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!

 

[MEG33]

My Dad was the same..I adored him.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

1962 Pontiac Tempest. Very, very rare in a V-8...

Here is another very rare car... Chevy engine... designed by Giotto Bizarini, built by Renzo Rivolta... Iso Grifo... out-muscles Corvette and made of STEEL...

[GrandEagle]

Although I'm not familiar with it, it sure looks GREAT!

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

1961 Pontiac Tempest Monte Carlo...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

1964 Pontiac Banshee...

[GrandEagle]

1961 Pontiac Tempest Monte Carlo
The front end looks very familiar, but I don't recall ever hearing of one of these.
Was this a production car?

[GrandEagle]

I'll be back in a bit. Gotta' scoot and make an attempt at getting some work done! LOL!

[Tanniker Smith]

I have no idea. I even checked the names of the people in the To: box for "questionable" words. Go figure.

There are some words that I know will trip it up, but "mine" shouldn't be one of them. Who knows, maybe the rest of the page was really, nearly questionable, and "mine" added the 0.01 that put it over the top.

TS

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.
I didn't see any questionable things in the rest of the page,but what do I know.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, daffy duck

dang....I mean, donald duck.....oops....

I mean dangerous duck.

[darkwing104]

Good Morning Beachy!

[stand watie]

HI, beachn!

how much SN*W did you get on your side of the river??? (we got about 6.5 inches. = YETCH!)

free dixie SMOOCH,sw

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, All....I'm off to the courthouse for jury duty. It's cold here and I have 3 blocks to walk.

[Tanniker Smith]

have fun. once again, a NYC blizzard turned into almost nothing at all.

[Tanniker Smith]

Are you there, GE?

[Tanniker Smith]

Are you there, Mrs. N?

[Tanniker Smith]

Are you there, beach?

[Tanniker Smith]

me!

[Tanniker Smith]

me!

[Tanniker Smith]

me!