25. Back to the Future

With the Space Race at peak hysteria, and talks of ‘the future’ as imminent – Plymouth did nothing to calm the hype. The 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird provided the most futuristic design of all muscle cars. The raised spoiler and sloped front end gave it the appearance of both a muscle car and a spaceship. The Superbird was designed specifically for NASCAR driving. This seems like one of those cool facts about classic muscle cars that everyone forgot.