{"id":61158,"date":"2022-04-17T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T22:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=61158"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:20:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:20:38","slug":"long-live-the-savage-gt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/heritage\/2022\/04\/long-live-the-savage-gt.html","title":{"rendered":"Long Live the &#8220;Savage GT&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 1968, AutoCraft engineered a modified second-generation Plymouth Barracuda branded as the \u201cSavage GT.\u201d After building only a few, the project was cut, leaving muscle car enthusiasts with nothing but a small taste. Intended to be track-ready straight from the factory and equipped with the finest suspension and brake upgrades, the Savage GT could corner as well as it could accelerate \u2013 a rarity among its competition. A tuned Magnum V8 engine, padded roll cage and \u201cLaker\u201d-style side-exit exhaust pipes are just a few of the modifications that went into this rendition. The light A-body chassis left the short-lived Savage GT front-heavy, and Plymouth moved its Barracuda to the brand-new E-body platform the following model year. While the exact number is unknown today, everyone is in agreement that there were no more than 12 of these produced. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Here is a full list of the modifications that turned the Plymouth Barracuda into an AutoCraft Savage GT. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorbiscuit.com\/the-savage-gt-was-the-track-ready-plymouth-barracuda-america-deserved\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a full list of the modifications that turned the Plymouth Barracuda into an AutoCraft Savage GT.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1968, AutoCraft engineered a modified second-generation Plymouth Barracuda branded as the \u201cSavage GT.\u201d After building only a few, the project was cut, leaving muscle car enthusiasts with nothing but a small taste. Intended to be track-ready straight from the factory and equipped with the finest suspension and brake upgrades, the Savage GT could corner as well as it could accelerate \u2013 a rarity among its competition. A tuned Magnum V8 engine, padded roll cage and \u201cLaker\u201d-style side-exit exhaust pipes are just a few of the modifications that went into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":61159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2622],"tags":[2949],"class_list":["post-61158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heritage","tag-plymouth-classics"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Savage_Feature.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61158"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61163,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61158\/revisions\/61163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}