What's wrong with the '64?

 

By year:

1949/50 Oldsmobile Rocket 88
1966 AC Cobra
1967 Z28 Camaro
1967 Ford Fairlane 390/4spd
1969 Corvette Stingray 427/390
1969 AMX
1969 Plymouth Barracuda
1971 El Camino
1987 Grand National
2007 Ford Mustang GT/CS

 

Only 10!? Most in the list are not considered "muscle cars" - more like favorite (classic) American cars. Personal favorites in no particular order:

1965 Shelby GT350
1967/68 Shelby GT500
1969 Boss 302
1969 Camaro Z28
1986/87 Buick T-Type/Grand National/GNX
1970 Buick GSX/Stage 1
1967 El Camino SS396
1966 Shelby 427 Cobra
1987-93 Ford 5.0 Mustang (I admit I'm biased!)
1970 Cuda 340 (AAR)

 

Ok guys, by old Muscle Cars I meant cars built between 1964 and 1973. Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks the Shelby 427 Cobra was a Muscle Car.

 

Red Baron, Sorry to disagree with ya, but historically the 49/50 Olds is considered the first musclecar by many.

 

Some say '49 Oldsmobile, some say '55 C-300, others say '64 GTO ...

 

Yes Yes Yes. The Lead-Sleds. Those were definately the first real Muscle cars.
But here's mine:

65 Goat six pack (Had)
69 Vette LS-1 427(had)
68 Camaro SS
69 Camaro Z-28 350(Had)
70 Chevelle SS 454(Brother had)
70 Olds 442 (W-30)(Had)
69 Mustang CJ-429
72 Mach1 (Still have)
70 Roadrunner
*03 Mach1 (still have)
*07 GT Roush powered(have)

*Sry bout the last two, couldn't resist.....

 

In my 51 years of life on this earth I have never even heard this. Why don't we just go back to 1932 when Ford introduced the V8.

According to the book, Muscle Car Greats by Peter C. Sessler and publishers of MuscleCars Magazine the Muscle Car Era began with the '64 GTO.

 

Well for starters, I actually do like the way the car looks, but really, what gets me, is how it one of the first cars to epitomize what a muscle car was. Not so big car, rather large engine. Didn't need to be glitz, just fast. It's simple. The later goats were bigger, badder, cooler looking and faster

but the plain jain '64 goat was a pretty awesome car in its own right

 

And ended with ... '74 Trans Am?

 

I liked the over/under headlights on my 65 Goat. Maintained the 64 stance, but the more popular was the new style in 66. But I loved the power of that sixpac

This may be a tad embelished, but how I remember her:

 

Nice, Dave

 

wow thats awesome dave... love how the engine moves and the flames shoot.

 

Red Star and Red Baron, as I said in my post "by many." I am partial to the 49 olds, because my dad had one. It was the first modern v-8 to be fitted into a mid size car. Sound familiar GTO fans? Red Star has a point with the first ford flat head. Though these were "hot rodded", not necessarily a factory hot rod or muscle car. Thats the great thing, we each can have our own opinion. By the way, I'm 49 years old and I've never heard of Sessler. LOL

 

I'd have to agree with hp246

 

Here are mine not in any order.

69 Chevy Chevelle SS 396
68 Ford Shelby GT500
87 Buick Grand National
64 Chevy Impala
64 Builck Rivera
80 Chevy Monte 3.8T
86 Chevy IROC-Z 350
87 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350
63 Chevy Corvette
74 Chevy Malibu

 

69 Camaro Z-28 350(Had) (?)

 

69 Z28 had a 302 in it not a 350.

 

That was my point.

 

umm

70 hemi superbird
65 GT350R
67 GT500
67 428cj
67 GT390
70 HEMI cuda
70 HEMI challenger
general lee
69 chevelle SS 396
road runner hemi