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Author:  75dartcustom [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:20 pm ]
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so ive been up all night reading dodge history on allpar and valiant.org. random question: what is the origin and meaning of the term "pony car?"
Author:  emsvitil [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:33 pm ]
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I think it started with the Ford Mustang...................


(figure it out from there....) :wink:
Author:  SlantSixDan [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:33 pm ]
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It's a term applied to a 2-door muscle car with wheelbase between about 100 and 112 inches—spawned by the original Mustang.
Author:  exoJjL [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:59 pm ]
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Camaro being chevy's response to the mustang.
Author:  Eric W [ Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:22 pm ]
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Some pony cars:
Ford Mustang
Mercury Couger (bigger than Mustang, better equipped)
Chevy Camaro
Pontiac Firebird (based on Camaro, better equipped)
Plymouth Barracuda (actually introduced before the Mustang, in both A and E body flavors)
Dodge Challenger (E body, bigger than E body Barracuda)
AMC Javelin
AMC AMX??? (a 2 seater based on the Javelin, ate Corvettes for lunch)

I would like one of each please. 8)
Author:  Jeb [ Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:25 pm ]
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Actually the Barracuda came out a few months before the Mustang, even though the 'Cuda was a much better car, it did'nt have the runaway success of the Mustang though.

I've driven a 66 Mustang before and it was the flimsiest piece of crap I've ever seen. Fords unibody really sucks and the 200 straight six couldn't pull a greasy string out of a cat's butt.
Author:  440_Magnum [ Wed Aug 17, 2005 12:28 pm ]
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Actually the Barracuda came out a few months before the Mustang, even though the 'Cuda was a much better car, it did'nt have the runaway success of the Mustang though.

I've driven a 66 Mustang before and it was the flimsiest piece of crap I've ever seen.
Well, it WAS based on the lowest-end Ford chassis. My Moosefang-loving friends tell me that the "Shelby modification" (reinforcing the shock towers and re-locaiting the upper control arm mount points) is practically mandatory to make an early Moosefang handle better than a pig in sh*t.
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Fords unibody really sucks and the 200 straight six couldn't pull a greasy string out of a cat's butt.
You know, I could have lived my WHOLE life without that mental image...

:shock:
Author:  Jeb [ Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:03 pm ]
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Meow :mrgreen:
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