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Sep 21, 2017

Anyone ever tow with a '60's/'70's muscle car ?

Anyone ever tow with a '60's/'70's muscle car ? I often wonder what it would of been like to tow with say a Chevy Impala SS 427, a Plymouth GTX 440 V8, a Ford Torino with the 428 Cobra Jet...and any o...
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Sep 22, 2017
Parents bought a new '69 Impala in '69 for towing. It had the 396 big block, THM44 transmission, 12 bolt axle. The 396 (L-66) had 420 ft. lbs of torque, but only 265 hp as it had a two barrel carb. Torque tows though, although I don't know the final drive axle ratio.

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