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Old 05-12-2026, 03:48 PM
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Arrow The HUNT for Detroit's Most Feared Street Racer: The Silver Bullet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxIRQyhOXG0
The Silver Bullet was Detroit's secret street racing king. In this video, we break down how Chrysler quietly built a Hemi-powered Plymouth that could humiliate just about anything on Woodward, then disappear like it was never there.

You’ll see how factory engineers, hidden race parts, and one dead-calm driver turned a stripped-down GTX into a street legend. Then the story takes a hard turn, the car vanishes, rumors explode, and one obsessed collector spends decades tracking down the real thing and bringing it back to life.

This is muscle car history at its rawest, factory secrets, street racing glory, and a 10-second monster that stayed scary even with four Cadillac mufflers.

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Old 05-12-2026, 04:00 PM
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Sorry fellows, tried to delete post but can't.
The background music - noise is so annoying.

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Old 05-12-2026, 04:36 PM
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Better non- AI crap evaluation.
1967 Chrysler GTX Silver Bullet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5qiCeVCr1M
7 GTX Silver Bullet test car for Chrysler video segment from Legendary Motorcar's Dream Car Garage 2004 TV series: Vintage Dream Cars.

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According to Milt Schornack, the elusive silver bullet was beat by him in a RA Firebird. He said this at Valley Forge Pa at the GTOAA Nationals I believe. Hopefully someone else was there that heard the same thing.

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Excellent post on racing back in the day on Woodward street.

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...d.php?t=652803

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It's Woodward "Avenue", but thanks for linking that.

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Excellent post on racing back in the day on Woodward street.

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...d.php?t=652803
Thanks for the link, it was interesting reading especially the Firebirds new owners post.

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In Wangers book he talks about "stalking" races in possibly a 421 GTO press car? and winning many times.
I wonder if he ever ran the "Bullet"???

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