Re: [Chrysler300] Oct Hot Rodding

["Jack Farris" <jackfarris@xxxx>]

Although I don't necessarily agree, the term "Muscle Car" refers to a 
certain genre of mid-sized cars of the mid sixties to early seventies that
had big block engines and were produced specifically for the purpose of
going fast. The first car that was "officially" designated as a "muscle car"
(if I recall) was the Pontiac GTO. Other muscle cars included Olds 442's,
Barracudas & Chargers (big blocks only), big block Camaro's and Mustangs,
and other big block mid-sized Mopars and other makes. There may have been
other cars that could go faster, or were more powerful, but they did not fit
the definition of the genre. "Muscle Cars" were produced primarily to appeal
to a younger demographic than our 300's.

Jack

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>From: "Owen & Jo Grigg" <ram300@xxxx>
>To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "heinitz" <heinitz@xxxx>
>Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Oct Hot Rodding
>Date: Tue, Sep 18, 2001, 3:06 PM
>

> Good question how do you define what a "musclecar" is?
> Sometime back I was invited to show my 300C at the National Musclecar Show
> in NZ. Now I was told they had to bend the rules to allow my car in. There
> rule book states only early 60's to early 70's as a musclecar. The C stood
> out like a sore thumb at the show, and more than a few scoffed at it, saying
> what's a full size '50s car doing here.
> I on the otherhand looked around at the small cubic displacement Mustangs,
> Camaros, and Cudas, which I commonly refer to as "school girls cars", ie-
> low hp compact cars!
> My C puts out 375hp from factory other cars present were lucky if they broke
> the 300 mark. So if the word muscle means hp..........
> Or does it mean any old compact from the 60's and 70's era?
> Owen
>
> Question. At a meet last year my 68 300 was judged as a reg Chrysler, when
> along side of me a Baracuda with a 318 was judged as a muscle car. I thought
> that was wrong, what do you guys think?.