April 2nd 10, 04:40 AM
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Now here's a cool car
Nate Nagel wrote:
> On 04/01/2010 09:35 PM, Tegger wrote:
>> Grumpy > wrote in
>> :
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>>> boyari2 wrote:
>>>> It's the original muscle car that spawned all the other
>>>> imitators, isn't it?
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>>>> http://surftofind.com/car
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>>> Whatta joke...
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>>> Studebaker was there before anyone else in 1962.
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>>> Do some worthwhile research regarding the "Avanti."
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>> Phooey on the Avanti. Go back to 1958.
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>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambler_Rebel>
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> 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
I seem to remember the Buick Century from 1953 or 1954 ...
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