Best 65-75 muscle car. Not necessarily power, just best.

[Gold Metal Flake]

24. 68, 69, 70 428 Cobra Jet Mustang

An excellent package. Smooth and docile in traffic, tremendous torque when kicked. Bulletproof Toploader 4 speed for fun or the redoubtable C6 auto for convenience. High 13s stock with 3.50s, but deep 12s with headers, 4.3s and a good tune. The whole enchilada. The R code "Super Cobra Jet" version got you the deeper gears and forged pistons for racing so you ordered it equipped with your intentions in mind.

The 1971 Boss 351 was quicker stock, but it was also larger and harder to see out that long, flat rear window. The Boss 302 was quick but it required work to get there and the Boss 429 was hobbled by too little cam and too little carb (both the Boss 302 and the Boss 429 were homologation packages for trans Am and NASCAR respectively). Before the 428CJ, there was the 427 R code engine optional in the 66 and 67 Fairlane and the Galaxie 64 & 65 but that was a real race engine with a fat cam and manners to match. The 1971 429 CJ was a good package. I never had a 71/2/3 Mustang fastback "SprtsRoof" but I had several 1972/73 Gran Torino fastbacks and those were nearly blind out the back as well. Man, I love a 72/73 Gran Torino Sport (or Montego GT) with the Q code 351 Cleveland Cobra Jet and a Toploader on the highway. What a fantastic cruiser.

Also, anything Mopar with a 440 Magnum in it. That engine was simple, reliable and one tourqey motherfucker. The six pack as well.