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Old 03-24-2010, 08:54 PM   #16
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Default Re: Hope I do not regret this post and I hope it is taken as just an honest question.

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Originally Posted by Rich Biebel View Post
"You and I both know that a large percentage of the 60's to early 70's muscle cars were purpose built to be competetive in Stock. The street part was secondary."


That is totally untrue and not even remotely accurate in my opinion. I was a teenager during the musle car era and everyone was eager to see what was coming out from Detroit. If they had the money they could buy a car and do anything they wanted with it........yes many did race their cars but the vast majority were weekend warriors at best.....NOT serious racecars....Sales were driven by the magazines and the cars were affordable.......You could buy a brand new Muscle car for $3000....or LESS....Still a lot of money at the time but affordable.......It was just a matter of picking your options........The car companies had an "arms race" going and did it to sell cars......Winning on Sunday...selling on Monday........The top of the line cars helped sell the lower HP models......No way Detroit built these cars solely to win in Stock........Winning certainly didn't hurt sales.....Stock wasn't even where most of them ended up anyway.....Super Stock was where they were after the categorie was created in 1967.......SS/A to SS/J and SS/AA to SS/JA....
Almost all the cars I can think of were production vehicles readily available with very few "ringers".....
Read what I said again. I believe that I stated that they were built to be competetive. What you did with them and how you ordered them was up to you.

I'm not as old as you guys, but I have stacks of old reviews sitting around from that era. I would bet that 90% mention which Stock class the car will fit (especially Cars, Hot Rod, etc.).
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