Nate Nagel wrote:
> On 04/01/2010 09:35 PM, Tegger wrote:
>> Grumpy > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> boyari2 wrote:
>>>> It's the original muscle car that spawned all the other imitators,
>>>> isn't it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://surftofind.com/car
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Whatta joke...
>>>
>>> Studebaker was there before anyone else in 1962.
>>>
>>> Do some worthwhile research regarding the "Avanti."
>>>
>>
>>
>> Phooey on the Avanti. Go back to 1958.
>>
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambler_Rebel>
>
> Well, if you want to play that game, you could also argue for the '55
> Chrysler 300, '56 Studebaker Golden Hawk, or '57 Chevy (remember when a
> brand had only one basic body style?) with the fuel injected 283/283. Of
> course by '57 there were lots of players in the horsepower game. (both
> Ford and Studebaker were offering supercharged engines from the factory
> in '57... yes really!)
>
> I guess the Chevy really doesn't count though because at least the
> definition of a "muscle car" that seems to fit most cars that qualify is
> that it's a smaller body style with an engine from a larger chassis
> shoved into it and possibly hopped up in the process, and the Chevy was
> considered to be a "full-sized" car with no larger option. Now if
> they'd used a warmed up Caddy engine or something like that... By that
> definition the Golden Hawk comes the closest to fitting, being a
> Studebaker "sports hardtop" body that was originally designed for a
> Stude 232 but with the big Packard 352 V-8 shoehorned into the engine bay.
>
> nate
>


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