Friday, September 11, 2009

Thoughts On Muscle Autos

By Dawn Enstruthe

The ability to define any type of American muscle cars lies more on the time era than anything else. When a person thinks of muscle cars, there is always a smile attached especially because the person has fond memories of things that were happening at the time muscle cars were a way of life for everyone.

Racing is the first thing that comes to mind with muscle cars. No matter if the race was on a track or not. Some races when associated with muscle cars, were a mere testosterone battle. Otherwise the race of two or more muscle cars were to win the heart of a popular girl. Then there were a few females that had to show the boys with the fast toys, exactly what a muscle car was designed to do; win.

In the present day, muscle cars have become a hobby for the motor loving individual. There are shows that people from the muscle car group can gather and exchange stories that involve the exchange of stories involving the muscle cars, that are presently parked in a garage, and are mostly only driven on sunny Sunday afternoons. In most cases, these cars which are only driven on good weather days, are on their way to compete for the best looking, best kept, Classic muscle car.

There can be a sufficient amount of money tied up in the preservation or restoration of any of the muscle cars for personal pleasure. However, from the hobbiest's point of view, owning and driving cars from the muscle car era is considered payment in full.

Chevrolet had many muscle cars also, and the sound was unique in toughness. The cars were camaros, corvettes, chevelles and the list goes on and on. Chevrolet may have been more popular because the cost of making these cars more powerful was less than the enhancement of an original ford muscle car.

Dodge has a fair amount of competitive muscle cars as well as Pontiac. Dodge is known for the hemi and the amount of horsepower that goes with it when placed in a charger or challenger. Pontiac had the GTO and other well known muscle cars. Although Oldsmobile and Chrysler were structured for luxury, there were a few cars built to get into the competition also.

To sum it all up, American pride is one of the most competitive attitudes to have in the world. American muscle cars reflects this image, due to the fact that the automobile manufacturer's did an amazing job of competing to make the best cars, in turn there are so many to choose from and most all of them are good automobiles.

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