In fact, the first true muscle car (defined as a model with a lightweight ... These cars were immensely popular in the 1960s and 1970s, although the market for gas guzzlers cooled significantly ...

By definition, a muscle car must have some pretension of ... Because the decade of the 1960s technically ends at 1970, and the 1970s begin with 1971, the 1971 Chevelle SS454 with the top engine ...

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, working- and middle-class Americans could afford to buy, drive and even collect muscle cars.

During a decade free of unnecessary restrictions, American manufacturers developed a series of wild drag strip-oriented ...