Americans and Muscle Cars

It's quite hard to deny how muscle cars seem to beparts that will make their muscle cars even better.
a standard part in the classic American culture. MusclePushing the limits even more, the automakers were
cars are often seen to be the epitome of rebellionbacked up by executives of automobile companies.
and freedom - hence, it was widely embraced by theEveryone who wanted to be someone came,
people, regardless of whether it was a necessity orwatched and researched about the different muscle
not.cars that showcased their speed during races.
The 1960s was an integral part in the history ofMini-factories were even set up to make the
muscle cars. It was when these powerful beautiesalready-better cars...even better.
were the biggest thing to hit America. NobodyThis was the time when popular names in the muscle
needed such a powerful car but everybody wantedcar world came to be: Nickey , Royal Pontiac and
it. Marketing and promotion went a long way forHolman-Moody were just some of them. The small
muscle cars - they were expensive and more oftenfactories that tweaked the muscle car settings
than not, only the upper echelons of society couldbecame well known in this era too, such as Edelbrock
afford them. People of lesser financial standing chosefor manifolds, Iskenderian for camshafts and Hurst
to buy the muscle cars' lesser-powered cousins justfor shifters. Their popularity caused other smaller
because the latter still looked like muscle cars.companies to enter the automobile scene.
Automobile makers were of course forced to makeMuscle cars had such a big impact on America that
their respective muscle cars what it really should be:these cars even reflected the trends and culture of
fast and powerful. It was a competition between bigthe 60s that basically belonged to the youth. Even
car companies - who could make their cars strongerHollywood and the music industry reflected the
and who could market them better. Drag racesinfluence of the muscle cars, producing films and
showing the speed and power of muscle cars weremaking music that were aimed for the car fanatics.
rampant in the 1960s. It was unlawful but nobodyBut as time comes and goes, the era of muscle cars
cared; rebellion was the only way to go.comes to an end, only to be resurrected several
These drag races proved to be useful, if notdecades later. It is an undeniable glory that is etched
dangerous. It was in these demonstrations of speeddeeply in the American culture.
were the automakers themselves came up with new