in the muscle car's glorious days of the mid- and late-sixties (and crack of seventies), Detroit made a great deal (and put a great deal of effort) out of its high-strung, gas-guzzling intermediates.

Plymouth hit the jackpot in 1969 when the Road Runner sales topped almost 85,000 units. The joy was great but short-lived as the seventies kicked back hard, killing off the muscle car before gearheads ...