What makes a muscle car

by RBChallenger

Ground pounding, tire melting, heart racing excitement... that is the epitome of the muscle car. Nothing too fancy here, just good old fashioned unadulterated fun. With a flip of the wrist your world is transformed from th...read more

by William Remski

What makes a muscle car is raw power. These are usually big cars, big by today's standards for a car anyway. We are usually talking about products of Detroit when we speak of a muscle car. The Chevy Camaro and Corvette,...read more

by James Campbell

The automobile takes many forms. For example, there's the family sedan, the minivan and the econo-box. Then, chained to the floor like a rabid Tyrannosaurus Rex, there is something altogether different. Enter, the muscl...read more

by Bill Whitney

I get a kick out of reading some of these articles and see what people think muscle cars are. Some of them are "Clueless." A muscle car is not something someone built. It is not a two or four or even six cylinder engine....read more

by Nigel Holmes

I don't know much about cars, but I know a muscle car when I see one. It's not defined by model names and trim designations, or even specifications and performance figures. It's way more visceral. It's about gratuitous was...read more

by John Kothrade

"Gripping the wheel, his knuckles went white with desire. The wheels of his Mustang scorching down the highway like a slug from a .45...true death. 400 horsepower of maximum performance...This is Black Sunshine." (taken f...read more

by Timothy Benford

TIM'S AUTO SALES, AND THE EARLY "MUSCLE CARS" Everything you ever heard about used car salesmen is probably true, especially if you knew my father. If you actually bought a car from him then you proved Barnum right abou...read more

by Kevin Davidsson

A muscle car to me is a real classic from the mid 60 til the early 70s.with a no limit value. Hand made in america, with Swedish and American steal. And must have alot of horse power and high end peformence and sounds lik...read more

by Wilson Jay

Muscle cars were the very cause of their owners being dubbed "factory hot rodders!" The first car to be called a Muscle car hit the American streets in 1964 and was a product of the Pontiac Division of General Motors. It ...read more

by Tammy Bowles

Muscle cars are built and not bought. They are not the year of the car or the original stock parts. They are built by men who crave the feel of that block engine rumbling in tune to their hearts. It is a rule, in my ex...read more

by Linda Ann Nickerson

Gee, I could've had a V-8! In 1964, Ronnie and the Daytonas climbed the charts with this: Little GTO, you're really lookin' fine Three deuces and a four-speed and a 389 Listen to her tachin' up now, listen to her ...read more

by Keith Hillman

I had a muscle car! Actually I had five of them! Every time one rusted away beyond repair I found myself another one. I had a yellow one, one in Vert Bamboo, another in Bleu Myosotis and I've forgotten the rest! Thes...read more

by Michelle Gardner

People wanting more power and more speed led major car manufacturers in the 1960s to "one up" the competition by producing quicker, more advanced cars. With this increase in power came the American muscle cars. The musc...read more

by Prodigal Samurai

The general definition of a muscle car is a car that has a whole lot of horsepower & torque in a very small body or shell. The power to weight ratio is what actually makes a muscle car. Muscle cars tend to be excellent dri...read more

by Jonathan Steiert

Cars of today sure aren't made like they were used to. Everything today is made of lightweight materials that just fold like an accordion when you get into a traffic accident. I think it's more dangerous than the old mus...read more

by M.L. Brooke

Well by definition a muscle car is a car that has a huge power plant. These cars were less about finesse like their European counterparts and more about cubic inches. There was a relatively small window of time in Americ...read more