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The first episode of The Steve Mags Muscle Car Show Podcast was taped on September 29, 2020 and examined Facts 1-13 from Steve Magnante’s 1001 Muscle Car Facts book (CarTech Publishing, 2013). Over the past 68 Podcast episodes, we covered Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Ford, Mercury, Plymouth, Dodge, Chrysler, AMC and Studebaker muscle car history. In this final episode (for now…), Steve shares why Studebaker Avanti sports car production was delayed, why the Packard V8 could have been Detroit’s largest V8 ever, how Studebaker Lark Daytona brakes impressed Hot Rod Magazine testers and  much more. As for the future, Steve Magnante’s 1001 Mustang Facts and Steve Magnante’s 1001 Corvette Facts books stand ready to be explored. Support the show

Did Studebaker (and Packard) really install more belt driven superchargers than its competition? And what was the reason for the switch to Chevy engines in 1965? Learn all about it in this podcast. Taped at High Octane Classics in Auburn, MA. Support the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1340482)

Why did Studebaker switch vehicle assembly from Indiana to Canada? Was Studebaker as good as dead after discontinuing vehicle production in 1966? And what do those red STP stickers really mean? All this and more as Steve enters the Studebaker chapter of his 1001 Muscle car Facts book? Taped at High Octane Classics in Auburn, MA. Support the show

Steve Mags shares AMC muscle car production numbers, option take-rates, market share statistics and highlights how AMC was saved by the Baby Boom. Taped at High Octane Classics in Auburn, MA. Support the show

AMC was one of very few automakers to offer factory installed traction bars, but were they found on all muscle models? And why were the 1969 Hurst AMX Super Stock drag cars built without front anti-roll bars? All this and more in this podcast. Taped at High Octane Classics in Auburn, MA.Support the show

AMC had two families of V8 engines, were any cast from lightweight aluminum? And what was it about the pre-1972 AMC automatic transmission that reduced performance? All this and more in this podcast. Taped at High Octane Classics in Auburn, MA.Support the show

How did the 1971-1972 Javelin and AMX pay tribute to the C3 Corvette coupe’s T-Top design? And did the 1969 Javelin’s optional roof spoiler really work? All this and more in this podcast. Taped at High Octane Classics in Auburn, MA. Support the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1340482)

American Motors (AMC) was in there swinging during the muscle car era – once management decided to acknowledge the Youth Market. Legend and Lore about Nash-Healeys, Marlins, Javelins, AMX’s and more! Taped at High octane Classics in Auburn, MA.Support the show

Learn why the 2009 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak came with removable window panels, which American car was first with a trunk spoiler, how many Super Bee convertibles Dodge never built and lots more!Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.comSupport the show

 Learn what’s under the Superbird and Charger Daytona fender scoops, where to find torque boxes, what lies beneath 1969 Dart 440 GTS hood emblems and more, more, more!Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.comSupport the show

Steve discusses Dodge Legend and Lore including what actor Tom Selleck had to do withDodge Magnums and “Magnum P.I.”, how many Hemis went into four door bodies and how to verify a Max Wedge convertible. Convertible? Yes, Dodge built Max Wedge convertibles!Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.comSupport the show

The show transitions from Plymouth Number Crunching and Press Commentary to DodgeLegend and Lore with another thirteen groovy factoids for you.Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.comSupport the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1340482)

Steve compares 1969 Hemi Road Runner and Pontiac Ram Air IV GTO pricing andproduction numbers and lots more.Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.comSupport the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1340482)

Steve explores the successes of Plymouth’s “beeper” and other high Plymouth performance milestones.Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.comSupport the show

Listen or watch on YouTube as Steve describes the 1976 Volare’s novel transvers torsion barfront suspension, what prompted the use of front disc brakes on 1967 Hemi cars, and more!Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.comSupport the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1340482)

Listen or watch on YouTube as Steve corrects an error in Fact Number 648 regarding fullsize C-body rear axle types and explores ultra-rare Plymouth engines like the aluminum block Slant Six, A925 DOHC Doomsday Hemi, A279 Ball Stud Hemi and more.Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.comSupport the show

Listen or watch on YouTube as Steve tells why no Volares (or Aspens) ever got factory dualexhaust, why a Jeep Wrangler body was bolted to a Prowler, if a Road Runner station wagon was ever offered and a lot, lot more.Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.comSupport the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1340482)

Listen or watch on YouTube as Steve reveals the origins of the most famous Barracuda funny cars, proves how fast a Hemi Superbird really wasn’t, the truth behind full size 426 Street Hemi production car program, which full size Plymouth Fury was offered with the 440 Six Barrel, and a bunch more.Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.comSupport the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1340482)

Listen or watch on YouTube as Steve transitions the show out of the last Ford and Mercury Number Crunching and Press Commentary facts and into the Plymouth world with comparisons of Cougar and Mustang production numbers, how Dyno Don Nicholson heated a 428 Cobra Jet powered 1968 Cougar XR-7 GT’s tires for better e.t.’s and then groove on Plymouth facts like what happens when you stick a 4,200 pound Airstream travel trailer behind a new 1969 Hemi Road Runner then hit the drag strip, and so much more.Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.comSupport the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1340482)

Steve continues to explore FORD and MERCURY engine and driveline facts like what made the front brakes on the1965 427 SOHC cammer powered Mustangs and COMET CYCLONES so different. Why the 1979 CAPRI and ZEPHYR TURBO GT rear drum brakes wont attract a magnet and much more...Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest musclecar and supercar dealership!! HIGH OCTAIN CLASSICShttps://www.highoctaneclassics.com Support the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1340482)