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?"

I think it started with the Ford Mustang...................


(figure it out from there....)

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

It's a term applied to a 2-door muscle car with wheelbase between about 100 and 112 inches—spawned by the original Mustang.

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一期一会
Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Camaro being chevy's response to the mustang.

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.

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.

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82 D150-225/727
02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

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.
You know, I could have lived my WHOLE life without that mental image...

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82 D150-225/727
02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2