Hubcapgt musclecar blog

A history of cars outside the Big Three.
1950 Hudson Pacemaker had 232 cid six with 112 bhp.
1950 Hudson Commodore had 262 cid Super Six with 123 bhp.
1950 Packard Custom Eight had 356 cid 160 bhp.
1951 Kaiser had 226 cid 112 Thunderhead six.
1951 Hudson Hornet introduces largest six. A 308 cid 145 bhp engine and ruled [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.