The History of the Pony Car
The Originals 1964 to 1968

April of 1964. The Baby Boomers are in their late teens. They want an affordable sporty coupe that is fun to drive.
The Ford Motor Company had a winner they created the Thunderbird in 1955. If they had stretched their car just long enough to add a rear seat the pony car era would have begun. They did add a back seat three years later when they restyled it. It's just too bad they also transformed the fun little roadster into tank

1955 T-Bird

Chevrolet discovered the sport coupe market back in 1960 when it came out with the Corvair Monza but it suffered from bad publicity after Ralph Nader condemned it's rear-mounted engine design. People didn't trust that car, and besides, they wanted more power!

Check in next week to see how the revolution continues.

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