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Posted on 12/19/2013 11:44:56 AM PST by ETL
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2) Plymouth Barracuda
3) Dodge Challenger
4) Plymouth GTX
5) Plymouth Roadrunner "Superbird" (artist depiction)
6) Dodge Charger
7) Plymouth Duster
8) Dodge Dart (Swinger?)
9) '73 Plymouth Roadrunner
10) Plymouth Roadrunner (earlier model)
11) Plymouth GTX
12) Dodge Challenger
13) Plymouth GTX
15) Plymouth (Belvedere?) Wagon
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18) Plymouth Roadrunner
19) Plymouth GTX
20) Dodge Charger
21) Dodge Charger
22) Plymouth Barracuda
23) Dodge (Coronet?)
24) Plymouth Barracuda
25) Dodge Coronet
26) Roadrunner pulling Duster!
27) '67 Dodge Charger
28) '67 Dodge Charger
29) Dodge Dart "Swinger"
30 New and original Dodge Challenger
31) Dodge Charger
32) Plymouth (Roadrunner or GTX?) and GTX Convertible
33) Plymouth Barracuda
34) Dodge Charger (plastic model)
I once bought a brand-new Ford EXP. 'Nuff said.
Windsor or Cleveland?
Thanks for the def of muscle cars.
Our Cougar had a V8 engine so I’ll consider it a muscle car for bragging rights when talking to my grandkids.:-)
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Yeah, but imagine a brand-new Shelby for $8,200 today.
Oh Man!
Another of my friends had a mom who drove a '71 Satellite Wagon. Very cool wagon! But I'd settle for the 2-door.
I agree for the ones that had that long stupid nose added to the front. But the one I posted at the top I thought looked great.
Below is a Dodge Charger with the dopey add-ons, followed next by a beautiful Charger in classic "Mopar Green".
This one I think would great if it didn't have that long added on nose. Not sure if this one does or not.
But, everyone's forgotten about the GTO's big brother. The GTO was a runaway success when it came out..of course, the Beach Boys helped a whole lot..so the marketing whizzes at Pontiac figured the "bigger is better"...so they stuffed the same big, juiced up engine, Hurst linkage, and new rear end into the big Bonneville coupe, and called it the "2+2." One of my fraternity brothers had one..it was a beast..but it handled for shit..cornering was an adventure..and the brakes were, shall we say.."rather lacking" to try and stop almost 3 tons of car at 100mph.
One Thursday afternoon, we were sitting in the frat house..there were no classes that Friday..and 5 of us jumped in the car and decided to drive from NYC to Montreal round trip for the weekend.I swear we averaged 90+..but it was all straight line, so it was good.
Pontiac stopped making the 2+2 after only 3 years...the GTO was the one selling...but I think they recognized the problems with the suspension and handling..you can't make a pig into a road racer..
LOL! The long runner ones had intake runner that were super long. The back card went almost to the firewall on the passenger side and the front one went almost to the radiator on the driver side. Thus, long runner. The short ones went to the right and left just over the valve covers.
The ‘69 or ‘70 Cougar Eliminator was definitely a musclecar by anyone’s estimation.
The “cross ram” was big in the late 50s/early 60s.
I’ve seen it on a ‘62 413 Plymouth.
The car wasn’t especially fast but did drink a lot of gas.
I did recall something like that, extremely exotic looking, why I was hoping for some photos in this thread.
Three two barrel carbs on my 427/435hp Corvette was as exotic as I ever owned.
I'll get to Pontiacs another day.
The Cougar was a Mercury Mustang. A little softer, heavier, and slower than the Ford Mustang, but calling either of them Muscle Cars when next to a big block Chevy or Mopar was a stretch. Except the Shelby’s...
LOL!
I think we call that a “project car.”
I love Cougars. Especially 68 and earlier. I think the 69 was a little different.
The 2 below are 68s.
Wasn’t the GTX a top of the line Satellite?
>>I once bought a brand-new Ford EXP. ‘Nuff said.<<
The fact that thing was built, much less bought, is proof of heavy drug use in those days...
>>Wasn’t the GTX a top of the line Satellite?
I didn’t really know. Had to look it up...
“The Plymouth GTX was introduced as the Belvedere GTX in 1967 by the Plymouth division to be a “gentleman’s” muscle car.”
“The GTX was to be an exceptional blend of style and performance. What differentiated it from a normal Belvedere was its special grille and rear fascia, shared with the Satellite, as well as mock hood scoops, chrome “pit stop” fuel filler cap and optional racing stripes. For the performance aspect of the vehicle, a heavy duty suspension system was made standard. Standard too was Plymouth’s 440 cu in (7.2 L) V8 called the “Super Commando 440”. The engine was rated at 375 hp (280 kW). Buyers in 1967 could pay an extra US$546 and replace the 440 with Chrysler’s 426 cu in (7.0 L) Hemi. The 426 was nicknamed the “Elephant.”..”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_GTX
The 65-66-67 Goats were screamers.
Growing up, I and my friends had muscle cars. My ‘68 Opel (which isn’t a muscle car) made my friends’ cars sweat.
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