1964 Pontiac gto
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Although the first muscle car may have been the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88, the Pontiac GTO was one of the more prominent muscle cars to emerge in the American car market in the middle 1960s. With numerous options available for the 1964 “Goat,” as it was sometimes called, maybe the best package included a 389 cubic-inch engine, with a four-speed manual transmission and 3 two-barrel Rochester carburetors, comprising a “six-pack,” as they were nicknamed. This car could reach 60 mph in about six seconds or around a 100 mph in the quarter mile.
Some GTO models included a Bobcat kit, providing higher compression and advanced timing, adding 30 to 50 hp to the vehicle, as long as high octane gasoline was used. When properly tuned and maintained these Goats were monsters of the road.
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