When people talk about the good old days of muscle cars, they are talking about the cars you see here. In this fantastic classic Ford vs. GM matchup, we've got a 428 Cobra Jet-powered 1969 Mustang up against a Ram Air 400-powered 1968 Firebird. These aren't some heavily modified dragstrip-prepped beasts which are no longer even remotely street legal, these are beautifully preserved original specimens.

One could even say that this was a drag race that was decades in the making.