88 Coupe wrote:
........ Did you get your information from the internet?
How did I guess?
http://rudyed.server101.com/muscle_cars wrote:
Some purists insist that Oldsmobile produced the first muscle cars way back in 1949. When they stuck their new Rocket V8 power plant into the Olds 88 and Super 88's ........
The phrase "Some purists insist" aside: The site exists to sell artwork. Why should anyone consider it a credible source of history?
Actually, it is closer to Historical fact than the other two:
1) In this case, the word "stuck" is slightly more accurate than "stuffed".
2) Because the "statement" is shorter, it contains less errors.
http://www.angelfire.com/emo/musclecars/442.html wrote:
There are those who claim that it was Oldsmobile that created the first muscle car when it stuffed its hot new fullsize Rocket V8 into its midsize model to create the Olds 88 and Super 88 series back in 1949.
http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/oldsmobile-442/oldsmobile-442.shtml wrote:
There are those who claim that it was Oldsmobile that created the first muscle car when it stuffed its hot new fullsize Rocket V8 into its midsize model to create the Olds 88 and Super 88 series back in 1949.
Same statement, word for word. Shouldn't they be considered one source?
In context, they are only introductions to 442 related sites, and do not claim to be historically accurate. Caused me to wonder about any 442 information they might contain.
Quick visit to both, shows there is not much of anything, at either of them.
Is the statement factual? The opening phrase "There are those who claim" should have been your first hint.
neurotic3d wrote:
........ A muscle car is defined, quote from wikipedia.org ........
This "source" has not proven to be the most accurate, on any subject. But that would be another discussion.
The point is moot, because that page does not, in any way, address this subject.
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