MUSCLE CARS or just CLASSIC?

Your argument is moot, as many have put more into their mavericks than what you think would make it a mini muscle car. Hell there is even a LS1 maverick. Like I said I don't care what others call their cars. That is the great thing about this world, we all don't have to agree on anything. I have seen many "Muscle" car mavericks, pro street mavericks and even a few sbc mavericks. To each their own. Heck even saw a few lifted 4x4 bogger mavericks.

 

As have I(or at least in the process of), but it's still not a muscle car...

 

This thread reminds me of my ex wife. Everytime I see it, I just shake my head.

 

Agree to disagree.
Ask anyone under 40 what a muscle car is and you will get a different answer than the one your hooked on

 

Pretty much this, and most of the guys I know over 40 would call it muscle today too.

Only thing that matters is that everywhere I go even my rust bucket gets compliments, people driving down the road giving me huge emphatic thumbs up, and lots of fun.

When you consider how crap 60s muscle cars are to todays muscle cars? Really doesn't matter.

 

I first restored my Comet in highschool. I played with the timing and richened it up so the old 302 would lope a little at idle through the dual exhaust.

I got pulled over one day for not wearing my seatbelt. When the officer got to my window, with the engine still running, he asked, "Is this a muscle car?"

I said, "No, sir. It only has a 2 barrel carburetor." He replied, "Well, I think it is a muscle car."

"Yes, sir."

 

I'm sorry to keep this going, but anyone who thinks a Maverick is a "muscle car", doesn't know what a muscle car is. Muscle cars came from the factory with high performance.

Mavericks never did. Period. People can "disagree" all they want, but they're only exposing their ignorance on the subject.

We all know that Mavericks/Comets can be modified to hang with any Shelby Mustang, but that doesn't make it a "muscle car". It just makes it a cool, kick-ass car that has been customized to perform.

Mavericks/Comets are "classics" if you subscribe to the Antique Car Club of America's definition of a classic, which is a car that's 25 years or older.

If you subscribe to the Classic Car Club of America's definition, it is not a classic, as only cars from 1948 and older are considered to be "classic".

I choose to think of mine as a classic. It's not a "muscle car", but can certainly hang with a lot of 'em.

 

Well said my fellow Crazy...

Of course there are the group that think they can rewrite history and change how Ford marketed these vehicles...

 

" People can "disagree" all they want, but they're only exposing their ignorance on the subject."

No your just exposing your elitist out dated mentality. Words and definitions change with time and use. But what do I or the millions of other humans know. Factory, non-factory who gives a rip. Muscle cars by definition are fast powerful cars. You can say factory the rest of us will say ANY car that fits into the fast and loud category.
Sorry that time and culture moves on go drive your classic car and enjoy it

Just whatever you do keep it on the road

 

ROTFLMFAO !!!

There's nothing "elitist" or "dated" about my mentality. The definition of muscle car has not changed. Some people think that all you have to do is believe something and that will make it true. As was stated by someone else here, you can try to re-write history.
To me, it just makes for a good laugh.

 

Could you imaging the look on everybodys face if you rolled up in a Muscle Car Shootout event (pure stock) in a 302 2 barrel 3 speed Maverick and proclaimed it to be a muscle car?

 

Denial is a ugly thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_car

Read and learn your ignorance is obviously you wanting to believe something so hard you wish it were true.
You are either trolling or just being the elitist prick your come across as.
Keep on calling your maverick a economy p.o.s. if you must. The rest of the world has moved on from your definition of muscle car, get use to that fact as it isn't going to revert to yours again.

 

Hey if Wiki says it's a "compact Muscle car" it must be true.

It appears there really are some out there trying to re-write automotive history.

 

All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you just skip all the way down the page to the "so called" list of cars or did you read the whole Wiki definition? Here is what it says in the very first paragraph. I have highlighted a few words in red so you can get the definition correct. If you take those key words and try to apply any of them to a Maverick or Comet from 1970 to 1977, well.......................... they just don't fit.

Muscle car is a term used to refer to a variety of high-performance automobiles.[1] The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines muscle cars as "any of a group of American-made 2-door sports coupes with powerful engines designed for high-performance driving."[2] A large V8 engine is fitted in a 2-door, rear wheel drive, family-style mid-size or full-size car designed for four or more passengers. Sold at an affordable price, muscle cars are intended for mainly street use and occasional drag racing.[3][4][5][6] They are distinct from two-seat sports cars and expensive 2+2 GTs intended for high-speed touring and road racing. Developed simultaneously in their own markets, muscle cars also emerged from manufacturers in Australia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere.

So as for your argument that the Maverick or Comet in any way qualifies as Muscle Car is a mute point.

If your Own proof of what a Muscle Car is isn't enough for you then take a bone stock 1971 Maverick Grabber 302 3 speed on the floor and line it up side by side with lets say a 1970 Chevelle SS 454 LS6 4 speed (A real Muscle Car) and lets see who gets to the 1/4 mile mark first. Or maybe a 1970 AAR Cuda (Another True Muscle Car)

Just because someone decided to include the Maverick and Comet in the "Compact Muscle Car" category (Witch by definition doesn't exist), does not make it a fact.

Just sayin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

And if you read any review of a Maverick from the 70s, there was never any mention of them even remotely being considered a muscle car. Usually they talked about how under powered they were and how poorly they handled. Simply they were just a compact car built for daily use. They were regarded as cheap and reliable transportation. Even the Grabbers were concidered as a "Cosmeticar" because it looked fast and sporty but wasn't. But in the true meaning of a muscle car, a Maverick never was.