Classic cars: Define muscle cars - Classic Cars

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by Rob Purifoy

The word Muscle car automatically takes car enthusiasts back to the 1960's and reminds us of heavy Detroit steel. The term described cars that were built for the drag strip, the handling wasn't great and the luxury was minimal.
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by Joseph Varkle

Muscle cars. The mere mention conjures images of freewheeling youths in factory hot rods, unleashing their machines on Woodward Avenue and Van Nuys Boulevard. The sound of loping camshafts, burbling exhaust and screaming tires;
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by Tabitha Hergest

To the wider motoring cognoscenti - that is, anyone outside Uncle Sam's back yard - the term "muscle car" will cause a snigger.

Where the wider world delights in such refined beasts as Ferraris and the circus acts of Lamborghini
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by Donald Courtney

Street Racing:
"I hear your car is fast" said the guy who pulled his roadster up beside Ron's 1953 Ford, at the stop sign. They were in a residential area where few cars traveled. The young man who was speaking was called Goathead.
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by Cory Trevor

Ok, most people generally consider 8 cylinders as the benchmark for muscle cars. This isn't necessarily the case, as I think I can plead a strong case for a lot of the 6 cylinder cars out there. Sure you have your 429 Boss Mustangs,
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by Richard Saare

What is it that makes a car a muscle car; well the first and foremost thing is horse power. And then you take the horse power and divide it by the GVW or Gross Vehicle Weight. An average car might have a Power to Weight Ratio
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by Gord Hannah

What makes a muscle car can be quite a question,to those people that are younger they will tell you all about the new small compact rage, drifting, street racing, and illegal drags. You ask an older person and the answer is totally
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