concordance · reading
The best long-form writing on the cars Plenum decodes.
Hand-curated. Each entry links out to the publisher; full text remains with them.
v0.1: publisher-only links. The specific articles for each topic are pending curation — Plenum does not invent URLs to articles that may not exist.
Long-form on the 1970 Super Bee
curation pendingHemmings · fair use, brief quotation · applies to 1970 Dodge Super Bee
Hemmings' archive has multiple deep dives on the 1970 Super Bee facelift, the Six-Pack option, and survivor cars. Specific piece pending curation.
Technical pieces on the 440 Six-Pack induction
curation pendingMopar Connection · fair use, brief quotation · applies to 1970 V-code 440 Six-Pack cars
Mopar Connection has covered the V-code induction system in long-form: Edelbrock intake, Holley primaries, the vacuum-actuated outboards, what to look for on a survivor.
Hagerty buyer's-guide perspective on the 426 Hemi
curation pendingHagerty · fair use, brief quotation · applies to 1970 Chrysler R-code 426 Hemi cars
Hagerty's guides cover what the Hemi cost in 1970 dollars, why the V-code option outsold it, and what survivors trade for now.
Curbside Classic on the third-gen Trans Am
curation pendingcurbsideclassic.com · fair use, brief quotation · applies to 1987–1992 Pontiac Trans Am GTA
Curbside Classic publishes essayistic pieces on the 1982–1992 Firebird/Trans Am, including the GTA package's place in the long Trans Am lineage.
MotorTrend on the 1989 Turbo Trans Am
curation pendingMotorTrend · fair use, brief quotation · applies to 1989 Pontiac Trans Am Turbo (Y82)
MotorTrend has period road tests and retrospectives on the 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am — the turbocharged 3.8L V6, the indy-pace-car homage, the 1,555-unit production.