How the Silver Bullet became one of the most famous cars on Woodward

In the 1960s and early 70s, Woodward Avenue was a test strip for automotive engineers. GM, Ford, and Chrysler would put performance parts on "test mules". Then late at night, they would drag race each other down M-1.

Most of the test cars were sent to the scrap yard, but one of the street racers got away.

This is the legendary Silver Bullet.

It never lost a race and became one of the most famous cars on the strip.

"The car that we're looking at behind me is the legendary Silver Bullet, the king of Woodward Avenue street racers," said Silver Bullet owner Harold Sullivan. "It's a 1967 Plymouth GTX powered by a 426 Hemi, 650 horsepower, automatic three-speed transmission."

Chrysler engineers stripped the GTX down to 3200 pounds, added on performance parts, and driver Jimmy Addison took i