The Ten Coolest—And Rarest—Convertible Muscle Cars Ever Made

Oldsmobile was your father's car company, admit it. And the real reason dad liked the Hurst Olds was "Miss Golden Shifter," Linda Vaughn. But if he had played his cards right, he might have bought one of the three "Hurst" Oldsmobiles they sold that year with a droptop.

Perhaps not as rare as some other cars on the list, how can you not love a car that came from the factory with side pipes?

What happens when you can't decide between "Luxury" and "Muscle" as design cues in the good old days? You mash 'em together and this is the result. The 428 cubic-inch, Super Cobra Jet, Ram Air motivated it but only a handful were sold.

Everything Carrol Shelby built was cool but only a few of these were built in 1966. Which makes them cool and rare. And since it followed Shelby's "massive motor in a tiny lightweight car," it was fast.

Yes, Buick made muscle cars. Very cool and very fast muscle cars. And if you ever see lists of quarter-mile ETs from back in the day, this car is often near the top of the list. How is that, you say? Look at the specs: 510 ft/lbs of torque launched this Buick into the record books.

Slap a Hemi in its last year of production into a ragtop Cuda and you have something only 11 people bought in 1971. Want one today? Plan on paying about a thousand times sticker price – or more.

Here comes the judge! They may have made a hundred or so of these but you could make yours less common with the optional Ram Air. Don't you just love the names they had for the options back then?

Everyone remembers the 1971 Hemi Cuda but there were even fewer of the Hemi Road Runners in 1970. And some people like the Road Runner's lines better than the Cuda's. If nothing else, it had a cooler horn!

Pontiac built the Trans Am for one year in the earlier body style and only eight were built as convertibles. Sure, the Trans Am became one of the most popular cars in the country but this rarity got it all started.

Chevy only built one of these and it was built for the head of Chevrolet. That's why it's good to be boss. So, even though you could not buy one yourself back then, you might be able to buy this one someday. If it ever comes up for sale and you have several million dollars to throw at the owner.