As auto manufacturers fly headfirst into a world of automatic, quiet, computer-controlled plastic and soulless cars, drivers yearn for the golden days. It's really not that hard to throw a big V8 and a manual transmission into a frame and wait for the smiles. We really didn't know how good we had it. Here are 22 photos of muscle cars right out of Detroit during the motor city heyday. Advertising still of the 1964, first generation Ford Mustang.A man and his 1979 Camaro Z28.“My mom’s Plymouth Roadrunner, 1970s.”