Wow, this is going fast...

[neotoma]

the story is currently just above 9000 words, and still not finished. It's going to be *long*.

And require some esoteric beta-ing. Anyone know the correct word for 'ostrich' in Biblical Hebrew? Or can help me with muscle cars?

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[twistedchick]

I may be able to help with the cars, depending on what you're looking for. I did grow up around them.

[neotoma]

What muscle cars (and pony cars too, I suppose?) would Dean Winchester find almost as neat as his beloved '67 Impala?

[twistedchick]

Terminology changes: what do you mean by 'pony cars'?

[neotoma]

Pony car was apparently a car enthusiast term. They're not quite muscle cars, but sporty and attractive anyway?

Really, I don't know cars at all -- given how long it took me to learn to recognize your car, I think I just can't really distinguish between different varieties unless they're obvious categories like 'pick-up' and 'station wagon'.

[twistedchick]

Remember, I learned to drive on a '66 Impala, one year older than Dean's and just as tough. Excellent shifting, best clutch ever, and you could do donuts at reasonable speed by turning the steering wheel with a finger. (That's what snowy parking lots are for.)

Off the top of my head: '56 Chevy (very muscular, and well built -- many still on the road 30 years later); '62 Corvette (pre-stingray, big engine in a little body and could do 80 in second gear without trying -- yes, I do know this from experience); early Mustangs before they got turned into pseudo-racecars. Early classic Camaros. Firebirds. Barracudas. The names give it away. It depends on whether he wants speed or mass. Lots of fast cars back then, but not all of them were huge hulks. And some of the hulks were not so muscle: a lot of Oldsmobiles, Lincolns and such that later were thought of as pimpmobiles were also mostly bought by older people because there was so much car around them that an accident wouldn't reach them. But that was in the days when car bumpers were rated for stopping a crash at 30 mph, not 5 mph like now. Buick had some good muscle cars, and so did Dodge, but not so many. A lot of guys in my high school had Road Runners, with the cartoon on the side and the horn that said Beep-beep as it took off in the dust.

What he would not find impressive: Ford Fairlane, Nash Rambler (sounded like a windup toy), any VW, Volvo, station wagon.

Check here: http://www.musclecars.net/

[neotoma]

Thanks, I think this will be helpful. I might send you the story to check for car-fu accuracy after I get finished with it.