About American Cars

After years and years of hearing how muscle cars are out of here never to be seen again, I’m beginning to think that all these people that hate muscle cars are losing the battle. Back in the mid to late 1970′s I heard that gas prices would kill American muscle cars.

Then again in the 1980′s when the government got tough on emissions, and began to kill power that all cars had, yet still the muscle car had made it through the storm, maybe you just can’t kill American automotive history.

We had Ralph Nader telling us that cars were the cause of all of the pollution problems on our planet, when in actuality cars only encompass about 1% of the problem, and you can get less emissions and still have power. This entire thing is just people that don’t like cars.

American muscle cars are a part of our countries history, and you don’t just wipe out history. I see different agencies and companies that are restoring all kinds of houses that are considered historic landmarks, and people are stopping them from being torn down all the time.

What is the difference between this history, and our country’s automotive history, just explain that to me. You can’t because automotive history is just as important, and car lovers will always love classic cars and muscle cars and they will always restore them.

I love classic American cars and I have from the first time I ever seen one, and I will until the day I die. Of all the classic cars and the American muscle cars are my favourite of all times, if you want to know why, I’ll try to explain it to you.

Have you ever felt pure raw horsepower and torque, if not it feels kind of like getting pushed really hard, but at the same time your pinned to a seat, and you can’t move the car is so powerful that your immobilized in your seat, until you feel this you can’t know what I mean.

It’s a feeling of being the only one in a car just like yours. It’s respect for American ingenuity and know how, it’s the body lines of a classic American muscle car, it’s the feeling you get when your behind the wheel, it feels just like pure satisfaction that can’t be belittled by anybody.

It feels like you’re the king of your domain, it feels like driving a work of art, and it feels like your god, it the ultimate high that you can achieve driving a car, there is nothing else like it on the earth, muscle cars will always be here, and men will always love them.

Nothing else is quite the same as driving an American muscle car, and I’ll be here to stand up for them for a long time, every time I hear people blaming muscle cars for yet another atrocity, and telling people how much better the import companies build cars.

I’ll always come running to the defense of American cars, and yes that will always include muscle cars. Nobody builds a better car them we do, and nobody ever will, rather it’s a classic car, or a brand new car America will always build the best car period.

I’m American to the core, I believe in all things American, and that makes it my duty to defend American muscle cars. It’s not that hard when you love the thing that you defend, I love America and it’s cars, so if I have anything to say about it.

Nobody will ever belittle the American muscle car, nobody will destroy it’s legacy, and the Detroit motor companies will always be god in my eyes. They have always built cars that America loves, cars that are like no other car, they build American cars.

Eventhough I am from Europe I cannot help but loving the good old muscle cars! I started drawing a few muscle cars a couple of years ago and I love the challenge this drawings gives me! Getting a muscle car drawing right is not always very easy though.

One thing that I often have a hard time while drawing muscle cars is to get the proportions right. These classic car shapes are quite complicated to get right as you might have experienced from drawing them yourself.
After many screwed up muscle car sketches I am finally getting the hang of it. My advise is to just focus on the general lines of the shape. And then just try sketching them, and don’t be afraid of redoing it until you are satisfied.

Doing Camaro drawings is always fun, they are quite challenging because of the shape, but the final result is usally worth the extra work put into them.
I also enjoy doing Mustang drawings, it is something about the older ones that really scream “drive me”! To make a good Mustang sketches usually takes me around 5-10 hours to get them to the level Im happy with. While just to sketch the general shape of a mustang shouldn’t take longer than 1-2 hours.
Another car I enjoy to draw is Firebirds, they look so aggressive and to get that rawness into the drawing is very challenging but fun!

My best advise on how to improve your car drawings is simply to spend more time on them. For example if you are not fully satisfied with the front lights, don’t just continue with the drawing and hoping that the lights will get better by some magical touch! No, look at the lights and don’t give up on them until you are fully satisfied with them, then move on to the next part of the car drawing.

If you love Muscle Cars you should get your favorite pencil and sit down with a clean sheet of paper and just relax and start sketching your favorite muscle car. Don’t give up to quickly, just focus on the general shape of the outward lines of the car and you will soon see how the sketch is becoming better. Remember patience is the key to success when drawing a muscle car.

If you want to purchase an American muscle car such as a Ford Mustang or a Chevrolet Corvette then now is a good time to do so. If you always wanted to buy the car of your dreams, or maybe you were after a project to work on as a hobby then restoring a muscle car has to be the most rewarding.

Why are they so cheap?

These cars are selling very cheaply these days because of several factors. Firstly, of course, fuel prices. With rapid increases in the cost of gasoline and, as you surely know, a big v8 engine burns gas extremely quickly to say the least, the fact is that many people simply can not afford to run these old cars any longer. Gas consumption is not only a financial matter either.

Secondly, a big factor is the environment. Apart from the incredible amount of fuel combustion, an old big block engine of the classic American muscle cars emit a lot of pollution. Its certainly not environmentally friendly to have an old muscle car as the car you drive day in, day out.

The third main issue is the time factor. These beautiful old machines have become so old, so those that have managed to actually restore them to very good condition would ask high prices, but also to restore muscle every car, there are another 3 forgotten project cars rusting away in garages across the country. They will need some work to become road worthy again, but they may be available at bargain rates.

So is this good or bad news?

Well, the possible good news is that the above concerns mean that many people are now selling off their cars at a lot lower prices than they previously were. This is great news for collectors, restorers and hobbyists repairing project cars. Don’t forget though, be friendly to the environment and use another car for daily use and keep your dream car shows cruising around at weekends or bragging to your friends. In doing so, you can own the car of your dreams, be kind to the environment, as well as save on fuel.