| It's quite hard to deny how muscle cars seem | | | | with new parts that will make their muscle |
| to be a standard part in the classic American | | | | cars even better. Pushing the limits even |
| culture. Muscle cars are often seen to be the | | | | more, the automakers were backed up by |
| epitome of rebellion and freedom - hence, it | | | | executives of automobile companies. Everyone |
| was widely embraced by the people, regardless | | | | who wanted to be someone came, watched and |
| of whether it was a necessity or not. | | | | researched about the different muscle cars |
| | | | that showcased their speed during races. |
| The 1960s was an integral part in the history | | | | Mini-factories were even set up to make the |
| of muscle cars. It was when these powerful | | | | already-better cars...even better. |
| beauties were the biggest thing to hit | | | | |
| America. Nobody needed such a powerful car | | | | This was the time when popular names in the |
| but everybody wanted it. Marketing and | | | | muscle car world came to be: Nickey , Royal |
| promotion went a long way for muscle cars - | | | | Pontiac and Holman-Moody were just some of |
| they were expensive and more often than not, | | | | them. The small factories that tweaked the |
| only the upper echelons of society could | | | | muscle car settings became well known in this |
| afford them. People of lesser financial | | | | era too, such as Edelbrock for manifolds, |
| standing chose to buy the muscle cars' | | | | Iskenderian for camshafts and Hurst for |
| lesser-powered cousins just because the | | | | shifters. Their popularity caused other |
| latter still looked like muscle cars. | | | | smaller companies to enter the automobile |
| | | | scene. |
| Automobile makers were of course forced to | | | | |
| make their respective muscle cars what it | | | | Muscle cars had such a big impact on America |
| really should be: fast and powerful. It was a | | | | that these cars even reflected the trends and |
| competition between big car companies - who | | | | culture of the 60s that basically belonged to |
| could make their cars stronger and who could | | | | the youth. Even Hollywood and the music |
| market them better. Drag races showing the | | | | industry reflected the influence of the |
| speed and power of muscle cars were rampant | | | | muscle cars, producing films and making music |
| in the 1960s. It was unlawful but nobody | | | | that were aimed for the car fanatics. But as |
| cared; rebellion was the only way to go. | | | | time comes and goes, the era of muscle cars |
| | | | comes to an end, only to be resurrected |
| These drag races proved to be useful, if not | | | | several decades later. It is an undeniable |
| dangerous. It was in these demonstrations of | | | | glory that is etched deeply in the American |
| speed were the automakers themselves came up | | | | culture. |