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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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