Dude
Midsize was not engine size but car size. You are aware thet a 409 impalla as cool as it is, is about the size of an Forestal class CV?
let me make this clear.
A: they were big.
B: they were exspensive compared to the
Mid size Cars like the chevelle, GTO, Charger road runner etc.
C: The 409 was rare most SS impallas has 283 or 327s in them. (I think, but I am not expert on early 60s non musclecars
)
The Musclecar came about when John D and his advertising guy Jim Wangers decided to put a 389 V8 in a lemans/tempest body, a
mid size car.
Mopar came back with the Road runnerm GTX and charger, all muscle cars cause they packed BIG v8s into
Mid size cars.
as long as it was a big V8 in a
Mid size Cars it was a muscle car, camaros and Mustangs are pony cars and Full size cars with big motors are fast fullsize cars but not muscle cars.
From 61 to 64 how many 409 chevies got sold? I would be floored if it came close to 30,000 of them.
It does not mater if your 409 could beat a F-16 in a drag, it is not, will not, nor will it ever be a musclecar. It was not just about speed, it was about apealing to a market that was either not interested in big cars, or could not afford them or both.
Now If you want to keep thinking your 409 is a musclecar and the fastest thing on 4 wheels thats fine, but you are wrong on the muscle car part.
Most young adults from the time wanted something smaller and sporty like a GTO and not a land boat like dad or granddad drove like an imapalla.
