Oddball Muscle Cars

bill dedman · 02-28-2010, 11:42 AM

The accepted, general definition of a "muscle car" says "A small (compact) or, intermediate car that came from the factory with a performance-version of a big block engine."

That really narrows it down, and excludes some really fast full size cars with big block engines (427ho, 425 cid Bel air, for instance) and some intermediate and compact cars with healthy small blocks (350/327 Novas and Chevellles) that would run the pants off a lot of popular "Muscle Cars" that fit the "Small or Intermediate cars with Big Block engines, (OEM.)

Additi9nally, there were a LOT of really fast cars available from the factoiry (Max Wedges???) before the GTO (supposedly, the "original" muscle car) came out in '64....

So, if you invlude Thunderbolts and Z-11 '63 Chevy-type killer cars, the list gets a lot longer...

Neat topic; thanks for starting it!!!

My personal entry would be the 1963 Pontiac Tempest 421 AFX car and the 1963 Olds F85 turbocharged Jetfire... Both, off-the-scale "weird", in their own way!

02-28-2010, 11:42 AM	#9
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Oddball Muscle Cars The accepted, general definition of a "muscle car" says "A small (compact) or, intermediate car that came from the factory with a performance-version of a big block engine." That really narrows it down, and excludes some really fast full size cars with big block engines (427ho, 425 cid Bel air, for instance) and some intermediate and compact cars with healthy small blocks (350/327 Novas and Chevellles) that would run the pants off a lot of popular "Muscle Cars" that fit the "Small or Intermediate cars with Big Block engines, (OEM.) Additi9nally, there were a LOT of really fast cars available from the factoiry (Max Wedges???) before the GTO (supposedly, the "original" muscle car) came out in '64.... So, if you invlude Thunderbolts and Z-11 '63 Chevy-type killer cars, the list gets a lot longer... Neat topic; thanks for starting it!!! My personal entry would be the 1963 Pontiac Tempest 421 AFX car and the 1963 Olds F85 turbocharged Jetfire... Both, off-the-scale "weird", in their own way! __________________ Bill