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Plymouth Muscle Cars
For plenty of folks, the muscle car era was all about Plymouth Muscle cars more so than any other car maker. It is important to note that from the very beginning, starting with the 1963 426 Wedge, that Plymouth was out to make a name for themselves in the horsepower race.
Even in this early time of muscle cars, the 426 Wedge was a force to be feared on the streets with the ability to do a quarter mile in under 15 seconds at more than 100 miles per hour. As a matter of fact, the Wedge even came with warnings to not use it on public roads.
While many think that the Ford Mustang was the first of the true pony cars, the Plymouth Barracuda actually beat out the Mustang by a couple of weeks on the market. The Barracuda was a compact version of the Valiant and was the true workhorse of the Plymouth Muscle cars.
Seeing regular upgrades in its engine every year from the 273-cid solid-lifter V-8 to the massive 440-cid V-8 big block. The culmination of the Cuda came in 1970 when it was redesigned, much like its sister the Dodge Charger.
This version could house any one of the powerhouse engines that Chrysler could muster, including what is known as the "King Kong" Hemi. The '70 and '71 Hemi 'Cudas are easily the most desirable of all collectible muscle cars sought after today.
Probably the most memorable of all the Plymouth Muscle cars was the midsized Road Runner. True to its namesake, Plymouth paid Warner Bros. to use their cartoons likeness, as well as spending a good deal of money developing the special "beep-beep" horn for the car.
The important thing about the Road Runner, was that it was specifically designed as a return to the original muscle cars. In order to do that, it had to be a low-cost yet high performance car, in which it succeeded on both accounts.
There was also the Road Runner Superbird that sported an elongated nosecone along with a large rear wing that essentially brought NASCAR style to the streets of mainstream USA.
With such a list of muscle cars as the Wedge, the GTX, Barracuda, Road Runner, and the compact Duster, it is a shame that so many people only think of Ford or Chevy as the rulers of the Muscle Car Era. In reality, it is fair to say that the Plymouth Muscle cars are the ones that the other guys had to keep up with on the mean streets of America.
