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Originally Posted by sammyg2
A few hand made race cars won races.
The 503 street legal versions were copies of the race cars, same as these modern tribute cars.
Most of the original cars had 375 hp. and could hit 130 mph on a very good day with a 20 mph tail wind.
They say this one has 1000 hp and hits 194 mph:
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The street cars were hand made also. The Superbird was a little slower at 160 but the Daytona with a Hemi could reach 180mph. Even the 440 was clocked at over 150 in the street cars as they came from the factory. Read up a bit at Allpar.com.
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