autoevolution 17 Mar 2021, 17:42 UTC ·
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In 1969, Ford was determined to keep the Mustang at the top of its game in the face of the growing pony/muscle competition. That involved dramatic measures that ranged from retiring the GT, which had been overshadowed by the Mach 1, to introducing homologation specials such as the Boss 302 born from Trans Am, and the Boss 429 born to support the Blue Oval s new 429 NASCAR engine. Five decades later, digital artists love to play with these retro icons, and the rendering we have here is a brilliant example of this. 6 photos
Ford only built the Boss 429 for 1969 (859 units) and 1970 (499 examples), and this pixel portrait uses the latter as a starting point. And the general spirit of the proposal seems to involve maintaining all the retro styling bits in place while mixing them with the type of aero developments you might expect to find on new-age muscle cars.
autoevolution 16 Mar 2021, 16:27 UTC ·
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While we get a full range of performance trucks these days, they are mostly all-terrain animals, so those seeking a road-biased velocity machine with a bed need to play the nostalgia card. We d say the rendering in front of us does that pretty well, with the 3D work getting things right from the get-go by building on a 1970 Chevrolet El Camino SS 454. 5 photos
We re looking at the third generation of the iconic nameplate here. Built between 1968 and 1972, it saw the El Camino fully making the transition from utility vehicle to a performance proposal, as the truck shared the A-body platform with legends such as the Chevy Chevelle, the Oldsmobile Cutlass, and the Pontiac GTO, among others.