20 Muscle Cars That Made History

ocdart said
Earlier today MSN.com showed an article titled "20 Muscle Cars That Made History". The cars on their list were described as, "20 iconic, influential American muscle cars that have inspired stoplight drag races, riveting movie chase scenes and hot rod culture across the country."

IMHO if we are going to include Tigers, Cobras, and Panteras (oh my). We should also consider domestic hybrids. Two seminal cars in the movement would be the '32 Ford deuce coupe and the Ford Model T roadster. These cars equipped with the Ford/Mercury flat head V-8, and later by Oldsmobile, SB Chevy and 1 Gen Hemis were the stuff of legend. Although not mass-produced per-se, the numbers ought to exceed the numbers of any of the above mentioned foreign/American hybrids.

My personal all-time favorite in this regard was a '53 Studebaker 2-door sedan with a '62 Hawk interior and a 340/327 SB Chevy in it. It had a 3-speed overdrive unit giving it a top speed of 150+. We fabricated a fuel tank that filled the area over the rear axle and under the rear package shelf that would let the car run from Fort Hood, TX to Nashville, TN at extra legal speeds non-stop. I've seen other SBC '53 Studes but never another like that one.

The car's name was "Suddenly". Near catastrophe struck when the owner had the extra tank out and dumped $5.00 worth of .33¢ gas in the trunk through the flip-off fuel filler the he installed in the rear window/deck lid filler panel. IIRC it took a few days to lose the smell. The re-captured gasoline ran lawn mowers for a while.