Chevrolet Big 10 1976-79
In the late ’70s, only Dodge presented muscle trucks and sold them as such. Chevy had the same idea but cleverly disguised it as a special version of its main pickup line. Back in the day, Chevrolet sold many special versions, which were mostly trim and color choices. The Big 10 even started as one of them. However, if you ticked the right boxes when you ordered your new Chevy truck, you could end up with a machine almost as fast as the 1979 Corvette (via Barn Finds).
The trick, of course, was in the engine choice. If you paid extra for a 454 big block V8 and four-speed transmission, you could get a 245 hp beast that was more powerful than any other muscle car from the same period. Of course, the pickup truck construction put obvious limits, but this muscle truck could still accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in the eight-second range.