The Amish Donk fad!!:rofl:

Evolution
 

The Mule,
before it my Buick was a street machine , after it, it became a pro-touring...

i would say Car Craft with Heavy Metal 2, the luxury interior, road race suspension, fuel-injected big block 65 impala SS.. think it was in 92.. atleast that is when i fell for the idea of a muscle car that could out run.. and dice the corners like a porsche...

It was "The Red Witch" for me that Mark built. I saw the cover of the Aug, 1996 "HOT ROD", it had the car on the cover. Inside the mag are some build pics and few other pt cars.

I recently lost the issue of this mag to the "under the sink plumbing leak":(

I'm sure this post will permanently identify me as a geezer but if we are looking back to the Guldstrand and Trans Am years then we have to credit Carroll Shelby and the '65 GT 350 Mustang. That car introduced the idea of a road racer for the street!
Best,
Chuck:thumbsup:

I say Big Red . It had the perfect stance and big wheels first. But if Guldstrand and Herb Adams had real handling parts for camaros at the early 80s maybe they really started "pro-touring" ?

Big Red was a race car...

The Mule is 1041HP TT car that gets driven on the road - to the hot rod show circuit - Power Tour... has A/C...

What starts a "movement" may not be the FIRST of anything - it's what's copied the most...

:hail: Mark/Charley

The Red Witch. Best car ever

marks tri trip that was my favorite of his cars and it was years ago

That Novette of Lil John's was the milestone car that I remember 1st.
I did put together my 1st Pro-Touring Cadillac in 1985, it was a 78 Seville, which was built by GM on a nova chassis. I added sway bars and Gatorback 255/50x16's all around. The vette tires of their time. It had 4 wheel discs on it stock, I upgraded them with some metallic pads. It had a Nitrous fed 350 Olds that embarrased a few bbc Chevelles both on the street and track.
I had a load of fun chasing Porsches and Ferraris up off ramps.
My 2nd Pro-Touring Caddy the Fleedwood Coupe debuted at the Car Craft Nats in St Paul in 1996 where it won Editors Choice.