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Classic Cars Models After 1952

Doc

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My fav classic muscle car posted so far. What's yours?

1958 Chevrolet Corvette

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I'm not sure Corvettes are considered Muscle cars. No more than a Porsche 924 or 928 is a "muscle car." Those are sports cars and while fast and agile, not so much off the line. Muscle cars were usually compact or small sedans and ragtops that were fast off the line because they held huge engines, but were pigs in the twisties.

Built for stoplight street racing, they were power and noise you didn't have to build yourself. You could buy it off the rack.

Still, the Corvette is a beautiful bit of Automobile art and certainly classic.

My favorite "muscle" car would be the Oldsmobile 442 Cutlasses. Built on the Olds F-85 platform, they were fast off the line but could not hold the road in the twisties. The '68's were beautiful.

Chevy and Buick came out with similar models as well.

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“Evolution of a winner… The ultimate expression of the American Supercar is now available in Oldsmobile showrooms around the country. Seeing is believing… owning is unreal.” 1968 Hurst/Olds pamphlet
  • The 442 was officially made its own model in 1968.
  • The special limited edition Hurst/Olds was introduced and produced nearly 400 horsepower.
  • Completely redesigned from the previous year, the 442 sported the then-popular fastback design for the first time ever.
There was also a Hurst Version at 400 HP.

THAT, my friend, is MUSCLE!
 
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Doc

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Yep, you are right Franc. Corvette would be sports but ....still my fav.
Of the official muscle cars I would choose the 66 Chevelle SS. 396 convertible One sweet ride. Number two would be the Pontiac Judge convertible. A friend had the Judge. Loved riding in that car. In the early 70's I bought a 66 Chevelle Malibu Convertible. It only had a 283 in it and had 96k on the odometer when I bought it. Wish I had kept it.

Pics of a 66 SS, like mine in color and and rally wheels but mine was not a SS.

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And here is the 69 Judge convertible. The one I rode in looked better, it was white with two orange stripes going front to back on the hood and trunk.
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My 68 Canadian built 442 should have kept it, very rare. Used to show it at McCormick place. Always took first in class. A few old pictures of pictures.
 

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FrancSevin

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1975 Oldsmobile Vista cruiser
And yes, a muscle car of rare breeding.
My dad ordered it factory built.

Could be had with the 442 engine and drive train. As mean as the sedan version. I never saw it beaten on street racing, which of course, I never did.:yum::17875:
 

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60 chevy 1a
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That is Crumpy sitting on the hood of my '60 Chevrolet Impala convertible. Fall of '68
She made me sell it for a Plymouth!
We married the following spring.

Honeymoon started in May and continues to this day.
 
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FrancSevin

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Good pic Franc but somehow you didn't get much of the car in the pic. I think your attention was elsewhere. LOL

I enlarged it for ya. Say the word if you prefer I removed the bigger pic.

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Yeah, that is a picture of a printed photo. Not very flattering

This is how she looked back then.
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So yeah, my attention was, and still is, elsewhere.
Take it down. thanks
 
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FrancSevin

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Back to classic cars,,; well sorta.

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My '57 T-Bird and yes, again my attention is diverted.

She is stunning,

....and so is the Ford.

You can enlarge it if you wish.
 
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