Top 10 Quickest Muscle Cars Of 1969 Muscle Car Of The Week Episode 373

[@sergiojacquez2277]

Awesome muscle cars in that era. I thank God everyday for my dream car, a 73 SD-455 Trans am that I had since I was 19 years old, and now I’m 62 and still own it. 🙏

[@kevinz0681]

I love them cars, my dad had a white 75 trans am with a 455 in it 4 speed.

[@nicholaschase768]

I actually just watched something about the most underrated muscle cars, and the 73 Trans am was on the list. I couldn’t recall what it looked like so I searched it and it blew me away. Beautiful car. Good for you, pal.

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

Yeah, those Super Duty 455,s ran Very Well, most impressive Cars with Low Compression Engines.

[@Lousasshol]

Do u pretend to be Smokey

[@jackredman469]

My Buddy had a 70 TA 400SD balanced and blueprinted 560 hp Fastest car I ever rode in and drove! E made it to Myrtle Beach, SC from Charlotte, NC in 2 hours and 15 minutes...often running 165 mph...Amazingly I'm still alive at 63 hahahahahahaha 😆

[@allenallen7569]

I'll take that Boss 429 please!!!

[@relish1192]

I always loved the 1968-1971 cars, Olds 442, Chevelle, Corvette Stingray, Camaro's, The chargers, all of them were beautifully created

[@richardlandis793]

I bought a ‘69 Camaro off the showroom floor in Dayton, Ohio. I wish I still had it. My brother introduced it to a tree. He was ok, but...... Daytona Chargers are great.

[@andrewipp426]

MCOTW good to have you back, you’ve been missed !

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Thanks Andrew!

[@misterpeppercorn3078]

In 1969 my Dad bought me a new Mustang 428 Cobra Jet Shaker Hood. The car was a monster. You literally could not floor it from a standing stop without burning rubber and fish tailing all over the place. You really had to know how to handle the car. In 1973 I returned it to my Dad where he sold it for a mere $3,500. Wish I still had it.

[@misterpeppercorn3078]

@Jack Russelle Lewis I can accept that! 👍

[@thefettfan3994]

I wish I owned all ten cars featured! I really do!! Nice to see you guys and "MCofTW" back in action, you've been missed!!!

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Thank you so much!

[@freedomfirst5420]

DITTO!

[@XAPAN88]

Dude you’ve been missing for a while...got me a little bit worried...😉

[@markreisen7038]

Tough times come and go. Tough people will endure.

[@bondgabebond4907]

I grew up in that era. Most wonderful time. I was into sports cars, like my Datsun 200. Dad had a 64-1/2 Plymouth Barracuda. Bare bones, no A/C, no radio but fast. Friend had a GTO, frighteningly fast. If I could go back to those days, I would buy a few of those cars off the showroom and hide them until 2020.

[@MikeBMW]

Awesome, Kevin, great to have you back! Certainly a list of the fastest day one cars of 1969 but I rarely saw those as the day two mods were always quickly installed. :)

[@lancegoulet8100]

I'm rebuilding a '69 Torino - and that is exactly what I am going for. I'm trying to make it, not what it was when it rolled off the line in '69, but what it would have been in '72 after someone had spent 3 years making it faster. Not quite stock, but not a typical restomod, slammed to the ground with a Coyote motor and 20 inch rims with low profile tires. t's going to have meaty tires and a fair amount of rake. It's a muscle car goddammit, not a rice burner. The guy who is rebuilding the motor for me tells me I should expect single digit mpg, so maybe I should have gone with the Coyote. Naaaah.

[@jongallant6054]

I'm a Ford guy. And I can say that back in 69-71 Mopars had the best selection of muscle cars. Anything big block Mopar was deadly. Even there GTS darts were stout running machines. GM also had an array of cars to pick from. Ford on the other hand had a small handful. And Mercury only had a couple big block muscle cars. Fords handicap was shock towers. Most guys avoided the Fords because it was a major project to install a big block into those shock towered cars. The cars that did not have shock towers were big heavy aircraft carrier sized boats. So the big blocks in those cars was kinda cancelled out because of the weight of the cars. That was Fords biggest error in the street car wars. Most young people had low paying jobs back then. And when you consider the fact you could buy a 6 cylinder Camaro for next to nothing. And then buy a big block rat motor for $100 dollars. You just needed an engine hoist to build a fast street machine. No cutting or welding to fit the motor in the car. That was the main reason the Camaro became the most common hot rod in America. The Nova also became popular when in 1968 the Nova was factory built without shock towers like the earlier Nova's had. Overall though the AC Cobra kicked all there azz'es off the assembly line. If was never a factory Ford release. But Shelby made it Ford Powered. And thus became a Ford Powered rat and HEMI killer on the street and road course. But only a handful were ever built. And so it never really became something most every street racer ever worried about. Because chances are you would never run into one on the street to race. I enjoy muscle cars period. There all just bad azz for there own reasons.

[@FloydLarck]

Those Mustangs back then, working on them was a PIA due to those dang towers.

[@kramnull8962]

Can we get a graph showing all the big block camaros that were wrapped around a phone pole along the way? You are correct though. Along with the fact that Fords released to the public from factory were hampered by many obstacles from running great ET's. Taller rear end gearing, milder cams, and smaller carbs. Many times lower compression than Chevy and Mopar. Ford tried to keep reliability a thing as well.... Most of the FE's came with valve springs that were too light as well; made for better wear and most likely a little more power from their lower end engines, but weren't sufficient for any cam or carb upgrades where the RPM range will increase a great deal.

[@sergeantmasson3669]

Jon Gallant, evidently you forgot about the 428 SCJ Mustangs, Fairlanes, Cougars, and Torinos.

[@markmccarty9793]

Don't know where you grew up? I grew up in the deep south and there were several 428 powered Torinos knocking round. Traction was the biggest problem, can't use what you can't hook up! Hemi's were awesome, but I only knew of 1 in my area, a GTX. Big block Chevys were bad, if you could keep all 8 connecting rods in the block! Truth is few people could afford the gas in the late 70's and then when the octane level plummeted it was the kiss of death to double digit compression ratios!

[@markmccarty9793]

@@bert1450 101 octain! Ah, those were the days! When a guy didn't need a laptop to tune! Ones willingness to skin knuckles and try be creative!! I remember adjusting valves regularly, you had too with a solid lifter! I had a 289 hipo with a trw tp109 cam, headers, duel point distributor! I was a legend in my own mind! The old 67 Comet running peg leg was a hand full! Ran a 71 Chevelle once! Learned my lesson bout not demanding raised hoods, it was a 454, not a cammed up 350! All in fun, and in this case humility!

[@jameslee3010]

I definitely remember this well! Still have alot of those road test articles. Great stuff! Still a muscle car enthusiast today! Always great 👍🏁

[@rogerlee3941]

Glad to have you back!!! Been missing y'all big time!

[@joefreeman9733]

Well all I can tell you is this based on personal experience at the Fremont Calif in 1968 and 1969. I had a 427 435 hp Vette. I didn't run side pipes since it was known even then that they cost around 30 hp over the under car exhaust. My car was a 4 speed with a 3.36 rear. It would go thru the lights at 13.24 at 660p in second gear at 106mph. A friend if mine had a 1969 Corvette with exactly the sane driveline except it had aluminium heads and came stock with wider tires. It would run 13.16 at 107.mph also going thru inn 2nd gear at around 6700 rpm. I once raced a 1968 Camaro with a crate L88 headers and a 4.11 rear end..that car went thru at 12.32 at 111 mph. A stock hemi was no problem since they really didn't start to run till midtrack at which point they could catch us. The Boss429s were relatively rare and we never saw one at the track although I street raced one from a 20mph roll on El Camino Real and beat him by a couple of car lengths. A stock 428 Cobra Jet was not a threat not even the 8bbl Shelby 500 KRs. In 1970 actually late 196o the 70 454 450hp Chevelle appeared. These were difficult to beat. Another car hard to beat was the 427 8v Fairlane. They were not common but a few were around.from 1967 and 196o "

[@mountainclimber48]

Memories...I turned 18 in 1969...my first car was a ‘65 Comet with a straight 6 that I seem to recall was unable to make it to 60 mph.

[@charlies.5777]

First of all, I'm glad you're back as it's been a while since you last uploaded. And thanks for putting this together. As a Mopar guy who loves Roadrunners and 426 Hemis, I couldn't be happier. Meep-Meep!! 😎

[@ClassicFIHD]

In 1975 I had a 1969 Dodge Super Bee Coronet with the 383 Magnum with the 4 speed Qball shifter. I bought in for $800 in very good condition.

[@charlies.5777]

@@ClassicFIHD Sounds like a nice Car. Did it haul arse??!!😀

[@ClassicFIHD]

@@charlies.5777 Dang sure did.

[@GrantOakes]

Dang, I miss those era of cars! I'm a die hard Mopar fan and am not surprised to see 5 out of 10 being Mopars! One of my favorites is the 67 Baracuda with the 340. With slightly higher gears I could beat almost any big blocks out on Woodward Ave, yes, THAT Woodward Ave in Royal Oak, Michigan.

[@averymacleod6199]

It seems mopar was to crazy for the era and was a racing brand more than car brand. Nevertheless the 426 hemi could make a legitimate claim to greatest racing engine ever with the only thing it hasn’t won in being Indy car or formula 1

[@GrantOakes]

@@averymacleod6199 if the Hemi Cuda had 3.23 gears it could easily do 160. The winged cars with the aerodynamics we're doing over 200.

[@averymacleod6199]

@@GrantOakes I wouldn’t doubt it for a second. Hell there was even a prototype can am racer with a hemi in 1965 built for Richard petty before he went drag racing. It even posted a win or two but because of 90 inch wheel base it was nearly impossible to drive if your ever bored check it out it rather interesting

[@GrantOakes]

@@averymacleod6199 That's weird, my post was on Donut Media about each manufacturers fast car. The Hemi Cuda was listed at 117mph, hence my comment.

[@averymacleod6199]

@@GrantOakes hmm strange

[@Marco-fi6gv]

Wow, all these cars on the list are beautiful! Those were some great times! I think it would be interesting to see another list with a slight change, all of them having the same gear ratio. Anyway I appreciate the time you took to make this. Great video, keep it up!

[@gmoney1592]

There were a lot of choices in 1969 if you wanted to go fast huh? I would love to have any one of them in my opinion they are all street legends

[@arthursnider873]

All great cars, my favorite was my 69 GTX ,440 Magnum! It not only looked fast and the 150 speedometer showed its incredible top end. The thought of buying a muscle car for 3,900. Reminds me why we say (the good old days). Thanks for the great video!

[@sidefx996]

Are we seriously still equating a car’s top speed with the highest number on it’s speedometer?

[@renevanderschuur4811]

Am from the Netherlands and i drove a golf gti 16v , now i dont drive anymore cause i have Ms , but since i watch these episodes , man i love those v8's . :-)

[@duradim1]

May God be with you.

[@wadeharrison5404]

Love the Netherlands - hope to be back there soon!

[@renevanderschuur4811]

@@wadeharrison5404 welcome back :-)

[@renevanderschuur4811]

@@duradim1 thank you for the nice comment :-)

[@scotchbudmeister9018]

Great episode, looking forward to more. No mention of the ZL1 Camaro?

[@markdubois4882]

No mention of the Dart GTS with the 440 either.

[@Iconhulk]

Who cares.. No mention of GT500 which would've been 3rd.. Just a hair under Boss 429.

[@johnstonis7977]

At the pure stock drags in Michigan, 2 ZL-1’s were laying down constant 12.0’s -11.80’s on slicks. Something to see.

[@calvinsnellings3985]

The 1969 ZL1 all aluminum big block 427 cubic inch putting out about 500 horsepower the ZL1 Camaro the world's fastest production car of its time,

[@mikef5659]

The ZL1 camaro was the fastest timed stock muscle car. My dad was a drag racer in the 60’s/70’s and said none of the hemis could beat his friends L88 corvette. He said the L88 never lost

[@CCGR-2024]

Where you been? Great episode to come back with though! Thanks for a great trip down memory lane.

[@nevillepretorius8948]

Welcome back! Great video as always!

[@Marco-fi6gv]

Thanks for the trip back in time. All beautiful cars on this list.

[@SouthernGreyShark]

Everyone of those are incredible muscle cars. I do find it a little amusing that the quickest car of that year had a 3 speed automatic transmission.

[@skgate]

Man it would’ve been so fucking cool to be alive when all these cars and older were all on the roads

[@markdubois4882]

Ya missed the 69 Dart GTS with the 440.....12.7 seconds on skinny rubber @ 112 MPH. They made more of these than the L88 Vette.

[@larryeiler9281]

that test was NOT on stock tires

[@markdubois4882]

@@larryeiler9281 ok....13.0 on stock rubber.....still beats out a ZL1 Camaro by .1 second in the 1/4

[@kuiper6926]

Nobody remembers the Dart my friend. Great car, not a big enough fan base behind it. The GTS 440s were simply the nastiest and baddest Darts ever, I'd take one instead of a Hemi for sure

[@jimmeyer7632]

OH YEAH !!!!! I REMEMBER THOSE 440 & HEMI DARTS .... NOBODY MENTIONED THEM UNTIL ONE SHOWED UP AND BLEW EVERYONE'S MIND .... WEREN'T TOO BAD LOOKING EITHER .... NO 71 CHALLENGER GREAT LOOKS BUT NO UGLY DOG EITHER !!!!!!

[@wymple09]

@@kuiper6926 440 was a far better engine, at least.

[@charlesdalton985]

Outstanding! Missed MCOTW - glad you’re back. And to think I just finished your last podcast on my way home from work.

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Thanks! And thanks for listening to the V8 Radio Podcast, you like it? www.v8radio.com

[@charlesdalton985]

@@MuscleCarOfTheWeek Absolutely, great breadth of topics, humor, cars, what’s not to like!

[@tedszweb5268]

Best year ever for cars ! I had a Ranchero Rio Grande with a 351 that I used to do wheelies with. I also had a Roadrunner with the 383 4 barrel . Hot Cars !😀😀😀

[@Rgh71fish]

Would really love to see a top 10 fastest of '71. Hoping to see a Cuda and Boss on that list👍👍

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

I tell you what, in 1971 the Boss 351 Mustang was one of the Quickest Cars built in 71, Would take out Many Big Block Mopars and GM,s 383,s 396,s it didn't matter, that Nasty Small Block Cleveland was a Monster off the Showroom Floor.

[@Rgh71fish]

@@badass6.0powerstroke10 I've heard! What a great car it must have been. I had a '73 Mach1 cobrajet, and even it was no slouch, until I spun a bearing after a summer of non stop burnouts. Oops

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

@@Rgh71fish Yeah, Those Clevelands made some impressive power, once you fixed up the oiling system issues, Clevelands would turn some crazy rpm,s. But if you didn't address the oiling system, Bearing replacement was necessary, i spun a few rod bearings in my Clevelands also, so did my Brother. We Both ran Clevelands in our Foxbody Mustangs for years.

[@Rgh71fish]

@@badass6.0powerstroke10 very cool. A foxbody with a cleveland would be a killer sight on the street or strip. Both are getting hard to find now, at least where I live.

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

@@Rgh71fish Same here, back in the mid to late 90,s Foxbody Mustangs were everywhere, Good Luck trying to find a Clean one nowadays, Same with Cleveland Engines, getting pretty rare, Unless if you're in Australia, i heard there's bunch of em down under, they Manufactured Clevelands down there up until the Early 80,s i believe, or Could've been Late 70,s. My Brother and i Both ran Clevelands for years in our 85 and 86 Mustangs, i switched it up bout 12-14 years ago, went the Stroked BBF route, 521 Stroked BBF, went Low to Mid Nines on 275/60 Drag Radials, in the 1/4 Mile, N/A Pump Gas Engine. I still love the Clevelands, but i Love the 429-460 Big Blocks just a little more. Basically i Love Canted Valve Ford Engines.

[@rogerholloway8498]

Great to see you posting again! Good stuff and always interesting.

[@larrybomber83]

Great to see you guys again. Thanks for the walk back in time. Loved the Mopars back then.

[@larrybomber83]

@@bert1450 Had to sell my 70 Mach ! Mustang with 351 4 spd Detroit Locker before the Air Force sent me to Germany in 1988!. Seems like the Military messed up our dream cars from the past. Oh well. Wouldn't change anything about my military service, met some of the greatest guys and still friends with some of them.

[@matthewking8944]

good style but crapy quality . bad panels rust buckets.

[@justinsanders2705]

My favorite muscle car channel of all time. Welcome back my friends!💪

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Thank you!

[@CaptnPhillips]

hard to believe that not one single drag rag tested anything from AMC. Ya'll remember the "The Machine, the Javelin, AMX or the Hurst American? Yeah....me either. I do remember my 69 Mustang Cobra Jet with the drag pac. Spanked my fair share of Hemi's and Bow Ties with that thing both on the street and the strip. Those were the days. Good to see ya back Kevin!

[@josephbliskowski2759]

🤣😂🤣

[@fast77amx1]

Yeah it is hard to believe because I remember in 69 amc had a s/s amx that would destroy this list only 52 made. But ran 9s. On another note the tires back then were the worst enemy of the cars lol

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

How about a top 10 list from every year from 64 to 71?

[@markreisen7038]

I would agree with you, but would go back to 1960 or 61 as their were some SUPER CARS built before their was even a so called Muscle Cars phrase was even coined.

[@WisdomOverWicked777Rules]

@@markreisen7038 ESPECIALLY THE 409

[@markreisen7038]

@@WisdomOverWicked777Rules Yeah, and the Fords 406 and 427 too. And not to mention the 428 Cobra Jet in the Shelby GT500 KR that would smoke just about any body off the strip. Ford always had a better idea. SMOKE EM IF Ya GOT EM!!

[@thegreenerthemeaner]

@@markreisen7038 a Thunderbolt would trailer a 500KR. I saw an LS6 and a 4406pk put the same one on the sideline. Stock 500 KRs ran good, but not that good stock.

[@markreisen7038]

@@thegreenerthemeaner Well yeah, The TBolt was a purpose Ford Fairlane for the strip. DUH!!!

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Just glad you guys make these you have our support! “Community not Competition” Crew

[@MarkMeadows90]

Yay, a new video. Good to see you back again Kevin.

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Hey, thanks!

[@Bill-o7w]

I still have my dads 695&0 GTX , it has 59,624 original miles. He bought it when he got back from Vietnam. I got it in 85 when he died. I was on leave from Lebanon,.

[@tomm6789]

My first car In 1968 was a 1966 Chevelle SS 396. My brother bought a new 1969 427, 390 hp Vette. Black on black. So many muscle cars in the 60's.The one I really miss is my 1971 Vette, and my 1988 911 that was in mint cond. So much fun. After having been driving Corvetts and Porsche for 38 yrs. Now I love my 2011 Evo MR. Still having Fun. 👍👍👍 Great video.

[@JacobsDad]

You're looking great Kevin, and nice to have u back again. I was 20'ish when those legends were born and lusted after each and every one. Some years hence I was lucky enough to have a copy of the GT500 (vert) on the lift as you talked. Was really a great time to be alive. Tnx for sharing.

[@dr.jiIIaIicecooper2587]

Love all of it Can't go wrong with any of them Beautiful American Muscle

[@charlieryan1736]

Thanks for making this interesting and informative video 👍🏻

[@pauljames3661]

Welcome back Kevin! Sure missed my routine motorhead dosage of MCOTW. You guys were in Park way too long!

[@LS1007]

Ah, the good ‘ol days. I miss ‘em! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

[@413x398]

The Kevinator is back! Lookin' good, soundin' great. BTW, Cobra Jets rule the planet. Just sayin'.

[@crr311sux5]

Nah, the hemi and 427 chevy does!

[@413x398]

@@crr311sux5 Says an adolescent gamer troll with no car.

[@crr311sux5]

@@413x398 U mad bro?

[@413x398]

@@crr311sux5 Sad, not mad, that critters like you exist.

[@crr311sux5]

@@413x398 why are you sad that i like the 427 chevy & 426 hemi

[@cyclonecj4285]

Love the Mercury Cyclone CJ428. Very underrated.

[@413x398]

Yes, and you just brought up the trivia that Mercurys are "CJ428" and not "428CJ".

[@clintwalker6389]

My dad had some what of a salvage yard in the 70’s with a Cyclone sitting next to a Ford station wagon both big blocks.He sold them both because he hated big motors, but a six cylinder falcon or chevy2 he held onto.If I only knew then what I know now.

[@WisdomOverWicked777Rules]

WHERE'S THE SCJ

[@dougandersen645]

I worked with a guy that had the 428 Cyclone. He harassed me to take my 340 Dart Swinger to the strip. We both had 4 speeds. First run, he missed second gear so I beat him. Yes, he was faster. He could run in the very high 13’s, just over 100mph. My 300hp Dart turned 14.22 @ 99mph. We were both stock. I had 355:1 suregrip rear driving Goodyear polyglas F70 14’s. Don’t recall what the Merc had. I would eat Mach I’s for lunch. Those were the best of times.

[@Kgio-2112]

​@@dougandersen645he may have had the faster car but you were the better driver.

[@mcovia6591]

69’ COPO ZL1 cast iron sleeved aluminum 427 block. 430 hp rating true rating excess of 500 hp. Factory stock 13.16 @110 quarters. (Auto Editors Consumer Guides not from time) Tuned and slicks mid 11s at roughly 120 quarters. (Street Muscle Magazine but not from time). Just because it wasn’t written about back then doesn’t mean it didn’t exist.

[@devillockj]

And you drove by them on the dealership lots every day? 🤔😅

[@MrSuzuki1187]

Well done!

[@roscosgrow9906]

Those are all beautiful cars , my suggestion for first place would be the 69 ZL 1 vette , I believe it was Hotrod mag who wrote the article saying that press boys were getting 10/11 second 1/4 miles outta drive . Fell in love with that car right then !

[@skgate]

Id prefer the boss but I’d take any one of them!!

[@richardlandis793]

I would love to see the MUSCLE CARS make a comeback complete with an 8-track tape player.

[@richardlandis793]

@@bert1450 Ok, but not the same.

[@UPRISING144K]

What about the 427 Shelby cobra 🐍??? Or the super snake??

[@mikefruge8589]

1969.......What a year that was! Everyone had muscle cars. Even Rambler had the Rambler Scrambler. My dad had bought the 69 Charger R/T with a 3.90 posi-track. It was such a great car! We made several trips to the drag strips and collected several trophies. I saw just about every car mentioned here during those trips and I would say that these ratings are spot on. I'm surprised to not see the 69 Camaro, the Hemi Challenger and Cuda among the list. Great video!

[@kuiper6926]

69 had no Challenger nor Cuda, those were 70 cars. What you'd expect is an earlier barracuda, which would certainly have a 340

[@gary9426]

I was hoping a 440 Dart GTS, ZL 1 Camaro, or the Ram Air IV GTO would be in there...regardless, another awesome video!

[@robertsnyder5149]

Thank you for showing this. Can't wit till you get to 1966. I had a Comet GT 390 4 speed that was pretty quick.

[@stephenfricke9298]

I owned a 1969 Mercury Cougar 351 engine, Yellow and black vinyl top. Loved that car. Totally it twice, repaired the first time and my folks left the heating element out of it so as to TEACH ME A LESSON. WINTERS IN NJ WERE ROUGH!

[@GrotrianSeiler]

What a great video. Props to whoever edited it. There was a ton of information in the video.

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@taylorpinkney7253]

The 69 A12 road runner was the quickest car of 69

[@daveraposo1753]

Another great video...Love the "plastic fantastic!"...mine is a '69 350/350 4 speed, not as fast but still fun to drive. Hoping to see more videos soon!

[@kramnull8962]

You slap a set of aftermarket heads on that bad boy with a cam, and for the price; you have a huge upgrade in thrills per gallon....

[@kramnull8962]

Hey, I have a 1970 350/300. Question, did the 350 350 come with the Quadrajet carb?

[@daveraposo1753]

@@kramnull8962 yes Rochester QJet

[@LynyrdSkynyrdFan]

Ill take that Boss.

[@jthev]

My dream car was/is a 69 Super Bee, 4-speed, 383 Magnum. Yeah, I bought it when I was 23 and we're still tearing up the roads 53 years later.

[@kdonovan221]

Great story man!!

[@Funsho97]

Love your videos, good to see ya back!!!

[@raymondpauze8801]

What about the 69 440-6 bbl Road Runner that Sox drove to a 12.90 et? Still an AMAZING list, MOPAR BABY

[@V8Deuce]

Sox & Martin doesn't equal dealer showroom stock.......

[@joelsullivan3614]

@@V8Deuce know that 440 six pack I know for a fact is much quicker than that, they also did a test got very low 13s. Even more so knew a guy who had one Factory just modern semi slicks High 12s.

[@richgallagher725]

@2:10, same thing, Ray

[@grog5345]

@@V8Deuce The car was stock, it was just driven by Ronnie Sox. If you can find a copy, it's all covered in Super Stock magazine from June of 69.

[@hurricanesteve65]

Mostly Old parts and rust-MOPAR

[@cosmicHalArizona]

There's a lot ; SS396 Chevelle /ElCamino, Road Runner/Barracuda, Mach1/ Boss302Mustang, Oldsmobile 442 & others.

[@1962pjb]

I'll take at least one of each.

[@tomquinn607]

Jay Leno?

[@MechanicalTrader]

Very well done! Thanks for bringing back all those memories

[@georgeharleydavidsonrider156]

Great video. I feel like I just hopped into a time machine and traveled back to 1969.

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@amalfi460]

I want a Boss 429…….badly

[@Slimjim260]

That was great! Thanks, enjoyed it.

[@camaro69green31]

No 69 Trans Am Ram Air IV??? Great video loved it.

[@sorshiaemms5959]

ALL CARS I WOULD LIKE TO OWN THE BOSS 9 WOULD BE MT NO 1 THOUGH

[@plcc07777]

I'm a Corvette owner and I love it, BUT... My dream car is the BOSS 429.

[@DS-xp4ml]

I grew up during the muscle car era and thought these cars were fast.Then I drove a hellcat charger,OMG.

[@stevethomas760]

I owned a pretty quick Camaro back in the day. It would probably hang with my WRX through a 1/4 with its 4:10 gears but after that it would be all Subaru. You're on point with modern muscle. "Modern" muscle doesn't include the Subie, a quick car but not a fast car compared to anything like the Hellcat

[@davidevans1611]

Don't forget that in 1969 engines were still being rated off a dyno, not from the wheels when bolted into a car. For a current equivalent you can knock of 20-25% off a 1969 HP rating. The HP rating on your Hellcat is a true rating. That's why it is so much faster. I drove a 1968 Camaro SS for many years, but my current Camaro is quicker.

[@anthonyt1193]

SMH I hate to be so critical but the criteria y'all used to create this list which left out some of the fastest cars of not only that year but of that era ( I'm speaking specifically about the COPO's Shelby's and Yenko's) I think is seriously flawed.

[@lokomike2911]

Yep..the Cobra with 427 was very fast and super light weight and the COPO camaros were rare and were monsters.

[@donnie6178]

Those are all nice cars. Was a mopar fan for yrs til I got a mustang, now im a Mustang fan having owned a Roadrunner before.

[@jimbruha7232]

Great trip down memory lane!

[@hughbo52]

Damn big block Mopars swept the table.

[@JackF99]

Thank you for using the original times from back in the day. These days it's almost impossible to find a truly stock muscle car to get an accurate time with. Somehow completely "original" cars are all miraculously turning a second or two quicker ET than they did back when they were new. Of course on the other hand some of the factory supplied test cars back then were a little bit breathed-on too. Also seems those Mopars in the list were essentially the same basic cheap Detroit sedan but with a different grill.

[@rickmassey1272]

Check out the F.A.S.T. racing series. Modifications allowed are minor with some competitors simply tuning and using a better tire.

[@williamfreeman6935]

Better tires. Handling also improved from this.

[@kramnull8962]

There were actually choices of cams back then that would obliterate all these times, as well as valve spring upgrades alone would net much better on many of these engines... You could float the valves on many Fords back then, from factory. On that note though, Ford just had an RPM limiter called a carb...

[@kuiper6926]

The mopars were the same chassis, all B-Bodies. Coronet's, RR's & Chargers. Those were light and nimbly despite the looks, a Hemi Road Runner would be just be over 3500 pounds even tho the Hemi was the heaviest engine of the bunch.

[@louiskats5116]

Goodday Kevin, It is so good to see you again. It looks like you have dropped5some weight good on you. Great way to start the year, yes the might Hemi & a stable full of Mopar's, not even a L78 Chev between them either. Mopar or no Car. Your number 1 Fan in Australia Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍 ❤

[@ronclaman156]

M ove. O ver P ontiacs A re R acing

[@dr.detroit1514]

It's kind of a bizarre memory, but I still remember seeing many of the late 60's early 70's musclecars sitting at curbs on city streets and in parking lots back in the day being used as commuters, grocery getters and of course weekend stoplight racing. Hemi Cuda's, 454 Chevelles and El Caminos, 427 Impalas, Boss 302 & 429 Mustangs, '69 ram air 4 Trans-Ams, '73 455 Super Duty Trans AMs, and many others. Now these cars are worth so much, I wouldn't want to park one of those on a street today, it would disappear in an instant. In the later 70's, seems a lot of them where just big engine used cars that where well used, beaten up in many cases, and needed some work, being put up for sale. I bought a '71 Pontiac T/A in decent condition with 38,000 miles in 1978 for $4000.

[@mjcohnmd]

In 1978, I bought my first car, a 1968 Coronet R/T 440 Magnum for $1,250. First order of business was to blow the doors off of my wealthy good friend and his brand new 1978 Trans Am….🏁🏁🏁🏁

[@briancenti5423]

great video, makes me proud to be a subscriber. just wish you could have included both the '69 Camaro ZL1 and the ZL1 Corvette.

[@gonerydin4225]

1969 was a good time to be alive.

[@josephcameron530]

Great video! Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@ricks.8563]

What about a 1969 'Cuda Fastback 440??? First year of 'Cuda and a 440 in an A-body. It should be in the top 10.

[@GRISA33]

Oh, yes! You're back! I'm very happy. ;)

[@james68ss1]

I would have thought the 69 Camaro Z28 would have made the list with that high rpm aluminum 302. I always heard those were hard to beat back in the day.

[@JackF99]

The 302 engine in the Z28 was actually cast iron. Intake manifold was aluminum though. Great little engine but as they say there's no replacement for displacement.

[@plcc07777]

@@JackF99 You are correct. The 302 block was cast iron. Only the intake manifold was aluminum. I owned a modded '57 Chevy with a 302 and 4:56 gears. Ran it at the 1/8 mile strip in Clarksville, TN every 3rd Friday night. 50 years later, the car and my health are gone, but those fond memories are still alive and well.

[@thankgodimouttahere]

Thats what I thought too

[@russelladams6432]

Gald to see Muscle Car of the Week back. Those the numbers these cars put down seem slow in todays standards these were incredible numbers back then. Thank you for sharing.

[@josephbliskowski2759]

Mopar's rule.

[@barryperdue7520]

At the age of 19, in 1970, I had a '68 Roadrunner with a 426/ dual fours, four speed, all factory! I can still hear that cross over muffler system! Dad had to sign the loan and he only ask me what engine was in it, and I said " a v8 ". When he got to see the engine, and seen it was a real go fast he said, " I ought to kick your a** , but I noticed He was grinning as he walked away!

[@deansley174]

🤣 👍👍👍

[@plcc07777]

My first car was a '64 GTO, 389 w/3 deuces. Like you, I kinda tricked my dad.

[@welderteach]

I’d love to have any one of them but the boss 429 would be my favourite!!

[@frankszymkowski7780]

The boss 429. Most claimed it was slow but it took your number two spot

[@patricksperformance2203]

Oh, thank you thank you thank you! Wow how I've missed my MCW!!!

[@jonkinder7124]

Nice Really I can't believe my 1969 GTO Ram air 4sp didn't hit that list I was proud owner of one for 5 years. Lined that old Goat up with many of the mentioned never was beaten sadly accused of using NOS . Raised hood for many just 780 spred board Holly. Thank you Guys

[@bobzani]

I had a '69 Camaro SS396/375 hp. I modified it slightly- 4.56 rear, and it would be near the top of this list. Guaranteed!

[@GH-el9ch]

Probably beat every car on here

[@bobzani]

@@GH-el9ch For sure.

[@supersport57]

All great muscle car.

[@tongchow69]

Brings back wet dream memories.

[@jimjungle1397]

Some of the West Coast based magazines used regular stock cars and often with California emission controls. Many of the East Coast and Detroit based car magazines actual tested factory tuned, blueprinted, ringer cars. The differences were often much more than just the emission control packages.

[@kramnull8962]

Then you had the ole, Monday-Friday production line thing as well. Mass production heads are never as good as the first ones brought to market...

[@bandagefreak]

Looks like you've lost a ton of beef, Kevin - well done - your quarter mile time will be better than ever!! Great to see you back :@)

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Thanks! And yes. while not yet a "lightweight", Kevin is down a bunch!

[@michaelmurphy6869]

Awesome cars!! Detroit muscle at it's finest!! All big blocks!! "Yeah baby!" In some those pics shown, looks like they all had some kinda emissions/smog pumps attached.. Got to be legal... Lol

[@daniellobo1680]

MOPAR or no car💪💪💪❤ Motor Trend tested a 69 road runner 440-6 and it ran a 12.98 in the 1/4 back in 1969

[@taylorpinkney7253]

I said the very same thing

[@camirocz]

Ringer car sent to the magazine. Not exact production car specs. It was common practice in those days .