By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

We got a ton of comments on the list of “Top Ten Vehicles That Need to Come Back”. I didn’t include any of the cars below cause they are all from dead brands. But if we lived in an alternate universe, then yes, all of these rides would need to come back! See the rest of the list after the jump!

Pontiac Trans Am

Duh.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Chuck has been restoring this gorgeous 442 for seven years now. Sounds like he’s almost done, save for a few issues with the engine builder. More pics and details on his ride page!

By Sam Barer

Sound Classics

When it comes to popularity, muscle cars are still as hot as Las Vegas pavement in August. Despite the economy, Detroit muscle from the sixties and early seventies are the dominate vehicles at shows, tours and auctions.

The credit for the birth of the muscle car segment generally goes to the 1964 Pontiac Tempest GTO. The same year, however, the Oldsmobile division of General Motors released its F-85 Cutlass hardtops, coupes and convertibles with the 4-4-2 performance package. Like the GTO, the 4-4-2 rode on the 115 inch wheelbase platform and offered a 330ci V8 engine delivering 310hp—just 15hp less than the GTO’s standard 389ci.

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Guy wants $2.3 million for that 442 vert parked between the El Camino and the Nissan. And yep, that’s the best pic he could come up with (and I see no evidence that the car is anything other than a fairly basic 442). But he claims that if you put $25k into this "1 of 2" car you’ll be able to sell it at Barrett-Jackson for $5 million. The eBay listing is filled with a ton of other entertaining gibberish, including the the claim that he’s gonna use the money to get multivitamins to 500 million people in Africa. What a guy.

As some predicted, Dan’s 442 killed Ryan’s GTO in last week’s Face Off, getting almost 75% of the vote. I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise that modded beats stock on CarDomain. We’ll have another American muscle match-up next week, so stay tuned.

This week’s Face Off will be the first in a series of serious muscle match-ups. To start things off, we’ve rustled up a couple of less-conventional specimens from the year 1970: an Olds 442 W-30 versus a Pontiac GTO Judge. Take a look at each of these fearsome rides and then cast your vote to decide which one gets a new set of tires from Discount Tire!