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Originally Posted by pam
What Mustang? Where? Classic mustangs aren't muscle cars, they are classed as pony cars.
As for being cheapest, I'd assume you're talking the current $40k Mustangs (ick, ptooey, eww).
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Actually, that's not entirely accurate; nor is the following but it gets a little closer.
The Mustang, Cougar, Camero, Firebird and Charger & Challenger ( I can't recall what the early ones on the Chrysler/Dodge side atm *brain fart*) were all essentially engineered specifically for stock car racing in the mid-to-late 1960's. They were very fast, very light and most importantly disposable (i.e. very cheap to build). Because the rules of stock car racing require that all cars on the circuit be built off of actual production models they needed to have a line of cars that could be easily and affordably converted into into stoopid fast race cars. They all mostly hit the open market with straight sixes and the smaller V8s like the legendary 289 and 318 short blocks but not long after the 327, 350 and 360 cu.in. V8s and then the 400+ cu.in long blocks were introduced to the lines that truly brought the age of the "muscle car" into existence.
IMHO, the only thing that has really changed over time in all these production lines is the price tag which has increased much much more rapidly than the quality/value of any of them has.
So Gonzo, whatcha driving these days? I knew you were shopping around a bit a while ago, but never heard/read what you ended up getting.