FReeper Canteen ~ The 20 Rarest Muscle Cars ~ Feb 26, 2007

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The 20 Rarest Muscle Cars

Among muscle cars, there always were a few that, for whatever reason were a little more rare than others. This list shows the rarest factory built production muscle cars. These are cars that ANY buyer could walk into ANY dealer and conceivably order. One off cars for company executives, dealer modified cars (Yenkos, Baldwin-Motion, etc.) and purpose built race cars (427 Cobras) are not included. Cars are ranked by total built by year, model, body style, and engine. Transmission breakouts are also shown, if known. Further breakdowns (by color, options, accessory) are either impossible to get or impractical. Note that by their nature, Hemi Convertibles are widely represented on this list. Convertibles represented everything that the typical muscle car buyer didn't want - a higher price, more weight, and generally lower top speed. Add to that the high performance (and high price tag) for the Hemi engine, and it is no surprise that Hemi Convertibles are the most rare of all muscle cars. In fact, throughout the Hemi era (1966-1971), Chrysler built 8,420,000 cars, yet only 179 of them (1 out of every 47,000) were Hemi convertibles. Truly, as a group, these were the most rare of the rare.

 

RAREST MUSCLECARS
#	YEAR/MODEL	BODY STYLE	ENGINE	TOTAL	MT	AUTO
1	1967 Dodge Coronet R/T	Convertible	426 Hemi	2	1	1
1	1970 Dodge Coronet R/T	Convertible	426 Hemi	2	?	?
3	1969 Chevrolet Corvette ZL-1 427	2D Coupe	ZL-1 427 V8	3	?	?
3	1970 Plymouth Road Runner	Convertible	426 Hemi	3	1	2
5	1970 Dodge Super Bee	2D Pillared Coupe	426 Hemi	4	4	0
6	1966 Dodge Coronet 400	Convertible	426 Hemi	6	?	?
7	1971 Plymouth 'Cuda Hemi Covertible	Convertible	426 Hemi	7	5	2
8	1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am	Convertible	400 RA IV	8	4	4
9	1968 Dodge Coronet	Convertible	426 Hemi	9	1	8
10	1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 426 Hemi Convertible	Convertible	426 Hemi	9	5	4
11	1966 Plymouth Belvedere II	Convertible	426 Hemi	10	4	6
11	1969 Dodge Coronet	Convertible	426 Hemi	10	4	6
11	1969 Plymouth Road Runner	Convertible	426 Hemi	10	4	6
14	1969 Plymouth GTX	Convertible	426 Hemi	11	5	6
15	1970 Dodge Coronet	2D Hardtop	426 Hemi	13	4	9
16	1970 Plymouth 'Cuda	Convertible	426 Hemi	14	6	8
17	1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX	Convertible	426 Hemi	17	7	10
17	1971 Pontiac GTO Judge	Convertible	455	17	?	?
19	1967 Chevrolet Corvette L88	Coupe & Convertible	427 L88 V8	20	?	?
19	1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 LS6	Convertible	454 LS6 V8	20	?	?

 This list from MuscleCars.com

Remember folks, the reason we are here in the FReeper Canteen is to honor our heroes - the members of the United States Military and their families - and to show appreciation for what they do for us every day.  Please remember to say thank you to them today!  As usual, check your politics at the door and let's have a good time!

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AZ, for the red, white, and blue tribute.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome, SLB...great story about you and your Dad. And thanks for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

".....figure on six more months of yellow journalism."

That's all?

Aloha, Hawaii.

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl!

Yes! What's amazing is the reporting of Global Warming is crushed by snow flakes.

[Kathy in Alaska]

We had a couple weeks of global warming, but it didn't take....but the snow flakes did.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, erik22lax.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, swmo. Hope your wrist is doing better.

[BIGLOOK]

It's time to start dreaming of tomorrow. I'm flaking off.

In the news down here, there was an article bemoaning the absence of snow on Mauna Kea this year.....however the temps at the top have been well below freezing and the roads closed due to icy conditions.

Auwe!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Reading the whole story might allow the "moaners" to understand. Then again, maybe not.

Good night, Hawaii, and sleep well. Thanks for your service to America.

[ValerieTexas]

Hi - it's me, ValerieUSA. My computer crashed along with my passwords, so I am here as a new me on a new computer.

[ValerieTexas]

[ValerieTexas]

Yeah! Shmokin'!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Pusterfuss]

Good morning Kathy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Well, good morning to you.....glad to see you with new passwords and new computer. I just got done losing my power supply and motherboard. I was fortunate tho, I got most everything back.

Pretty fancy car!

[Kathy in Alaska]

USA-1....very nice!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Pusterfuss...((HUGS))...did you get all your snow moved off your driveway? How deep are/were the drifts?

[Pusterfuss]

I still have to clean off my truck before work today. Otherwise the driveway's in pretty good shape. It snowed about another inch after I blew it off, but I wasn't going to do it twice. There were some knee-deep drifts just to make it interesting.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Knee deep is interesting.....have a good Monday. I have to report for Jury Duty.

[MeekMom]

re: 107
Sweet!!
But who can fit in those little cars??
Olive Oil?