12 of the Rarest and Fastest American Muscle Cars Ever Made

In high school, I drove a 1969 Dodge Charger and spent many wasted evenings driving up and down a stretch of Woodward Avenue, just north of Detroit, stopping occasionally for ice cream at a stand near 14 Mile. In those days, we knew which cars were fast and sometimes we even drove next to them to see whose car was faster. But even then, we all knew of legendary muscle cars which were really fast. Often special-order, they were a step above the more commonly-known muscle cars of the era. Some of them were even built specifically for drag racing. Not that I or anyone I knew ever did that. But if we had, we knew better than to line up next to any of these.