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1971 Plymouth Road Runner

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The 1971 Road Runner was part of the Satellite group and its bodywork was completely changed to a more rounded "fuselage" design. It included a steeply raked windshield, hidden cowl, and deeply inset grille and headlights.

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1968 Plymouth Barracuda

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The Barracuda received only minor styling changes for 1968 – the big news was under the hood. The 225-cube slant six continued as the entry-level powerplant, but even the base V8 was significantly upgraded, with a huge bore increase resulting in 318 cubic inches, still with a 2-Bbl carburetor.

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1972 Plymouth Road Runner

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The 1972 Road Runner was nearly identical to the 1971, but with a few exceptions like new grille design, new taillights designed to match the new aerodynamic look of the grille, and new side marker lights.

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1976 Chevrolet Corvette

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Interesting to note, the steering wheel was from the Vega GT and did not sit well with Corvette enthusiasts, therefore this was the only year for such wheel. Sales were at an all-time high this year.

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1977 Chevrolet Corvette

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The 1977 Corvette did receive minor changes, but they were more about branding than styling or performance. “Sting Ray” was dropped, and a new crossed flags badge adorned the front of the hood between the headlights as well as on the fuel filler door.

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1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

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The 1977 Monte Carlo saw only minor changes from the previous year like the "Knight's Crest" emblem being moved to a stand-up hood ornament, and revised taillight lenses.

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1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

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The 1978 Monte Carlo ushered in the third generation and offered up new styling on a smaller platform. It was 700-800 lbs lighter and around 15 inches shorter, but with more interior and trunk space!

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1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

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The 1980 Monte Carlo had a mild frontal restyle with quad headlights and amber indicators mounted beneath.

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1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

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The 1976 Monte Carlo featured a new crosshatch grille and vertically mounted rectangular headlamps, along with reshaped taillights.

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1972 Ford Mustang

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Since there was a major restyling in ’71, the 1972 Mustang remained largely unchanged. America said goodbye to the Boss model, the H.O. 351 was the best power plant in 1972. Compression was down but still retained solid lifters.

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1973 Ford Mustang

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The 1973 Mustang marked the end of the ‘big’ Mustang, as a smaller, lighter breed would replace it.

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1979 Chevrolet Monza

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The Chevrolet Monza was a subcompact, four-passenger automobile produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1975–1980 model years. The Monza is based on the Chevrolet Vega, sharing its wheelbase, width and 140 CID inline-4 engine.

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