Talladega Nights Muscle Car

Could you see this racing during talladega today. Ford spent a lot of the 1960s and early 1970s watching the taillights of quicker mopar and gm muscle rivals. It may not have been the muscle car a purest would have conjured up but the 1969 ford talledga was on its own special mission.
talladega nights muscle car

Everyone knows the movie talladega nights.

Talladega nights muscle car. 375 horsepower holley. Plimptons car was in decent shape and initially bailey was just going to put a modernized powerplant in it and call it good but like all projects it grew. The backstory on the talladega as well as its rarity and good looks appealed to baileys love of motorsports and muscle car history. But in nascar the forces from dearborn were consistent front runners.

62 me ford driven by ricky bobby ferrell in the film is a 2004 ford taurus body and features a race car chassis ford 302 engine with svo aluminum racing heads. Will ferrel shines as ricky bobby an eccentric race car driver that is striving to win and ha a very unique personality. During the movie bobbys car was iconic a 1969 chevrolet chevelle.