The List of Top 10 Muscle Cars

[Pops1967GTX]

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8a/53/9b/8a539b963dce217c8e6d9fc238c15cfb--menu-jeep-dodge.jpg​

View attachment 586540

 

[Qbrozen]

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I can't make the pic bigger. If I simply zoom in, I can't read all the details. What is the source of this list, anyway?

 

[BeeKool]

The Vette is not a muscle car and does not belong.
The Gay-maro and Fire-chicken are not worthy.
The Buick GSX should be number 2 or three. The Judge should be no higher than 9. The Chevelle should be 10
So get rid of the firechicken camaro and Vette and replace them with:
There should be a 68/9 Charger R/T.
And either a Hemi Bee/GTX/CoRoneT
Judging from the list, it's only the elites.
So there also should be an R-code Fairlane or Cougar.

 

[Frank Mopar]

I voted no because the vette does not belong in first.

 

[WileERobby]

Lists are like tits; there's many different types out there depending on one's personal preference.

 

[metaldad]

i like tits..................

 

[Fran Blacker]

ZL-1's out if you don't include 68 Hemi Darts And Cudas, Also Ford Thunderbolts.

 

[not so famous bob]

i like tits..................

68 hemi barracuda , no. one all time muscle car. Now its the hellcat demon.

 

[Frank Mopar]

i like tits..................

All shapes and sizes!

 

[Pops1967GTX]

All shapes and sizes!

Awaiting for a photo from RC..​

 

[Ranger16]

I'm probably just being partial, but the '69 Road Runner was "Car Of The Year". How could they not have included it?

That said, we don't know what "THEIR" criteria is for "top" 10. It would be interesting to know, but as Wile E. said, it probably came down to personal preference. I'm sure we'd ALL have a different list.

 

[Moparstyle]

Never thought of a vette as a muscle car they are more for rich boys with tiny dicks

 

[PP1RT]

They need to separate the sports cars and pony cars from the muscle cars.

 

[biomedtechguy]

If a Corvette is on the list, a Shelby Cobra should be too.
Many cars on the list are impressive to me.
Hemi E-Body sure. Roadrunner of any kind for different reasons-Yes. Boss 429-Sure. LS 6 Chevelle-definitely.
GTO Judge-definitely
Buick GSX absolutely!
A subjective list will net a wide response.
Ford Thunderbolt EPIC!
74 H.O. 455 TransAm-Last of the era muscle cars. Raise the compression and change the cam and BAM-13s or maybe 12s in the 1/4 mile.

 

[threewood]

Most of those are, by definition, not muscle cars.

 

[5.7 hemi]

How about the 64 Chevelle with the ZL1, if I remember correctly.

 

[roadrunnerh]

7 out of 10 are GM?!

 

[chargervert]

Any muscle car top ten list without a Dodge Charger on it is incomplete!

 

[64BEL]

I just watched a 30 minute Mecum auctions special on muscle cars. It may have been their top 10 American muscle car sales or something like that. 5 of the top 10 were Mopars. 4 Hemi cars and a 6 bbl Road Runner convertible. Number 1 was the '71 Hemi Cuda vert that went for $3.5 mil. The other Hemi cars were a '70 Challenger, '69 Bee and Tim Welborn's '71 Hemi Charger (last one built).

 

[Budnicks]

Camaro, Mustang, Trans Am & the Corvettes aren't Muscle cars

a muscle car was org. defined by being a
BB midsize 2 door, Post Coupe or Hard Top 1964-1971

Firebird/Trans Am/Formula, Camaro, Mustang & AMX are all pony cars
The Corvette is a Sports car

Sorry but the 67-69 Dart & Barracuda is a Compact,
as much as I love the S/S Hemi BO29 & LO23 they were compacts
not org. considered a Muscle car, by definition
{Coined Muscle Cars by Hot Rod Mag. after a write-up of the 64 GTO}
until maybe the 1970 E body Challenger R/T & `cuda versions
so is the the Falcon was a compact or earlier Tempests

{63-65) 66-67 Fairlane/Cyclone possibly {?} by definition a mid size 2 dr,
if so a 427 version, I always thought of them as compact or a pony car
but they had some bad *** S/S versions

The GS Buick belongs for damn sure,
a 65 Riv. GS would if it wasn't a Fullsize
so does the Chevelle, I'd have had a 66-67
But the 70 454 SS was a muscle car, so was the GS series

the RR is the one that stands out the most
A 68-69 Road Runner & a 69.5 RR A12 even a 71 RR
A 69 Daytona Charger & a 69 Charger 500 Hemi
A 68-70 Charger R/T even a 71 Charger R/T
A 68-70 Super Bee or Coronet R/T even a 71 Super Bee
The Rebel or Machine from AMC
The 62-64 Max Wedge's 413 & 426 Dodge or Plymouths too

My list would go
Tied #1 69.5 Road Runner A12 & 69.5 Super Bee A12 {fast, light-ish & affordable, strip ready}
Tied #2 68 Charger R/T or 67-69 Coronet R/T {really a full sized car, maybe not by that era standards}
----- #3 70 Buick GS Stage 1 455
Tied #4 70 'cuda Hemi & 70 Challenger R/T 440 Six pack {borderline a muscle car by definitions}
----- #5 68 Road Runner Hemi {1st car built for the youth crowd/market & affordable}
Tied #6 65 Chevelle Z16, 67 Chevelle SS 396 & 70 Chevelle SS 454
----- #7 64 Ford Galaxie Xl 500 Fastback 427ci {really a full-size car}
Tied #8 65 Old 442 400ci 4 speed & a 70 GTO Judge Ram Air IV,
64-65 GTO 389 tri power &/or the 62-64 Mopars/413ci & 426ci Max Wedge cars
Tied #9 69 Daytona Charger & 70 Superbird {IMO both #10's more NASCAR track Fame than Muscle car}
---- #10 69 AMC Rebel Machine