Is Buick the rarest muscle car brand?

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by 442w30, Mar 12, 2012.

  1. rkammer

    rkammer Gold Level Contributor

    I think we have to concede rarity to the 1969 American Motors ScRambler. It was a one-year-only model with only 1512 produced and it was definitely a musclecar with 1/4 mile times in the low 14s at 100 MPH. I remember being dusted by one in my '69 Super Bee 383 Magnum.

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  2. Lantz

    Lantz Well-Known Member

    I'd have to disagree with you there, and not just because my car has a small block in it. :laugh: To me, muscle cars are as much about the appearance and styling as they are about the engine size. Muscle cars were a new thing because they were stripped down to be light, which made them faster and more receptive to powerful engines, naturally. They were pretty bare bones. That's why I don't consider the new muscle car remakes to be real muscle cars. Cool sports cars? Sure, but not muscle cars. Anyway, the cars with small blocks were still fairly powerful. The biggest engine available for 61-63 Skylarks was a 215, and most people were probably just fine with that until the muscle car craze hit full swing. I think any car from that era that follows the "more power for less weight" principle could be considered a muscle car in some way.
     
  3. nekkidhillbilly

    nekkidhillbilly jeffreyrigged youtube channel owner

    according to john delorean its not...........personally it is to me

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    yeah but not all of them where stripped down many gs has ps pb pw p seats ac cruise etc..........
     
  4. bammax

    bammax Well-Known Member

    Styling doesn't mean anything. The first muscle car was a Tempest with a big motor that was rebadged as a GTO. Pretty much every muscle car was based on a generic old lady car but with a big motor stuffed in it. Plus most muscle cars weren't stripped down at all. A stripped down car would be the COPO type cars with belts straps and snaps to hold the windows up. At the time they were being made they weren't even muscle cars but were just performance cars that were big enough to be useful, unlike the Sunbeam Tiger or the AC Cobra. The muscle term came about later to seperate the intermediate performance cars from the pony cars and the land yachts.
     
  5. gstewart

    gstewart Well-Known Member

    it may not be the rarest, but is certainly was the least advertised in its day...
    i never, in the 70-72 years ever heard of nor saw a buick a-body (gs) with small block nor a big block. in fact i never saw one until 2000. go figure. i knew all about gto, chevelle, olds but not buick..
     
  6. dynaflow

    dynaflow shiftless...

    Can't argue with production numbers...issue is and always has been definition of muscle car...if Comet satisfies definition, then rarer...

    I've always heard definition as intermediate-size body/full-size engine...would rule out '64-'65 Comet...based on Gen2 Falcon...a compact...

    Starting in '66, Comet was a (shortened) Fairlane intermediate...'68 on, Torino/Montego definitely intermediates...

    As for "wouldn't you really rather"...I'll stick with Buick...:)
     

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