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Original Chevelle Road Tests And Muscle Car Comparisons, November 13, 1998
By A Customer
This review is from: Chevelle and Super Sports, 1964-1972 (Muscle Portfolio) (Paperback)
Chevelle road tests, grille-to-grille muscle car comparisons and the only right-side steering wheel you may ever see.
Brooklands Books collected 36 articles from the original publications and reprinted them to tell the Chevelle story from 1964 to 1971. Road tests, charts, graphs and numerous photos describe the Chevelle models when they were new.
COMPARISONS:
Hot Rod, Motor Trend, Car and Driver and other popular magazines of the day give the results of these muscle car face-offs:
1969 Chevelle 454 vs. Ford Torino Cobra vs. Road Runner 440
1970 Chevelle LS6 vs. Plymouth Duster 340 vs. Shelby AC Cobra vs. Boss 302 Mustang
1971 Chevelle 454 vs. Road Runner 440 Six Pack
1971 Chevelle 350 vs. Ford Torino 351 vs. Plymouth Satellite 318
1972 Chevelle 350 vs. Ford Torino 351 and 429
ROAD TESTS:
Road tests and driving impressions are reported on these models:
1964 - Chevelle Malibu SS 283, El Camino 283
1965 - Chevelle Malibu 230 (English Version), Chevelle Z16 (3 reports)
1966 - Chevelle Malibu 283, Chevelle SS (360 hp)
1967 - Chevelle SS (325, 375 hp), El Camino (325 hp)
1968 - Chevelle SS (375 hp)
1969 - Chevelle Malibu 327 (275 hp)
1970 - Chevelle SS 402 (350 hp)
This book is not indexed.
All photographs are in black and white.
Tom Wilson is a Chevelle historian. He is also the book reviewer for the web site "Team Chevelle" and the moderator of the news group alt.autos.chevelle.
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