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Originally Posted by DanielDudley
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Bingo - this is first modern day hot rod. It had the first modern OHV V8.
I love the look of the 57 Chrysler 300 - it is considered " a bankers hotrod". It wasn't affordable to most. That and the 57 Plymouth were the best lookin cars from 1957. GM knocked off the greenhouse design of the Plymouth onto the bubble top GM cars.
The "C" pillar is exactly the same.
But I agree with Dean - the GTO was the first because it was designed to be a muscle car - it set off the muscle car wars
The 392 Hemi of the 50's is a larger version of the original red ram hemi. This was the engine of choice for dragsters in the 50s/60s. Costly to build it was dropped only to be reincarnated as the 426 hemi of the mid 60's. Strictly designed to be a NASCAR engine.
Today modern dragsters have custom made engines large built off the 426 hemi design.