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No kidding, Dave. I'd love to take that baby for a ride. I wonder if he has any problems with cooling that beast in such a small car?

How do you get that transaxle to stand up to all that American muscle.
Kurt

I Think by Looking back at some of the First Hot Rod's . And Hot Rod Magazines the car's that were being built were Stock type body's that had many budget at home mod's done to them . As Time's have changed so have Hot Rod's . And you could say a Muscle Car is a Factory type Hot Rod with it's Performance Mod's . A Sport's car is such as that . But yes when it take's on an American V8 I would call it a Hot Rod then . Full on Race car is just that a Race Car . That's just How I see it . But any Mod's done to an owners car or Truck that Make's them more Happy is a Great thing indeed .

Hi all, I agree any car modified for power is a hot rod....heck even my 95 dodge cummins with a set of 430 injectors, modified injection pump and a 64/14/71 turbo is a hot rod. (13.2 second 7000 pound truck).
My latest hot rod project is a 82 el camino I am in the process of of building a 383 for.

Before you all get your panties in a bunch....

If you read the definition closely, it says "typically". It does not say "only". Generally it is used more often for American cars, so that would make it correct.

There were NO muscle cars built in '76. Muscle cars were factory built.
By "definition", no muscle cars built after '72 .

You can say that again; my 76 Camaro LT with a 305 was rated at 140 HP and it was about as lame as they come.

Many of the older guys may remember when the magazines debated car name classifications for a couple years, in the late sixties. As I recall it all came down to this:

When modified for more power....

'48 and older were "street rods". (There was also a big styling change going into '49.)

Post World War Two cars were street machines.

'64 -'72 Detroit big block "performance cars" were "Muscle Cars".

...and later, the cars that would be "street machines" became "Pro Street" if they had giant tires.

Well that Wiki definition did say "typically' and not absolutely so they gave themselves an out. Just like saying muscle cars ended in 1972, then think about the 73 Pontiac SD455 and the Buick Grand Nationals of the 80s. And the late model Mustangs, Camaros, GTOs and Chargers that can walk all over the best the 60s and 70s had to offer. Hard to put a box around those definitions.

There are two kinds of people in the world, those that categorize everything and those that don't

Pat

Or those cars that can squark there tires and those that can't!

Originally Posted by Stu Cool

There are two kinds of people in the world, those that categorize everything and those that don't Pat

I always heard .. "There are those that have a Hemi, and those who want a Hemi" .

Originally Posted by moparjack44

I always heard .. "There are those that have a Hemi, and those who want a Hemi" .

A hemi would be nice!

Originally Posted by stovens

A hemi would be nice!

Like this?

Yes that one would do nicely!

34 40, that is a nice looking Hemi, but it's a Foad .