@SteveRood1]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines aha, thanks for the reply, several other Australians already mentioned this in the Torino Club

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

@@SteveRood1 , my pleasure. I must say, I really liked that car, it was a very tidy example.

[@montinaladine3264]

Actually, the Cleveland design is neither small or big block. It is a design sort of on it's own - having characteristics of both. Also you should realise that this is GM terminology. Small block and Big block. You'll find that Ford and Chrysler had their own naming terminologies even if their specs did fit into the Chev ones (eg "A" engine and "B" engine, with further derivatives of these as "LA" or Light "A" engine (273, 318, 340, 360) and RB for Raised-Deck "B" engine, such as the 426W, 426H, and 440) The SBC (small block Chev) family were, like the Ford Windsor engines, a true small block with 60 degree V while the Clevo, with it's wide 90 degree V configuration and port layout more closely resembled a small sized big block.

[@jamesybarra7947]

Yellow car needs repainted every pannel was a different shade

[@mikenolan3060]

Who do i have to sell a kidney to so i can buy one of these one day?

[@jeromymckay7666]

Gooo the trans amsss

[@troydeck3017]

6.6 is a 400 not a 455