History of Muscle Cars

Most car enthusiasts believe that the 1960s and 1970s were the birth of the muscle car pertaining to the GTO, Plymouth Road Runner, Dodge Dart Coronet (440), the Chevelle, and the Pontiac Tempest. Research shows this may be wrong if you go back to the 1950s, especially 1955 and 1956. For instance, those years contain two very speacial muscle cars; the 1955 Studebaker Silverhawk and the 1956 Studebaker Goldenhawk.

Also, anybody that has parents that are in their mid to early 60s, especially if your dad was a gear head and raced his car on the weekend or whenever he had the chance to race it, they will know that these are the first muscle cars to hit the road and that they were to be feared when you raced them. These cars had two engines in them; a Ford 289 or a Ford 429. Most of the vehicles that were built in the Midwest had the Ford 429 engine and had 425BHP. Therefore these are the first muscle cars ever made.

With this in mind even, though back then the muscle car was probably the greatest car of its time, you have to also take in the fact that its collectivity is simply priceless these days. Even compared to most European cars, muscle cars are now prized and certain models carry prices to rival some of the more highly valued European cars. With this in mind, not only was the muscle car an amazing vehicle to have but even today its legacy and value lives on.