Now I've got a little more respect for Chrysler's six-cylinder A-body. Lightweight, and able to cruise all day on a sniff of gasoline, my '68 Dart will effortlessly fly down the highway at 85 mph.

Let's talk fender preservation. Let's talk numbers. According to Motor Trend's instrumented testing from back in the day, a bone-stock '67 SS350 Camaro required 156 feet to decelerate from 60 mph. In ...