No wonder Ford's going bankrupt — they're a buncha liars

[Oeditpus Rex]

There's a commercial on Giants games on radio that says the Mustang is "America's original muscle car."

This is an out-and-out LIE!

THIS is America's original muscle car:

[Evoman]

1. Isn't that a mustang?

*grin*

All cars look the same to me

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. It's a '64 Pontiac GTO

The first muscle car.

Hell, the Mustang wasn't even a muscle car when it first came out a few months later. It was the first of the "pony cars." It didn't achieve muscle-car status until '68 or '69.

[In_The_Wind]

3. hmmm - a 4 speed and a 389

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Dunno

Could be a 326. In '64 you could get 'em with a 326 and a two- or four-barrel carb, or a 389 with a four-barrel or 3x2.

I used to live around the corner from a guy who had a '65 that same color (same as my truck). Love those stacked headlights. :thumbsup:

[In_The_Wind]

5. Check this out:

Reflections in a headlight ~

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Ooo!

Nice!

[ReadTomPaine]

6. There are some who contend Mopar had the first muscle car...

With the Hemi powered 300's and letter cars. I prefer the GTO myself, but it's a valid claim perhaps only offset the price of these Chryslers in the 50's.

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Would *you* street-race a Chrysler 300?

Yeah, it and the old Buick Roadmaster would do 90 all day, but I woulda sooner drank a Coke with aspirin in it than cruised Main in a mommy's-car boat like that.

And it was the street where the term "muscle car" was born. :thumbsup: