GTO muscle car myth
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| − | Recently I read an article by an auto magazine writer, who was writing about the Chrysler 300 "letter series" of muscle cars. He imparted many interesting | + | Recently I read an article by an auto magazine writer, who was writing about the Chrysler 300 "letter series" of muscle cars. He imparted many interesting things about those cars. He then said they weren't true "muscle cars" because they were loaded luxury cars; he determined that a true "muscle car" had to be more affordable to more people. |
| − | So do any of those similar thinkers or those | + | So do any of those similar thinkers or those who- on the general "say so" of supposed auto aficionados- believe their claim that the "muscle car" never existed until Pontiac invented the GTO, have an answer for the 1955 and up Plymouth-Fury, Dodge D-500 and Desoto-Adventurer? These were all called Super Sports way before Chevrolet eventually (smartly and to good advantage) copyrighted that moniker for there own line of muscle cars. |
Matter of fact I always felt the SS's even predated the GTO's. Someone please give us some research on this. | Matter of fact I always felt the SS's even predated the GTO's. Someone please give us some research on this. | ||
| + | (This is correct- the 1961 Impala SS began it for Chevrolet, IIRC. cobalt327) | ||
| − | + | Many people do not know the name Super Sport was a body package not a power package that GM offered in the early 60's. You could buy a Chevy II Super Sport with an inline six in it (there are a few around that have been documented)! | |
| − | Many people do not know the name | + | |
'''The term Muscle Car ''' | '''The term Muscle Car ''' | ||
| − | + | The beginning of the "Muscle Car" for GM was the breaking of the number of cubic inches per pounds rule GM had. The Tempest received the larger 389 CID engine and became the GTO. | |
I believe the rule was 1 cubic inch per ten pounds. The GTO did not weigh 3800 pounds with the 389 engine. Maybe this rule I speak of is a myth? | I believe the rule was 1 cubic inch per ten pounds. The GTO did not weigh 3800 pounds with the 389 engine. Maybe this rule I speak of is a myth? | ||
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