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!

 

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[blackie]

Great Coffee, Kathy ~ how did you brew it, with temps so cold up there???

Warm good morning {{HUGS}}

[NRA1995]

Good morning Canteeners, Cubies, newbies & Troops! Excellent thread, it features all the cars I flunked out of college riding around in! Also, I've reached a conclusion as far as global warming goes: I think it saw its own shadow and ran back to its hole to hide! Have a grand day, everyone, and be careful digging out of the snow! Enjoy a lil hot chocolate!

[devolve]

E  V  O  L  U  T  I  O  N



AC BRISTOL - 2 Litre/120hp

AC CHEVY - 283ci/270hp+ Corvette
first AC-V8 conversion
- Pompano Beach, Florida -










SHELBY COBRA - 427ci Ford
- original 289ci Ford -

[stevio]

Thanks. Love these back-in-the-day motorhead threads. God bless our troops!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Hi Valerie!
*HUG*
Gorgeous car!
I'd love to have that for the PGR!
Ms.B

[beachn4fun]

Hiya sugar

sorry I'm late getting back to you. I was off doing some of the work they actually pay me to do.

we only got about 2-3 inches over my way.

SMOOCHES backatcha

[beachn4fun]

Why, geez.... that was so nice of you to check to see if I was around before you raced in there and snagged that 50.

LOL

p.s. woo hoo

[beachn4fun]

Hiya Ma

sorry I'm late getting back to you. I was off doing some of the work they actually pay me to do.

oh boy.....jury duty. Good luck.

(((HUGS)))

[stand watie]

ONLY 2-3 inches??? PITY that you didn't get to SHARE the ICY MESS (not really! wouldn't wish that off on YOU!).

the ONLY good thing about the mess is that the roads/sidewalks are CLEAR & DRY today!

free dixie SMOOCH,sw

[beachn4fun]

Also, I've reached a conclusion as far as global warming goes: I think it saw its own shadow and ran back to its hole to hide!

Hiya, hon.

Looks like the snow here is melting fast. Almost as fast as the Wicked Witch of the West. he he

[beachn4fun]

their clear over here as well. Roads were in good shape this morning.

I see that the Cherry Blossom buds on the tree outside my door are still trying to pop out.

[Tanniker Smith]

Well, I needed to kill three posts before I could run. 'sides, made it interesting to call everyone over.
LOL

[NRA1995]

Not surprised at all, really, hon. Washington weather is like Penn State weather, just plain unpredictable.

[Tamar1973]

Car video

Red Barchetta by Rush

"Red Barchetta"

My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law
And on Sundays I elude the eyes
And hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire
Where my white-haired uncle waits

Jump to the ground
As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline
Run like the wind
As excitement shivers up and down my spine
Down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me an old machine
For fifty odd years
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream

I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better vanished time
I fire up the willing engine
Responding with a roar
Tires spitting gravel
I commit my weekly crime

Wind
In my hair
Shifting and drifting
Mechanical music
Adrenaline surge...

Well-weathered leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware

Suddenly ahead of me
Across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air car
Shoots towards me, two lanes wide
I spin around with shrieking tires
To run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase

Drive like the wind
Straining the limits of machine and man
Laughing out loud with fear and hope
I've got a desperate plan
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded at the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle at the fireside

[Tamar1973]

Cars don't work on ice

[Tamar1973]

Life is a Highway video

[GrandEagle]

No I wasn't there. I got sidetracked by work.
Work...necessary, but it sure gets in the was of FReepin'!!
How are you today?

[Tamar1973]

Work...necessary, but it sure gets in the was of FReepin'!!

ROTFLOL! One has to have their priorities straight. FR or bust!

[MeekMom]

re: 404
Man! Those are absolute beauties!!
Thanks for sharing them!!!