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How did the American Muscle Car represent the radical 1960's so well?

f*** if I know...
I thought you were having a problem and needed help, I used to work on my own car a lot.

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lol....well, I think the era of the muscle car (cool freedom of power, drags and showing off) is one issue and the "radical 60's" (hippies, pot, political unrest, antidisestablishmentarianism [love that word]) completely another.....but this question looks suspiciously like this:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110727204947AAcGwkg

....and that answer sucks

snake242 wrote:How did the American Muscle Car represent the radical 1960's so well?

It didn't. The American made Muscle Car represents something else entirely.

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this should answer your question

bedub1 wrote:The 60's also weren't radical.

Are you sure? The youth of America pretty much went nuts.

snake242 wrote:How did the American Muscle Car represent the radical 1960's so well?

Everything you will ever need to know about cars is contained in the following video.



After writing your report, I suggest you punch your teacher in the throat. I don't know your teacher, but from what I remember of public school, they all deserve it.

I bet the cold war had an impact on it. Americans wanted a symbol of nationalistic strength and the muscle car fit the bill (produced by American companies, loud, annoying, probably overweight).

snake242 wrote:How did the American Muscle Car represent the radical 1960's so well?

I wonder if there is even a connection? Young American men have always suped up their cars, the 60's were not really unique in this respect. They started to make more efficient (less muscular) cars in the 70s because of the oil crisis thing and people have been spooked ever since. Since cars were invented there were muscle cars and as long as there are cars there are going to be muscle cars, just some people got sensible and started conserving.