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Originally Posted by John Fabris

10 years earlier then the dodge is the 68 SS El Camino. Is this not considered the first muscle truck?

True,except they aren`t a true truck since they are built on a car platform and it just has all the car stuff on it.
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Originally Posted by BT Classics

Dodge started offering a high performance package for the trucks in 1964. 426 Wedge, tach, heavy duty gauges, power steering, dual exhaust and traction bars. The trucks are very rare but I think this might be the first time a truck package was offered to compete with detroit muscle cars.

Then,this guy down here...vvv...must have skipped over this up here...^^^...and quoted John`s statement.

Originally Posted by 1bad chevy

ther ya go you said it all and beat me to it. now that is a true definition of what a MUSCLE TRUCK IS and also remember we the 67-72 guy's are by gm classified as THE SPORT TRUCK ERA so with that said yea we are cOnsidered in my mind MUSCLE TRUCK'S

Then this guy said...vvv

Originally Posted by BT Classics

I thought Sport Trucks were those factory packages after the 1970's. Such as Chevy S10 SS, 454 SS, S10 Cameo; GMC Sierra GT, Syclone, Typhoon, Sonoma GT; Ford Lightning; Dodge Ram SS/T, Indy 500, SRT10, Shelby Dakota, Lil Red Dakota

So I say,"Sport Truck?Oh,like a`67 CST?As in Custom Sport Truck?"

Since last reading this a thought hit me.I doubt most on this sight,due to their age,can really appreciate the signifigance of bucket seats & console in these trucks.No one but me has mentioned them to support the "factory" Muscle Truck status of some of the 67-72s.This was the 1st they ever went in a truck.Originally,bucket seats were a sports car thing that found it`s was into American Muscle by the`60s when what we refer to as Muscle Cars began.Usually found with a 4-on-the-floor although Pony Cars came out with console shift automatics.Did mustangs come with column shifts at all?I`m not sure but I believe 3spd,4spd,and automatic came on the floor and only bucket seats.The`63 Riviera has all buckets and all console automatics.Our trucks have all that except 4spd.I saw where someone mentioned a 4spd trick as part of the muscle thing.Not quite so,they were work tansmissions with wide ratio and long throw.The manual option for performance would have only been a 3spd.That`s what the`68 396 I had ran,with heavy clutch option as well as heavy trans option.Those things ran out!!That tall 1st would have yopu out 1/2 a car length in 50'.Hit second and wind it out!!I`m gettin`excited just remembering how that was.That was a muscle truck,I don`t care what anyone says.And,that`s exactly what these borthers were thinking when they ordered them.
Nowadays most cars have buckets and hardly any bench seats.Back then hardly anything had buckets and mostly bench.