RE: New Chrysler Corp. commercial
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RE: New Chrysler Corp. commercial




Yes, the word "precursor" is very important there.

I won't argue that these high-powered cars weren't "muscular," but these
precursors did not kick off the Muscle Car phenomenon of the 60's. That's what I'm using as a definition of a Muscle Car. Not just power to weight ratio.

That's where I have to call B.S. when Chrysler claims to have invented the musclecar. Chrysler, Ford, and the rest of GM had to catch up to Pontiac after the introduction of the GTO. Only Pontiac had the foresight and the guts to take the risk, and once it proved popular, and profitable, did the others climb on board.


Jim O. (I invented the Pepperoni Pizza.)





From: Dan McCormack <mcwheels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: New Chrysler Corp. commercial
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:48:57 +0000

From the Wikipedia Encyclopedia. Notice the last sentence:

The Studebaker Golden Hawk was a two-door pillarless hardtop coupe type
car produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana
between 1956 and 1958. The Golden Hawk took the basic shape of the
1953-on Champion/Commander Starliner hardtop coupe but added a large,
almost vertical eggcrate grille and raised hoodline in place of the
earlier car's swooping, pointed nose, as well as a raised trunklid and
befinned rear quarters.

That grille and raised hood were to take a larger engine, Packard's big
352 in³ (5.8 L) V8 at 275 bhp (205 kW). This big, powerful engine in
such a light car gave the Golden Hawk a phenomenal power-to-weight ratio
(and thus performance) for the time; of 1956 American production cars,
the Golden Hawk was second only to Chrysler's 300 B by that measure -
and the expensive Chrysler was a road-legal NASCAR racing car. The
Golden Hawk can be considered, like the Chryslers, a precursor to the
muscle cars of the 1960s


Jim Ozolins wrote:
>
> Crap! I didn't know the '64 GTO was a Chrysler!
> I was interested by that commercial, too.
>
> Did they take credit for inventing the internet, as well?
>
> Jim Ozolins
> '64 Valiant


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