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Hiya everybody, I've often wondered why the aptly named " Muscle Car Era " is so often reserved to so few years as the mid-to-late ' 60's, & sometimes into the very early ' 70's ? How many times have we looked at the same coverages of cars seen over & over again ? I'm now 65, but I have pondered this question a long time. Whenever I tell people about my folk's ' 58 Golden Commando Fury, & all its very cool attributes-not to mention its speed, they look at me like I'm from Mars. Well, maybe I am, but I think this is the fault of the car media, maybe some other venues too. The history of cars that used so many inovations in their developments is astounding in their own rights. I've told folks that the Fury line started in ' 56, & they're incredulous- no knowledge of the cars that contributed so much. The folks sold ours, shortly after I reached 15 1/2 & could get my driver's permit age-much to my discontent ! I had gotten to drive it a very few times, but enough to know, for the 1st time, the addiction to speed & the sound of sheer horsepower. Once, while on a Saturday drive in the desert, my dad told me to ' Go ahead & pass the slower cars & the semi & ' punch it ' ! OKAY DAD ! With the dual quads at wide open, I felt the thrust in my back of the seat, heard the huge vaccum of air being digested, & literally watched the fuel gauge needle sink twards ' Empty ' ! While all this was going on, the speedo jumped from just below 50, to 85, then in no time it went way up to 115, & seemed to be waiting for more input, when my Dad broke in on my grin & my rush to say ' I think it's time to pull back into the lane & slow 'er down some ' ! My responce ? " HUH ?!, Oh Yeah ! " . I'd never forget that car as long as I've lived. Years later, when I had spotted a ' 57 ,same type, I asked good ol' Dad what he thought it was worth;' I dunno,2 or 3 thousand ' (!) When I told him I'd seen one in Hemmings for 23 large, he looked sick. I do wish he'd stuck it into a warehouse somewhere & just sat on it, but it'd prob'ly fell apart & been in worse shape. They were beautiful cars. Ours was a ' special build '. There was an engraved, gold anodized plate with the car's type & name & the name of the original owner, on the trans hump. It was ordered by a Plymouth dealer in town; ' Earl ' sumthin'. Anyways, I think the ' Muscle Heads ' are missing the opportunity to present a lot of history to the younger generation who seem to nothing of origins of various things that exist today. This does a disservice to all the engineers, racers, & enthusiasts who developed the cars that raced the way forward & pushed the technology along with it. I would sure like to see a ' Muscle Head ' magazine do articles that show where our sport & interest came from, especially Mopar oriented magazines ! ( There ! I finally said it ! ) Thanks , Makadoodler