Re: [Chrysler300] Muscle cars, Not, Super Stock, Yes

[xramkroozer@xxxxxx]

In a message dated 9/29/05 11:22:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ccheinitz@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: 
> 
> While watching a car show yesterday, I was wondering why they always ignore 
> the letter car 300's. Why do they say the muscle era started with the 64 
> pontiac GTO ? To me it started with the 1955 C300. I have had lots of 
> Chryslers, starting with the first Hemi 1951 Saratoga, to a 1953 NY HT, and 
> a 55 Desoto fire dome, 1957 Desoto Adventurer and even  a 57 300C I bought 
> new in that year. I had numerious drag races with all those cars and never 
> lost one, including the 51 Saratoga. Will some one explain to me why these 
> people think the muccle era began with the 64 GTO?
> Chuck Heinitz
  CHUCK, MIKE, & ALL, MIKE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, THE MUSCLE CAR WAS AN 
INTERMEDIATE SIZE CAR, WITH A BIG MOTOR. CAN A LETTER CAR BE CALLED A MUSCLE 
CAR? YES & NO. THEY DID START IT ALL, BUT IT WAS A FULL SIZE CAR. THE 300 LETTER 
CARS STARTED THE "SUPER STOCK" ERA, ANOTHER TERM THAT WAS LEFT IN THE LAST 
CENTURY. THERE WAS ALWAYS A SUPER STOCK CLASS AT THE DRAGS, AT DAYTONA THEY WERE 
KNOWN AS SUPER STOCKS. DO YOU REMEMBER THE SHOE POLISH ON THE WINDOWS AT THE 
DRAGS, TO CLASSIFY THEM, S/S WITH THEIR NUMBER? THERE WAS NEVER A MUSCLE CAR 
CLASS, M/C WITH THEIR NUMBER. PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY READ IN MAGAZINES TODAY, 
IT'S A YOUNGER GENERATION, THAT WAS NEVER AT THE DRAGS, OR DAYTONA, IN THE 50S & 
60S. UNFORTUNATELY MEMORIES ARE SHORT.               STEVE ESTOK, PUNTA GORDA, 
FL


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