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Anthony Biella's 1971 Plymouth Fury
In 1969, Chrysler redesigned the C-Body platform to incorporate its new Fuselage styling that transformed it into a much sleeker design. The new C-Body design saw Chrysler ditching the cab forward look of the early-to-mid 1960's in favor of a more muscular silhouette mimicking the muscle cars of the era. By no means were these heavy weight sedans and coupes intended to be muscle cars, but some owners took matters into there own hands. This 1971 Plymouth Fury is owned by Anthony Biella. Like most of us Anthony fell in love with cars at a young age, he grew up working at his family's shop, Capital Discount Muffler in Islip Terrace, NY. He would go to work with his father and they would always be working on Mustangs & Firebirds, his father owned a 65 Mustang and his uncles owned 68 & 69 Firebirds. Anthony enjoyed going to car shows with his father, there he could experience the sights and sounds and even the smells of high-performance cars...
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Michael Michaud Michael Michaud was born in 1962, during the beginning of the muscle car revolution. His father had some of the coolest cars of the 1960s. He had a 1966 350 H.P. 327 cubic-inch Nova Super Sport, Two 1967 GTOs, a 1968 Z/28 and a 1969 Corvette. The 1968 Z/28 was Michael's favorite. Michael said he's been a gear-head ever since the 60s. Michael states that's he's been racing since 2002 and he runs at WIR in Wisconsin. My first trip to the drag strip with my dad was in 1967. I been hooked on racing my entire life, I have raced snowmobiles in the 1980s and 90s, I got into motorcycle racing in 2000 and built my first drag car in 2014 . My first actual professional race car was a 1971 Nova called the Patriot. Michael's last drag car was a Suncoast tube chassis Camaro with a 582 big-block that he built, it ran 8.04's at 172mph. Mike traded that car for the 68' Camaro he currently has . ...
Lee Smith's "Haulin-Hemi" A/FX Belvedere
Durring a ban from NASCAR during the 1965 season. The Plymouth AFX program was created to maximize the potential of the 426 Hemi engine in straight line acceleration competitions. The AFX class was Factory Experimental , the A was the largest engine displacement class. The Plymouth engineers found that if they could alter the weight distribution to create more traction for the powerful 426 Hemi engine, it would result in quicker elapsed times. By the rules, there was no rule as to where the wheelbase needed to be located. So the Plymouth and Dodge engineers moved or altered the wheelbase forward under the body for two reasons 1. to move the weight of the Hemi engine closer to the rear axle and 2 to put more weight over the rear tires. Smith was an Illinois racer who had a sponsor association with Learner’s Sales & Service, one of the largest Imperial sellers in America. That and his success in 1964 had gotten him one of ju...
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