The late 1960s and early 70s is widely considered to be the golden age of muscle cars, and it’s not hard to see why when you check out some of the beautiful vehicles from that time period. From Road Runners to Chargers to GTOs, it really didn’t get much better.

Cars like this are gone today, except as collectors’ items. Though that may never change, we can still travel back in time to the rubber-burning era of peak muscle cars by admiring these vintage pics of some of the coolest autos to ever hit the road.

Let yourself smell the gasoline and burning rubber as you flip through these 21 pics of the cars you either owned or wished you owned.