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[exsequar]

So I was in the grocery store last week, and I stopped to browse through the magazine section like I always do. One popped out at me - it proclaimed MUSCLE CARS across the top and had a gorgeous Shelby Mustang on the cover. Of course I immediately snagged it. It's part of the HOT ROD Archive Series, and contains over 200 vintage photos of muscle cars, taken back in the day by car magazines. And my god, it's SEXY. I read the whole thing front to cover and it was basically a crash course in muscle cars, which was so much fun!

However, there was NOT ONE IMPALA. Lots and lots of Chevelles, some Camaros, and even a couple El Caminos, but NO IMPALA. *pouts like whoa* The only mention of our baby was in a caption for the El Camino that said it was based on the Impala's frame. NOT ON, HOT ROD. So this says to me that the Impala wasn't actually an important muscle car in the grand scheme of things, even though it was obviously being built in the late 60's and looked just as, if not more, sexass than all of the cars in this magazine. Does anyone with more knowledge of this subject know why they would so completely omit the Metallicar? It was disappointing.

But the magazine was just awesome. I was drooling profusely. Nnnngh. I would make scans if I had a scanner! But my dad has one at home, so maybe I'll do those when I go home for break, if there's any interest!

Comments

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Ahhh. I see. Very interesting! D'you know why, then, Kripke's classic car mechanic friend would suggest the Impala as the perfect Man's Man car for two boys traveling the country with shotguns looking to kill stuff? Is it just that it's big enough to keep a body in the trunk? Hee.

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

It was a really popular car, so it'd be easy to find lots of four-doors to make cars for the show (four doors are pretty much always cheaper than coupes, regardless of the car). I'd imagine that was part of it. It was stylish, but it's easy to believe that a dad in a family with two kids would have bought it back in the day as a car for the family as a whole. I think it probably had a nice combination of vintage style without being too in-your-face sporty or musclely. Hot, but classy. ;}