The demise of the muscle car...?

[ANDY M]

They just weren't selling.

[firstgenaddict]

12% interest on Housing + High Oil Prices + Jimmy Carter = The late 70's. All of this led to a general Pessimism about the state of the World and led to less spending on the "fun" things.

[Kim_Howie]

Where did you get 12% int. I paid 19 during that time!!!!

[70-SS/RS-L78]

My 70 SS-L78 sat on the dealer’s lot for over a year, It was sold a few times but they either couldn’t get insurance or the
premiums were just out of site. The original owner of my car came up with the bright idea to put it in his wife’s name. As
a matter of fact it is still in her name. My guess would be the government and insurance companies put an end to the
muscle car of the 60’s and early 70’s… It seemed like every week you heard about another person or friend dying in one
of these cars back then, not unlike today with the inexperienced drivers behind the wheel of a Viper or Corvette. Back
then they were affordable and extremely popular and everybody had one, much like the Rice Cars of today, Hears a scary
thought, Picture these Rice Drivers in Big Block Camaro’s, Cuda’s, and Mustangs

[TimG]

I bought out a collection of old car magazines in the early 90's and I've purged anything that was published after 1975. I have most of the major magazines and as you get into the 1972 to 1975 era, there are lots of interesting articles about the death of the muscle car. I personally remember it being a sad time as I was in high school and the muscle car era was ending just as I was getting my license. Some articles are right on about the future of muscle cars. Found a great article about a Baldwin Motion Phase III 1973 L88 Chevelle over the weekend and another great article about Hory Chevrolet and their LT1 Vega conversions.

[Seattle Sam]

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Found a great article about a Baldwin Motion Phase III 1973 L88 Chevelle over the weekend

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Was it this car? Kevin Suydam's 1973 B-M 427 Chevelle

[Kim_Howie]

The #1 demise was several sentors and congressmen. Tree huggers about polution. The big three had to lower compression and meet federal standards. Remember the late 70's cars had so much smog items that if you tuned it to factory specs. It wouldn't fr%#@*& start!!!!