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Archive for July 9th, 2007
General Motors history of muscle cars.
In 1939 Buick had a Roadmaster and a Limited with a 302 cid engine with 141 bhp. They put that iengine in their Special and called it the Century because it could go 100 miles per hour. That is the real definition of a muscle car. Put a big car engine in a small car [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2007 under /GM history.
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Ford history of muscle cars
1952 Lincoln got 317.5 cid overhead valve V8. Ford and Mercury got overhead valve 239 cid 130 hp V8 in 1954 replacing the venerable flat head. A police version 265 cid V8 had 160 hp.
1957 312 Thunderbird V8 with Paxton supercharger made 300 hp.
1960 Fords had a 352 cid with 360 HP.
Posted: July 9th, 2007 under /Ford history.
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History of Mopar vMuscle cars
1951 Chrysler introduces 331 cid 180 hp “Hemi” V8 in 19511953 Dodge got 241 cid “Red Ram” V8. It set almost 200 stock car records. had one in ‘58. Chrysler launches “300″ Coupe in 1955 with 300 hp “Hemi” V8 and the muscle car era. It reached 1 hp per cubic inch a year later.
Posted: July 9th, 2007 under /Mopar History.
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