Page 43 - Experience Magazine Winter 2023
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Other Bowtie beauties in this
                                                                                   collection include a 1948 Chevrolet
                                                                                   COE pickup, a 1955 Chevrolet
                                                                                   custom hardtop powered by a small-
                                                                                   block engine topped with a 406
                                                                                   B&M supercharger, a 1957 Chevrolet
                                                                                   Nomad powered by an LS3 engine
                                                                                   and equipped with a tilt steering
                                                                                   column and electric windows, a 1963
                                                                                   Chevrolet Corvette Split-Window
                                                                                   Coupe equipped with a 327/340
                                                                                   horsepower V8 engine and a Vintage
                                                                                   Air system, a 1966 Chevrolet Chevy II
                                                                                   Nova custom wagon powered by an
                                                                                   LS1 engine, a 1969 Chevrolet Nova SS
                                                                                   396 equipped with a 4-speed manual
                                                                                   transmission, a matching-numbers
                                                                                   1972 Chevrolet Super Cheyenne
                                                                                   pickup powered by a 400ci big-block
                                                                                   engine and a 2009 Chevrolet Corvette
                                                                                   ZR1 known as the "Blue Devil."
                                                                                   The collection also includes a
                                                                                   1987 Buick GNX with only 488
                                                                                   miles from new. The GNX offered
                                                                                   is No. 463 of only 547 produced
                                                                                   for the Grand National’s final
                                                                                   year of production. Dubbed
                                                                                   the “Grand National to end all
                                                                                   Grand Nationals,” the 3.8-liter
                                                                                   turbocharged V6 engine was rated
                                                                                   at 276 horsepower and had a 0 to
                                                                                   60 mph time that was 1.5 seconds
                                                                                   faster than the standard Grand
                                                                                   National and over 2 full seconds
                                                                                   quicker through the quarter-mile.
                                                                                   The GNX utilized a different
                                                                                   turbocharger with a ceramic turbine
                                                                                   and more efficient intercooler,
                                                                                   which gave it an increase in
                                                                                   performance over the standard
                                                                                   Grand National variant.
                                                                                   The house of Mopar is represented
                                                                                   well within this collection. Topping
                                                                                   the offerings is a 1970 Plymouth
                                                                                   HEMI ’Cuda and a 2018 Dodge
                                                                                   Challenger SRT Demon. The HEMI
                                                                                   ’Cuda is finished in In Violet with
                                                                                   a white interior. The muscle car has
                                                                                   been optioned with the legendary
                                                                                   426ci HEMI engine hooked to a


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