![1969 Oldsmobile F85 1969 Oldsmobile F85](https://blog.consumerguide.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/11/69-f85-e1385397819848-1024x590.jpg)
The Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals show rolled into Rosemont, Illinois, over the past weekend, bringing out hundreds of high-performance collector cars. All the big names were there in abundance: GTO. 4-4-2. Mustang. Camaro Z28. Road Runner. Cyclone. Javelin. Challenger R/T—and so many more from the heyday of street and strip muscle.
12 Memorable Machines from the 2017 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals
Stripped-Down Muscle Cars
But sprinkled amid the nameplates everybody knows were some deceptively plain but just as potent cars. Check them out… (Collectible Automobile’s Editor-in-Chief gathered this sampling of “wallflowers” that a rival would have ignored at his own peril. -Ed.)
![1961 Pontiac Catalina 61 catalina](https://blog.consumerguide.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/11/61-catalina-1024x768.jpg)
![1963 Dodge 330 63 dodge330](https://blog.consumerguide.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/11/63-dodge330-e1385398752466-1024x678.jpg)
![1964 Plymouth Savoy 64 plymsavoy](https://blog.consumerguide.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/11/64-plymsavoy-e1385399050804-1024x716.jpg)
1964 Plymouth Savoy 2-door sedan with 426-cid “wedge head” twin-carb Super Stock engine.
![1965 Chevrolet Chevelle 350/327 65 chevelle300](https://blog.consumerguide.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/11/65-chevelle300-e1385399386221-1024x671.jpg)
All American: 2016 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Gallery
![1967 Ford Custom "Barn Find" 67 fordcust](https://blog.consumerguide.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/11/67-fordcust-1024x768.jpg)