Around the same period, Chevrolet and Dodge built strong-performing cars, but neither competed as factory-backed teams. Generally, the Impala SS with a 409 V8 or the 427 were adapted from street ...

Even the latest Chevy Corvette sports a 490-horsepower monster that can propel the car to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds with a quarter-mile time of 11.2 seconds. In short, Chevy knows how to make cars fly.

Perhaps the only Pro Street car more famous than the T-Bird is Dobbertin’s Pontiac J2000, which won Hot Rod ’s Hot Rod of the Year in 1986. The Hays currently own them both.