1964 GTO, First Muscle Car?

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by Burd

What cars were considered muscle cars in the 60’s?
You had the Chryslers w/ the hemi’s in, but I wouldn’t consider them a muscle car.
The early SD Pontiac’s come to my mind.

SD Pontiacs, Chevy's Z11, Ford's Thunderbolt, Chrysler's high compression 426 wedge cars - all were purpose built race cars and were not street worthy. But they may have been a template for road worthy cars that followed them. First called Super cars, then Muscle Cars.