Small Block Tapestries

The 360 Small Block (given the Wedge treatment)...

The 360 Small Block (given the Wedge treatment)...

The 360 Small Block replaced the 340 in 1974 and served as a small block staple until 1993...

The 360 Small Block replaced the 340 in 1974 and served as a small block staple until 1993...

The perfect gift for Oldsmobile Cutlass owner and enthusiast

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

The perfect gift for Impala owner and enthusiast

The perfect gift for Mercury Cougar owner and enthusiast

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

The perfect gift for Buick Regal owner and enthusiast

The perfect gift for Oldsmobile Cutlass owner and enthusiast

Hit the streets with this cool hot rod

The perfect gift for Skylark GS owner and enthusiast.

Plymouth circled back around to the Valiant for another muscle car in 1970. The Duster (and it's Dodge counterpart, the Demon) stormed the streets and dragstrips as the new, affordable muscle car!

Engine label for the small, but mighty Commando small block!

The perfect gift for Oldsmobile Cutlass owner and enthusiast

1968 brought us the Big Mac, Daydream Believer, and this little 2 Door Beauty...

Awesome design fitting for mechanics who love engines. It can also be given as a Birthday or Christmas gift to your best friend, relative, boyfriend or girlfriend who also loves engines. Design is also fitting in time for Diesel Engine Day on February 23.

1966 brought us Star Trek, the Astrodome, and the final year of Valiant's second generation body style...

Boats in the harbor of Castro Urdiales in Cantabria, Spain

Hit the streets with this cool hot rod

1965 brought mild styling changes...and the not-so-mild 273 Commando small block!

The Bowtie 327-cubic inch V8 originated with the small-block family of engines that first appeared in 1955 with a 265 cubic inch power plant. Following with a 283 cubic inch version that appeared in 1957, the mighty 327-inch small block made its debut in 1962. Although the 327 was eventually superseded by the 350 across the entire product line, the intermediate displacement 327 was used in just about every model on the market between 1962 and 1969. During its eight-year run, the potent 327 became known among small-block aficionados as the “mighty mouse" as it was extremely compact, highly efficient, and very powerful.

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

1970 brought us Apollo 13, Monday Night Football, and this refined sedan!

The perfect gift for Oldsmobile Cutlass owner and enthusiast

The perfect gift for Plymouth Road Runner owner and enthusiast

The Bicentennial signaled the end of Valiant's sixteen years in production in the US. Fun Fact: In 1976 the Valiant became available for law enforcement (with mixed success)...

As the storm clouds of the gas crisis started to rise in the early 70s, Valiant shifted it's advertising away from strictly performance and toward build quality.

The perfect gift for Skylark GSX owner and enthusiast.

The perfect gift for El Camino owner and enthusiast

The new-for-'62 Chevy II was based around a new series of small engines, but engineers included enough space to fit a small-block V-8 which of course, is what every hot rodder wants in a lightweight, compact car like the Nova. For $1,500 one could install a small-block V-8 in any 1962 or '63 Chevy II, from the cheapest two-door sedan to the top-of-the-line Nova 400 convertible. Seeing buyers upgrading to V8 power, Chevrolet eventually relented, offering special a 170-hp 283 and 250-hp 327 engines for the Chevy II. With more ponies under the hood, these lightweight cars were not only spirited drivers, but made for excellent street racers that could hold their own against the big boys and even dominate with some upgrades and tuning.

The perfect gift for Dodge Dart owner and enthusiast

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

The perfect gift for Plymouth Fury owner and enthusiast