{"id":105067,"date":"2025-03-09T06:47:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T10:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=105067"},"modified":"2025-03-09T06:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T10:47:04","slug":"collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-whats-in-a-name-interesting-facts-from-noted-car-show-organizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/03\/09\/collector-car-corner-cars-we-remember-whats-in-a-name-interesting-facts-from-noted-car-show-organizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; What&#8217;s in a name? Interesting facts from noted car show organizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By Greg Zyla &#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Q: Hi Greg and I hope all is well. We love our automobiles. Some even refer to cars as our pals, by giving them a friendly name. However, where did their rightful names come from? The answer is our major brands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Let me explain. Ford is named after Henry Ford, Dodge after the Dodge Bros., Chrysler after Walter P. Chrysler, Buick after David Dunbar Buick, Oldsmobile after Ransom E. Olds, Chevrolet after Louis Chevrolet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But how and where did some of the \u201csub brand\u201d names come from?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Let\u2019s start with the Mustang. Several names were suggested for Ford\u2019s new vehicle. Included were Allegra, Adventurer, X T Bird, T Bird II, Torino, and the Mustang almost became the Cougar. A few mockup cars wore Cougar emblems for photos prior to mass advertising. One of the design engineers brought in to review the final stages of this new car said the long hood and short trunk reminded him of the P51 Mustang fighter plane.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Another team member said, &#8220;Mustang, like the Wild Pony of the Old West.&#8221; From there, the Cougar also became the Mustang. Mercury used the Cougar name for its fellow Pony car introduced in 1967.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105068\" style=\"width: 349px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105068\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105068\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector1.jpeg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; What's in a name? Interesting facts from noted car show organizer\" width=\"339\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector1.jpeg 339w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector1-300x195.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Wangers, who assisted in promoting the debut of the Pontiac GTO, is shown here in the early 1960s drag racing for Royal Pontiac in Royal Oak, Michigan. Wangers led the 421-inch V8 \u201cengine replacement\u201d that fooled the editors of national magazines. The original GTO came with a 389-inch V8. (Wangers collection)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 1959 a few young friends, all with engineering talents, started working for Chrysler and wanted to build a car for drag racing. With no support from Chrysler, as management frowned upon drag racing, the young men stripped down a 1949 Plymouth, reworked the suspension, and stuffed in the biggest available Chrysler motor between the frame rails. The group called themselves The Ramchargers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After much success at the drag strips, Chrysler management agreed to help support their racing efforts. The Ramchargers raced Plymouth brand cars. In 1966 The Dodge \u2018Charger&#8217; was introduced. Many years later, the Dodge &#8216;Ram&#8217; truck, now just &#8216;Ram&#8217;, became popular. In 1967 the Plymouth GTX was a new Muscle car and joined the GTO, the GTA, and the GTS, to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So, what does the X in GTX stand for? Would you believe it doesn&#8217;t stand for anything? To end the long and bickering meeting between different marketing folks, the manager in charge finally said, &#8220;Put an X behind the GT, get the emblems made, the brochures printed, get the cars on the lots, and get them sold!&#8221; End of meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Over at Chevrolet, their new Pony car, the Panther, was being developed. The Panther would soon be called the Camaro and become a legend for the Bowtie crowd.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105069\" style=\"width: 632px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105069\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105069\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; What's in a name? Interesting facts from noted car show organizer\" width=\"622\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector2-1.jpg 622w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector2-1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector2-1-180x101.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector2-1-260x146.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector2-1-373x210.jpg 373w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector2-1-120x67.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 1961 Chevrolet Impala was the very first Chevy model to carry the SS, Super Sport, emblems. They arrived with either a 348 or 409 under the hood. (Chevrolet)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Another Chevrolet nameplate is the SS. This came about in 1957 when Zora Arkus Duntov took his \u201cone off\u201d purpose-built Corvette, the XP-64, and entered an SCCA event. The Corvettes had the newly developed fuel injection system installed on a race version 283. The car performed terrifically. A competitor wanted to compliment Zora by saying, \u201cYour Corvette is a great sports car.\u201d Zora commented, \u201cNot just sports cars but Super Sports cars.\u201d The SS was now part of the language at GM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 1961 Impala was the first GM car to wear the SS emblem. Many years later, it was adorned on a few Corvettes and many other Chevrolet performance cars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We can&#8217;t forget the Pontiac Tempest\/Lemans of 1964 with the 389 V8 stuffed in the engine bay. Big blocks were not allowed in the small and intermediate cars built in the early to mid 60&#8217;s. However, for every rule, there is usually an exception.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">John De Lorean and Jim Wangers convinced Pontiac management to allow them to build a couple of prototypes using the off the shelf 389 engines as an equipment option. The prototypes borrowed the name from a Ferrari 250 GTO used for Grand Touring Competition.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105070\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105070\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105070\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector3-1.jpg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; What's in a name? Interesting facts from noted car show organizer\" width=\"400\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector3-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector3-1-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chrysler paid $50,000 to Warner Brothers for the rights to use the Road Runner, Wile E Coyote, and \u2018beep beep\u2019 horn sound in its 1968 hit muscle car, the Road Runner. (Chrysler)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Grand Turismo Omologato became the GTO. A few of these cars were taken to Florida during the winter months for testing. Wangers made certain several automotive magazine editors were available for test drives.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The GTO was by far the fastest &#8216;factory&#8217; built car in the 1\/4 mile. The editors fell in love with the GTO, and every car magazine praised the GTO for its newfound muscle and good looks.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Side note, Jim Wangers had the warmed-up Pontiac 421 super duty V8&#8217;s installed in the test cars, not the 389. He wanted to make sure the magazine editors were super impressed, and their story would convince the everyday hot rodders to flood the Pontiac dealerships with requests to buy the new GTO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I always felt, as does Greg, that 1964 is the birth of the muscle car craze. In 1968 the muscle car wars were in full swing. Plymouth built an all new, bare bones, no-frills, muscle car to be called &#8216;The LaMancha&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Never heard of it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 1965 a theatrical play on Broadway was produced from a book called &#8220;The Man From LaMancha&#8221;. A story of a daring, handsome, and bold young man to save the day and be loved by all the ladies. Prior to launching this new Plymouth muscle car, one of the marketing guys was watching some Warner Bros. cartoons with his young son. Yep, they were the famous Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105071\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105071\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105071\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector4-1.jpg\" alt=\"Collector Car Corner\/Cars We Remember; What's in a name? Interesting facts from noted car show organizer\" width=\"350\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector4-1.jpg 350w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/03\/Car_Collector4-1-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The car that started it all when it comes to mid-size muscle cars, specifically the 1964 GTO. By 1968, all manufacturers except Challenger had intermediate muscle cars and Pony Cars. The Dodge Challenger arrived in 1970. (Pontiac)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The name Road Runner sparked interest. This same marketing guy had been given a test car to drive around. A friend rode along and made a simple comment, \u201cMan, this car runs down the road quickly, it is a neat Road Runner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Once back at the meetings getting ready to launch &#8216;The LaMancha,\u2019 it became the Road Runner. That is why the first few Road Runners built have a black and white &#8216;Bird&#8217; on the fender. There was no time to get them in color. There are a few more related stories I would like to share. I don&#8217;t want to overload the system, so I will send it in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stay well and enjoy every day. Regards, Randy Lawton, Berwick, Pa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A: Randy, thanks so much for your letter and excellent info on \u201cwhat\u2019s in a name.\u201d I always try to give my readers something they didn\u2019t know concerning our outstanding collector car hobby.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Your letter is loaded with info that many readers don\u2019t know. Further, Randy Lawton is best known for organizing the original Bloomsburg Nationals Car Shows and fielding winning late model stock cars. Both Randy and his son, Shaun, have won races, including many at Selinsgrove Speedway in Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Notable is that in 1968, Plymouth paid Warner Bros. $50,000 for the rights to use the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote names and likenesses for their cars. This licensing deal also included the iconic &#8220;beep beep&#8221; horn sound, which became a signature feature of the Plymouth Road Runner. I\u2019d say they got a great deal, but still feel the Super Bee Dodge should have been the Dodge Coyote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Additionally, some of the info I dug up says Plymouth paid an additional $10,000 for the horn usage rights, but I\u2019m sticking with the $50K overall as the further I dug, it turns out that Plymouth spent $10,000 of its own on developing the sound in house. (That makes sense.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I was a friend of Jim Wangers, who sadly passed away April 27, of 2023. Wangers, as you know, was the legendary Pontiac drag racer and marketing manager who raced for Royal Pontiac in the 1960s. He was 96 years old when he passed and left behind a remarkable legacy in the automotive world, particularly for his contributions to the Pontiac GTO and the muscle car era. I highly recommend his book, \u201cGlory Days: When horsepower and passion ruled Detroit.\u201d It\u2019s the bible of Pontiac high performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thanks again for your informative letter.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">(Greg Zyla is a syndicated auto columnist who welcomes reader input on collector cars, auto nostalgia and motorsports. Contact him at <a href=\"mailto:extramile_2000@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extramile_2000@yahoo.com<\/a> or at <a href=\"mailto:greg@gregzyla.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">greg@gregzyla.com<\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Greg Zyla &#8212; Q: Hi Greg and I hope all is well. We love our automobiles. 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