Muscle cars for sale
Opinions on the origin of the muscle car
vary, but the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88; created in response to public
interest in speed and power is often cited as the first muscle car.
Below is a history journey about muscle cars that is meant to enlighten the enthusiasts from those that look for cheap old muscle cars for sale online, the unique muscle car dealers, the vast muscle and classic car dealers that are always on the lookout for what stands out and those that might have just saved up enough to attend a muscle car sell or better yet to buy the muscle cars.
We start our journey with Australia which has its fair share of muscle car thrills. Australia developed its own muscle cars around at the same period. The cars were specifically developed to run in the Armstrong 500 race and later the Hardie Ferodo 500. The demise of these cars was brought about by a racing rule that required 200 examples to be sold to the general public before the car could qualify.
In South Africa, Chevrolet placed the Z28 302 Chevrolet Smallblock into a Vauxhall Viva coupe body shell and called it the Firenza CanAm. Australian HT and HG GTS Monaros (1969-71) were exported in CKD form and were given a new fascia and rebadged as the Chevrolet SS, which were sold until about 1973. Falcon GTs were also exported to South Africa and rebadged as Fairmont GTs. This is the only region that had prime muscle car sales in Africa
In the United Kingdom, ford fitted V6 engines to the Dagenham-built 2944 cc Capri 3000GT and the Capri 2600GT, which was produced at Ford’s plant in Cologne. In Europe, GM responded with the six-cylinder Opel Commodore GTE Coupe. Based on the mid-size Opel Rekord, it matched the Ford’s performance. Both Ford and Vauxhall produced high-performance versions of their family cars for the UK market. The cars are still present up to now with muscle car dealers and online muscle car sales. The MGB GT V8 began production in 1973 is often thought of as a British muscle car
The best of the regions famed for muscle cars and its related activities is no other continent but North America. In the late 1980s, there was resurgence in pony car popularity with the Chevrolet Camaro and the Ford Mustang and in the early 1990s Fords SVT (Special Vehicle Team) program wanted to increase the power and performance. Ford’s1995 SVT Cobra R was the first 300-horsepower vehicle, but was limited to 250 models. The GM and Ford market rivalry continued throughout the late 1990s, where mustang Cobra and Camaro SS were both rated at300+ horsepower for standard production models.
In 2004, Chrysler introduced their LX platform that served as the platform for a new line of rear wheel drive, including V8-powered cars (using the new Hemi engine) including a four-door version of the Dodge Charger.
The original “tire burning” cars, such as the AMC Machine, Buick Gran Sport, Dodge Charger R/T, Ford Mustang, Oldsmobile and other old classic muscle cars
Classic cars for sale - If you are interested in more about muscle cars then head on to the link posted at the top of the article.
We start our journey with Australia which has its fair share of muscle car thrills. Australia developed its own muscle cars around at the same period. The cars were specifically developed to run in the Armstrong 500 race and later the Hardie Ferodo 500. The demise of these cars was brought about by a racing rule that required 200 examples to be sold to the general public before the car could qualify.
In South Africa, Chevrolet placed the Z28 302 Chevrolet Smallblock into a Vauxhall Viva coupe body shell and called it the Firenza CanAm. Australian HT and HG GTS Monaros (1969-71) were exported in CKD form and were given a new fascia and rebadged as the Chevrolet SS, which were sold until about 1973. Falcon GTs were also exported to South Africa and rebadged as Fairmont GTs. This is the only region that had prime muscle car sales in Africa
In the United Kingdom, ford fitted V6 engines to the Dagenham-built 2944 cc Capri 3000GT and the Capri 2600GT, which was produced at Ford’s plant in Cologne. In Europe, GM responded with the six-cylinder Opel Commodore GTE Coupe. Based on the mid-size Opel Rekord, it matched the Ford’s performance. Both Ford and Vauxhall produced high-performance versions of their family cars for the UK market. The cars are still present up to now with muscle car dealers and online muscle car sales. The MGB GT V8 began production in 1973 is often thought of as a British muscle car
The best of the regions famed for muscle cars and its related activities is no other continent but North America. In the late 1980s, there was resurgence in pony car popularity with the Chevrolet Camaro and the Ford Mustang and in the early 1990s Fords SVT (Special Vehicle Team) program wanted to increase the power and performance. Ford’s1995 SVT Cobra R was the first 300-horsepower vehicle, but was limited to 250 models. The GM and Ford market rivalry continued throughout the late 1990s, where mustang Cobra and Camaro SS were both rated at300+ horsepower for standard production models.
In 2004, Chrysler introduced their LX platform that served as the platform for a new line of rear wheel drive, including V8-powered cars (using the new Hemi engine) including a four-door version of the Dodge Charger.
The original “tire burning” cars, such as the AMC Machine, Buick Gran Sport, Dodge Charger R/T, Ford Mustang, Oldsmobile and other old classic muscle cars
Classic cars for sale - If you are interested in more about muscle cars then head on to the link posted at the top of the article.
