Mustangs and Corvettes are not muscle cars, never were! I know magazines and every pimple face under 30 refers to them that way, but they aren't. The term 'muscle car' was coined to describe a mid-size coupe with a big car engine. Vettes are 'sport cars', Mustangs and Camaro/Firebirds as well as Javelin and Cuda/Challenger were Pony cars. Pony cars as well as some others such as Vettes with massive horsepwer,ie; Hemi Cuda, Ram Air IV T/A, or ZL-1 Camaros, were called 'supercars'.
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Randy W 1975 Firebird third owner. 1980 Grand Am/black/beaurdeaux/45000 mile original owner.(Now belongs to Iowapub.) '67 Impala SS (sold)
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