10 FASTEST 1960s Muscle Cars Over The Quarter Mile!

Published 2024-07-09
During the 1960s, pretty much every American automaker was locked in a battle to offer the most high-performance muscle cars money could buy. The main arena where these tussles were fought was on the quarter mile drag strip, or the emptiest stretch of public road that could be found.

Succeeding in drag racing became big money, so muscle cars evolved to become as fast as possible in a straight line. Some truly beastly vehicles resulted from this need for speed, so here are the 10 FASTEST 1960s Muscle Cars Over The Quarter Mile

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:15 1968 Shelby GT500 KR
01:45 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge
02:44 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 RS
04:15 1969 Plymouth Cuda 440
05:12 1968 Pontiac GTO Royal Bobcat
05:53 1969 Hurst Oldsmobile 442
07:08 1969 Dodge Charger R/T HEMI
08:19 1969 Plymouth GTX 440
09:10 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
10:17 1969 Plymouth Road Runner A12

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All Comments (21)
  • Just remember that rear-end gearing has a significant effect on quarter-mile times. If you take two identical cars, one with a (typical) 3.36 rear gear, and the other with 4.11 gearing, the 4.11 equipped car will usually beat the 3.36 car to the finish line.
  • @dart3407
    It's not how fast you get going, it's how quick you get going fast
  • What hurt us the most back then was tire tech.back in the seventies i threw on some slicks for the street ..helped 100 percent..12 second cars all became ten second cars .
  • @GregSr
    My stock 4200 pound '96 Impala SS (LT1 5.7 liter) ran a consistent 15.3 at Pomona Drag Strip. Then I replaced the stock mufflers with 2 chamber Flowmasters, added an "H" pipe, and upgraded the air box for better breathing. That got the ET down to 14.7. I still have the Impala - I bought it new. It's a garage queen now.
  • I won a lot of races in a 67 SS Camaro with a 283 engine. It was beefed up. Then we built a 327 Corvette motor 202 fully heads. Balance the blueprinted Corvette rev kit and a rock crusher 4 speed. I won a lot of races in that car
  • @davidshields948
    Thank you very much for sharing. Wonderful video. ❤🎉😊
  • My buddy had a 1971 Dodge Dart Swinger with a 340 in it. SUPER fast. R.I.P. Manny
  • No Buicks? 1970 Buick GS/GSXStage1 was the “Hemi Killer” back in the day! Should’ve been on the List!!!!
  • What 4 speed automatic fid that old 440 Cuda use? 727 Torque flights were only 3 speeds to the best of my knowledge.
  • Should be , 10 QUICKEST 1960s muscle cars. Yes, there is a difference.
  • @DING00069
    when it comes to American Muscle. Ill have mine lean please. 64 Thunderbolt. 68 Hemi Dart. 63 Z11 427 Impala.
  • @davealin2431
    Great video! Love these. Maybe along with horse power & tork pounds next time you could remind us of the (then) "sticker price". That would be the cherry on the sundae...
  • 68 Hemi Cuda and Dart if the ZL1 Camaro gets mentioned these Mopars were the fastest
  • @jeffrey4547
    how come u don't have the 64 gto with a 389 tri powered setup which held the record for years as the fastest 1/4 mile car
  • i have my grandmothers 66 two door post Deluxe Chevelle with a 283 upgrade from 230 from factory. but everything else is the same. drum brakes front and back, two speed power glide, 10 bolt rearend. just heat and power stirring. the engine been upgraded to an LS, manual 6 speed trans and a Ford 9" rearend. 55 to 72 Chevy ruled over Ford and Dodge with most best looking models of cars, and the two truck styles
  • My Suzuki Madura would walk away from all of them and topped out at 150+ mph. I say 150+ because that was as fast as the speedometer went. Actual speed was higher.